How to Clarify Complexity

How to Clarify Complexity

Nov. 4, 2010 by

To clarify this complexity, I have to step back, calm down, and ask myself a question, such as, “What seems to be the problem?” Then I have to look at the rat’s nest of black wires, and begin the delicate surgery of extricating one wire from the clutches of the other…

How to Raise Money from Venture Capitalists and Other Investors

How to Raise Money from Venture Capitalists and Other Investors

Nov. 4, 2010 by

In a recent article in Harvard Magazine, Amy Cuddy, who teaches at Harvard Business School is quoted as saying that the success of venture-capital pitches to investors apparently turns, in fact, on nonverbal factors like “how comfortable and charismatic you

Welcome to the game

Welcome to the game

Oct. 27, 2010 by

On a train to New York, I saw a man unpack a portable electric guitar, assemble it, plug earphones into it, and begin to play.  He was sitting at the window with two people packed next to him.  No one