Book Titles

When you challenge very large companies, it helps to have a bit of a chip on your shoulder.

A higher-probability path to growth at scale is to leverage your proven strengths to adapt your original offering for adjacent markets.

We are all prisoners of our past to some extent. We bring our frame of reference, shaped by our unique combination of experiences, into any new role.

…the most valuable leaders are those who can combine the scrappiness of a startup leader with the organizational and diplomatic discipline needed in a big company.

Always be paranoid about what you are not doing but should be.

A tool is a one-trick pony, but a platform is broadly capable of many different uses.

…you should never put too much stock in the opinions of pundits.

If you wait until the need for a strategic shift becomes overwhelmingly evident, you may be too late to address it.

When external circumstances change, companies that run out of potential new markets to grow into are often forced into acquisitions or other desperate measures.

As professional people, we are products. So try to product-manage yourself. Develop your product through education, training, and experience.