I was taken aback by the modesty of Stan Swete’s question “Would you invest multiple days in a future Workday technology summit?” My answer was an easy yes. Workday, with a consistent track record of 3 releases a year and. Industry Commentary MORE >>

Carl Churchill launched Lock-n-Load Java after serving 21 years in the Army. Check out his story and the organizations helping our vetrepreneurs. “When you are in the fight you need skilled allies,” said Churchill. He didn’t have to look far. “Supporting veteran-owned businesses really resonates with people,” he added. MORE >>

Spoiler: You can’t hire out sales because in the early days it’s about learning, not selling, and hired guns can’t bring back bad news. At their peak, Groupon sales reps made 1250 calls per week to close 4 sales[1]. Once Groupon knew the math of that equation, they could throw money at the problem and scale a sales team. MORE >>

My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is a favorite for the week from Flickr or one that I took out there on the road. If You Liked This Post. MORE >>

Guerilla Innovation — Chapter Thirteen. Isn’t it weird that this post on small business innovation survival is Chapter Thirteen? didn’t plan it that way, but folks who go belly up usually didn’t plan that either. The literature will tell you that many fledgling new companies die due to lack of capital. I’ve been there. MORE >>