People

After decades of leading product and tech teams, I’ve learned that great teams don't innovate by accident or rely on one-hit wonders. They create environments where ideas consistently thrive. Great leaders also understand their people as whole humans, not just employees. Here's how to master both. Building a culture of innovation Innovation doesn't just happen; […]

1. Work that Matters Is your team mission-driven? Can your team answer what the company is trying to achieve and how they get there?  At my first startup, I had an offsite where I wrote questions about the company on index cards. I had my developers each pull an index card and respond as if […]

Building a rock star technology team is often a key ingredient to a successful startup. Once this seed team is built, and your company is gaining traction, it is critical to retain the stars on the team. Long ago, my good friend and entrepreneur from Just Enough HR and I put on a seminar on how to […]

I recently went to a talk by @mikeonads about Adserving and Scalability. I went prepared to hear about the technical bits of scaling and to do a compare/contrast of some of the challenges that the ad industry faces versus high-volume search (where I have been spending most of my cycles lately.) Surprisingly, Mike did not lead with that. […]