Team, product, or market, which do you think most closely predicts success or failure for a startup? Marc Andreessen argues that market is king. And he has some good points: When a great team meets a lousy market, market wins. When a lousy team meets a great market, market wins. When a great team meets a great…

Imagine you’re making a cake. After mixing various ingredients, cooking the batter, you’ve now baked a yellow cake. Suddenly, you wish it were pink. Instead of making an entirely new cake you choose an easy solution by taking water and pink food coloring and spraying the cake to turn it pink. However, maybe tomorrow at…

2020 is ending on a good note. I just finished Dune and this book was fantastic. The plot line, the characters, the delightful nuggets of wisdom. This gem of a book lived up to its sci fi legend status, which I can now confirm. Below are a few of my highlights: A world is supported…

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will…

Since 1862 alternating parties in the senate read George Washington’s Farewell Address. This strikes me as ironic, considers his farewell warns of the dangers of partisanship. “…designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views. One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within…