One More Reason to Take That M&A Offer – Sponsor Turnover
In the last 2 weeks, I met with two other CEO/founders whose companies had been acquired in the past 12-18 months. In some ways their experiences were different than mine. One was a consumer internet company acquired by an entertainment company. The other was a SaaS company, yes, but one that was basically pre-revenue. But [...]
A response to Geoffrey Moore: Manifest Disruption
Sometimes, when you see something sufficiently off-track, you need to respond, even when the person in question may be a personal hero of yours. Geoffrey Moore (yes *that* one), recently wrote an article about Cloud Computing that made me very sad. Besides being off-track, it felt to me as if Mr. Moore had spent more time looking [...]
iPhone Stolen Again – Apple Couldn’t Care Less
When does a corporation have an ethical responsibility to its customers? Is it right for a company to profit by encouraging customer losses? Some would say that a company’s responsibility is simply to comply with the laws and to return a profit….