Anybody can trade stocks these days, whether from a computer or smartphone. But that doesn’t mean that they should. Certain things — financial investing top among them — should be left to the professionals. Also in that category is financial trend predicting, which isn’t a hobby or job for amateurs. That’s why we’ve turned to  Continue Reading »

Unless you still bear the mental scars of the Great Depression, odds are you’ve got some money invested somewhere. Once you taste those sweet returns of the stock market or even the modest gains of a lower-risk investment vehicle, stuffing cash under your mattress doesn’t cut it. Many of us trust in financial advisors to make  Continue Reading »

Without the ability to invest, who knows how long it would take the average joe or jane to reach retirement? Despite the inevitable, at times crushing downturns in the global markets, there are few phenomenons more rewarding than your money working for you. But investing today isn’t the same as it was in the 1930s.  Continue Reading »

I spent the early part of last week speaking with enterprise thought leaders and executives from some of the world’s largest organizations at the Enterprise Transformation Exchange Summit in Denver, Colorado. The experience was revealing, and on my Tuesday morning panel discussion moderated by IDC’s Tim Scannell, I discussed some of the themes I’ve noticed recurring across industries.  Continue Reading »

There has been a significant uptick in marketers’ efforts to prepare and deliver more personalized messages and experiences to targeted audiences across all channels. Forrester reports that 91% of marketers have included personalization on their 2019 roadmap. In a virtual roundtable interview with 10 leading chief marketing officers (CMOs) conducted by OneSpot, the company was  Continue Reading »

Over the last decade, there has been a fundamental shift in the way venture capital is being deployed. “Early stage” funding has dramatically changed with initial rounds measuring in the $Ms and correspondingly high valuations. Today’s “Seed” rounds have essentially become yesterday’s “Series A” rounds. And today’s “Series A” rounds have become similar to the  Continue Reading »

Join us on Thursday, June 20th at Columbia University’s Career Design Lab in San Francisco as we hold our second event in a 4-part series showcasing new frameworks for practicing early-stage startup innovation. The series is geared toward startup founders, entrepreneurial product managers, and corporate innovators. Part 2 in the series will feature a fireside  Continue Reading »

As we continue our exploration of the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale – I will walk you through the principles. The first post drilled down into the often-overlooked notion of “market-engineering” and why it’s so critical. In part 2, we  Continue Reading »

This is the second in a three-part series that aims to help you understand the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale. The principles outlined in this framework can help prevent your startup from joining the vast majority who have landed on  Continue Reading »