Technological revolutions happen in two main phases: the installation phase and the deployment phase. Then there’s a crash, followed by a recovery and then a long period of productive growth as the new technology is “deployed” throughout other industries as well as society more broadly. search). startups MORE >>

'The post Why would I join an executive peer group? appeared first on Tapping the power of your peers. How would a peer group help you? Why would I join a peer group? The concept goes back to Napoleon Hill’s iconic book on personal development, Think and Grow Rich. appeared first on Tapping the power of your peers. MORE >>

Almost every startup is a virtual team these days, since most don’t start out with dedicated office space, and some or all members of the team work part-time or out of their own home. It’s a small world, so these team members may not even be in the same town, or the same country. Members share responsibility for achieving the mission. MORE >>

Living the startup life is a hard roller coaster. One day you think you're on the verge of building a billion-dollar company, the next you wake up in a cold sweat, paranoid that you are about to run out of cash and have to shut the whole thing down. Until now. Additional context:  we have three kids (now ages 16, 13 and 10). And I'm ok with that. MORE >>

When United Airlines broke Dave Carroll's guitar, he took to YouTube. Now, Carroll has launched GripeVine and Resolution 1 to fix companies' customer service woes. It was the customer service screwup heard around the world. In 2009, Canadian musician Dave Carroll became an overnight YouTube star with a music video called "United Breaks Guitars." MORE >>