Do You Know Your CEO?
Apr 28 2008
Posted by Jay Dia in Forming the Business, Growing the Team, Startup Guide, Tales from the Front |
In consulting with investors, I am often witness to the postmortem examinations of failed startups. Many times, the focus invariably turns to the CEO to see his or her role in the demise.
In one case, the CEO’s role was quite clear. The CEO lied to customers about product development times in an [...]
Betting on Blogs
Apr 22 2008
Posted by Jay Dia in Angel & VC View, Entrepreneur's View, Tales from the Front |
In this week’s issue, Mass High Tech (MHT) reported that there were $196M in revenues from advertising in blogs, podcasts, and RSS feeds in 2007, compared to $78M in 2006.
While this figure is modest compared to the overall ad spend, they signal a growing comfort level on the part of advertisers to put some money [...]
When I was in High School, I had a math teacher who took 50% off your grade if you submitted a correct answer to a problem but did not show work. His reasoning: In the real world, no one takes your answers (or assertions) at face value — you need to show how [...]
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