Author Archives: amol
Authority vs Leadership
In a crisis people want leadership. Especially a scary one like we just had. The part of leadership they want is Authority. It provides coordination, direction, security. It doesn’t necessarily solve your problems, unless of course they are primarily about
Authority vs Leadership
In a crisis people want leadership. Especially a scary one like we just had. The part of leadership they want is Authority. It provides coordination, direction, security. It doesn’t necessarily solve your problems, unless of course they are primarily about
Why RadioShack is dead
I spent an hour at RadioShack on an ill-advised attempt to buy a Net10 Sim card for my ‘unlocked’ Verizon phone. Wasn’t easy. While there I saw who shops there (it was busy!): 1. A blind guy who wanted a
Why RadioShack is dead
I spent an hour at RadioShack on an ill-advised attempt to buy a Net10 Sim card for my ‘unlocked’ Verizon phone. Wasn’t easy. While there I saw who shops there (it was busy!): 1. A blind guy who wanted a
Great startups have strong problem statements
Here is one: There wasn’t a place for people who wanted to write something more substantive than a tweet. Blogs, while better for long-form, required a certain savviness to get up-and-running. Successful ones required constant care and feeding and typically
Great startups have strong problem statements
Here is one: There wasn’t a place for people who wanted to write something more substantive than a tweet. Blogs, while better for long-form, required a certain savviness to get up-and-running. Successful ones required constant care and feeding and typically
How Nexus Q works
Nexus Q is actually quite well done. Plug it into the big screen/big speakers in your house and it brings the Internet there. Neat. A screen by screen walkthrough But as a device with roots in music, it doesn’t use
How Nexus Q works
Nexus Q is actually quite well done. Plug it into the big screen/big speakers in your house and it brings the Internet there. Neat. A screen by screen walkthrough But as a device with roots in music, it doesn’t use
The Challenger Products Playbook
Let’s say you have a product concept. You are an outsider. How can you win? Incumbents ape Apple: launch big, perfect, simple, closed, expensive. Challengers rarely can. Today, this is their rule book: Embrace hackers. Open source or bold dev
The Challenger Products Playbook
Let’s say you have a product concept. You are an outsider. How can you win? Incumbents ape Apple: launch big, perfect, simple, closed, expensive. Challengers rarely can. Today, this is their rule book: Embrace hackers. Open source or bold dev
4g Tmobile is a fraud
Tmobile 4g is so awful. It is 4mb down when you get it. I spend most of the day on Edge. I am told tmobile actually rate limits you if you are a top tier usage customer. Hmm. Be slow
4g Tmobile is a fraud
Tmobile 4g is so awful. It is 4mb down when you get it. I spend most of the day on Edge. I am told tmobile actually rate limits you if you are a top tier usage customer. Hmm. Be slow
Gates or Jobs
@anildash gets the credit for the title The content though is one part in the air and one part thanks to Jason from Obvious (i.e. Twitter, Blogger, Google, Branch, etc) Bill Gates used to listen to customers and design strategies
Gates or Jobs
@anildash gets the credit for the title The content though is one part in the air and one part thanks to Jason from Obvious (i.e. Twitter, Blogger, Google, Branch, etc) Bill Gates used to listen to customers and design strategies
The strategist
People talk themselves into starting companies usually. It’s kind of fun to daydream about and a thing that some very technical, smart people do is sit in their corporate jobs and get enamoured with a strategic or theoretical insight. This
The strategist
People talk themselves into starting companies usually. It’s kind of fun to daydream about and a thing that some very technical, smart people do is sit in their corporate jobs and get enamoured with a strategic or theoretical insight. This
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