When we feel off, it’s often because something is out of alignment. It sounds simple (and it is), but what’s simple in life is also complicated....

Despite 2020 being a challenging year, startup funding was hot as ever. According to Crunchbase’s end of the year report, “Startups closed out 2020 in a...

Being a leader, whether you lead a project or run a global organization, is mostly about getting people to work together to achieve a goal. One...

Becoming a “unicorn” in the startup world is the ultimate achievement. The term defines a company that reaches a billion-dollar valuation or more. Uber was a...

Ask anyone who has been spending time on Clubhouse what they think of the social-audio platform and you’ll hear a range of responses: “I have never...

Our careers are very rarely linear. With corporate jobs, laid out neatly in org charts that show layers of management and increasingly ‘senior’ titles, it may...

Remote work had been slowly gaining acceptance for years. But the pandemic has brought about incredible change in the adoption of remote work. It is no...

Formal education didn’t prepare me for the real world. In high school, I attended a very prestigious prep school in San Francisco, called San Francisco University...

At the moment, I’m feeling overwhelmed, torn in many different directions, and it occurs to me that I need to implement more discipline in my life....

Every year, I listen to hundreds of startup pitches. Many of the pitches I hear are from very early-stage companies—the majority of which are pre-launch or...

Perfectionism kills innovation. I see this happen with all kinds of professionals who embrace perfectionism. They go dark. They take their work, close themselves off, and...

As a venture capitalist constantly juggling a handful of projects, I have to be very deliberate with how I spend my time. I have to really...

Every organization has a different leadership culture. And every team, within each department, needs a different leadership style. After spending more than two decades working at technology...

The last thing I thought I needed in my life was another social media platform. But I must admit, Clubhouse is the most exciting platform I’ve...

One of the most important things you can do for yourself as an entrepreneur is learn how to step away. Every year, I make it a...

2020 has been a year of digital transformation. If you weren’t investing in, or rethinking digital at your organization before, you are now. According to a report...

Delivering a successful brand ad campaign requires two kinds of ‘creative’ effort. There is the creative expression of the brand: “What statement are we trying to...

I recently wrote an article about why, before setting a bunch of New Year’s resolutions, we should all take a moment to acknowledge how challenging 2020 was...

Customer experience has always been a way for businesses to differentiate themselves. Some companies provide support “faster” than their competitors Some companies provide “cheaper” solutions than...

“How do you spark joy in a joyless time?” Someone asked me this recently. I had just joined an intimate business networking group and was sharing...