Management

Shifting Focus A Bit

Over the last year and a half I’ve disciplined myself to publish a weekly blog post. The topics have varied — from issues that have caught my eye in education, to the elements I feel strongly about when it comes to leading a startup technology company. And, mixed in amongst these two themes…

10 Elements That Can Frame How Your Company Works Together

The Challenge of Idea Versus Reality

Our minds are wonderful creations. They have the capacity to imagine the amazing and design the most creative results — from art to…

Crucial Conversations In Your Company

Nothing’s a more critical contributor to a company’s success than communication. In many…

Teacher Pay: Why It Matters And How We Might Approach It Long-Term

Sometimes when it rains, it pours. Here at the end of September 2018 that’s a poignant phrase for many around the world as hurricanes and typhoons have been sweeping across oceans all over the globe this month. This…

Netflix for Education: Remind As An Emerging Learning Experience Platform

When I read about a business trend that’s emerging in another sector I often find myself imagining how that theme might apply to what we’re doing at Remind.com. Yep, my opinionated self can’t help but…

Working to Solve Perhaps the Most Critical Problem Our Schools Face

It’s uncanny how often it happens. A topic surfaces amongst you and your friends — or becomes a meaningful discussion at work — and then like magic, you come across it everywhere. All of a sudden the topic’s being…

Your Company’s Secret Weapon: Value N+1

Every company defines (or should absolutely define) a set of core values. In a previous post I shared some thoughts on one way startups might approach the important exercise of setting mission, vision, and values. Recently, I’ve been feeling a pang that one…

A Few Ways Your Startup Brain Changes When You’re Dialed In

Sometimes your brain just shifts gears. As a startup CEO you’re used to the constant juggle — the never ending game of “context switching”, that dynamic of shifting from one setting to the next, with nary a break in between…

Plan, Prioritize, and Building in the Muck

Most of life isn’t what we see in the videos we watch or the articles we read. Many of these narratives are spoon-fed to us by social media channels whose algorithms are set to deliver only the most uplifting stories of success to, in turn, inspire us to…