A historical collection of our writing.
I am often surprised by how many people know what they want and yet fail to ask for it at the crucial moment (or for that matter altogether). This occurs in many different contexts. Sales people who can’t close because they don’t ask for the order. Employees who are unhappy with their role or […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
This morning I am speaking to a group of women entrepreneurs out here in Westchester about opportunities coming out of mobile. I have written about this before on the USV blog, but here is what I am planning to talk about today..To understand mobile opportunities we need to look at- Device […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
One more post on voting, but this tome about UX design. The new optical scanners have an awful user experience. Two things really stuck out. First, it was entirely unclear whether to insert one’s ballot face up or face down (or either). There should be a huge sample right on the feeding slot to show […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
The election is over and the results are as expected bad for the Democrats. I worry a bit that we are experiencing first hand the limits of democracy. We have a great many people voting out of frustration with the economy (understandable) but voting for the same candidates and policies that got us […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
There is a fine line between supporting and enabling. I find this is true as much at home as in business. When one of our children asks for help with a homework assignment, I tend to provide it to be supportive. But I am mindful that I might just be enabling a bad habit of […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Tomorrow is a big election as potentially control of both houses is on the line. But why vote? There is something known as the “paradox of voting,” which questions why a rational voter would bother voting at all. The reasoning is that any particular voter is incredibly unlikely to influence the […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
