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Ardent 1: Supercomputers Get Personal

Steve Blank

We were on the University of North Carolina campus to meet with Fred Brooks and Henry Fuchs. Get Out of Building Our trip to North Carolina was part of a year long effort to get out of the building to understand our market, customers and their applications. Blog at WordPress.com.

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Executive Transition Toolkit: Documenting a Successful Executive Search

Board Effect

Research from North Carolina State University found some nonprofit executives leave for “voluntary retirement,” but almost three-quarters depart for other reasons. Here are some key components: Conduct a leadership needs assessment. You’re not off the hook, however, if your CEO or executive director was born after the boom.

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Unintended Lessons

Steve Blank

We started in North Carolina eating BBQ and enjoying the Southern culture, went through Washington D.C Blog at WordPress.com. Reply YA , on September 28, 2009 at 12:41 pm Said: Parent seldom teach by telling – they teach by living. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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What Worked Yesterday, May Not Work Today.

Growthink Blog

I regularly speak with entrepreneurs and executives grappling with these "the world is passing me by" kind of forces and challenges, and I am both impressed and dismayed by the leadership and strategic choices that they try to make to save their businesses from them.

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Breaking the Ice: Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Jay Leno

crowdSPRING Blog

Coach Nathaniel Cartmell and the 1910–11 University of North Carolina men’s basketball team. inspiration Small business Start ups break the ice conversation entrepreneur entrepreneurship interview jay leno leadership networking small biz small business smallbiz start-up startup startups Strategy'

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10 things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Coach

crowdSPRING Blog

For entrepreneurs this is equally important – remember your team looks to you for guidance and leadership and inspiring them to give their best is a critical part of the job. Pushing players to achieve their best and to work at their highest level is an essential element of coaching and leadership. Coach set expectations. Coach leads.

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Web Analytics 101: Definitions: Goals, Metrics, KPIs, Dimensions, Targets

Occam's Razor

Your company leadership (small business or fortune 100) will help you identify business objectives for your online existence. I am looking at the internal site searches (on this blog) and the continent from where the search is done and a set of metrics to judge performance. Beneficial. People who spend more than one minute on the site.

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