Tag: people
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Working Remotely
I hate it. It’s an amazing resource, this internet thing, with Skype and Hangouts and email and online apps and GitHub and Stack. But I hate collaborating online, when compared to working in an office with people. Phil Sugar just commented on this in response to my comment on AVC: “One way or another you…
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People
On Wednesday, the leadership team from Mission Research (makers of GiftWorks fundraising software, which I started with Dave Weaver) took me out to lunch (ABG, which has dramatically improved over the years). It was great to hear how things were going. But what really struck me was how sincere each of them was. I can…
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Don't Be Zynga
Zynga’s getting a lot of attention from the media these days as it prepares for its IPO (good for them). I don’t know its founder/CEO Marc Pincus, and only know one employee. So my observations are simply as an outside observer relying on the questionable accuracy of tech news media. Read that article–it’s a bit…
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Hire This Person
A longtime friend of mine is also one of the most competent, dedicated, accomplished, loyal, caring leaders/managers/HR managers/COO etc etc I’ve known in my 20 years in business. I can’t say that about a lot of people. She’s looking for a new challenge. Most of her career was in NYC, serving in a variety of…