You can see the request here on the right, posted to me on Twitter. decided it’s a good subject for a blog post here, and I went on my own first as a service business and survived that way for 12 years before Palo Alto Software finally established itself as a product company. So I do have some tips I can share. Look for a business anchor. MORE >>

Let those on your team do their own thing. new book supports this claim, as does a quote from Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer. We expect everyone here to be team players." Few people have never had a boss who articulated such a concept not only with words but sometimes with poster slogans that say, There is no 'I' in team. Not on a team." MORE >>

What is more important: quality or quantity? The easy answer to this long and heated debate is both are very important – and I’ll give you that, they both are, but for free content I am in the quantity camp. MORE >>

Virtual assistants are all the rage these days. Since Tim Ferriss democratized the concept with his book “Four Hour Work Week”, virtual assistants have become increasingly popular. And yet, many founders still don’t outsource. The reason why people don’t outsource after the fear for poor quality is that they don’t know what to outsource. MORE >>

I had a great breakfast meeting at the Cambridge Marriott with  Michael Schrage , a research fellow at MIT yesterday morning. This morning Raj Bhargava (who recently co-founded two companies I’ve invested in – Yesware and SkedulMe ) sent me a blog post by Michael titled  Tip for Getting More Organized: Don’t. But that’s it. MORE >>