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Twas the night before Halloween and I couldn’t resist. My lovely bride stocked our house with our annual sugar overdose and I dove in. The Heath Bars and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups somehow leaped into my hand. As the sugar … Continue reading
Whiteboarding: Designing a software team
Not knowing what I was getting into (a common state lately), I joined some former colleagues to catch up on their new venture. They asked me how I would go about designing a software team for their new pivot. They … Continue reading
Lifelet: Whiteboarding
There is something about standing in front of a white board with a magic marker in hand that leads to my best thinking. Maybe it is the aromatics from the “dry erase” fumes. Maybe it is just the constant shifting … Continue reading
Rand Fishkin on Network Effects for raising capital
At the 9Mile Labs Milestone 9 event, Rand Fishkin of Moz was given the Entrepreneurial Einstein award voted on by the nine accelerator companies for his talk on “12 Lessons Learned Building Moz.” Throughout the talk Rand constantly referenced the TAGFEE … Continue reading
LifeLet: 9Mile Labs Milestone 9
What a great day September 10, 2013 was to see the nine companies of 9Mile Labs Cohort I present their business and products to an enthusiastic audience at Seattle’s Bell Harbor Conference Center. Benjamin Romano wrote a great article at … Continue reading
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9Mile Labs Cohort I Demo Day
Congratulations to all the 9Mile Labs Cohort I companies who are presenting at the Milestone 9 Demo Day at the Bell Harbor Conference Center. Each of you has come a long way in six short months. Congratulations and thank you … Continue reading
Seeing Organizations – How do you teach?
Several years ago, David Socha and I wrote an article “Is Designing Software Different From Designing Other Things?” In the article I shared my Chris Alexander “Ah Hah” moment about designing better software products: “Successful software design processes include an … Continue reading
Reflecting on Effectual Entrepreneuring Pedagogy
I have the privilege of teaching a great group of Human Centered Design and Engineering graduate students at the University of Washington in the course “Designing a Human Centered Venture.” Last week in our eighth class of the quarter I … Continue reading
Re-energizing “working” a grape harvest
My favorite fine wine growing time of the year is the fall grape harvest, crush, and fermentation. I shook off my fall lethargy to go spend a couple of days with my favorite wineries in Oregon’s Willamette Valley – Archery … Continue reading
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“Technology is anything that wasn’t around when you were born. If it was around, it’s an appliance.” – Alan Kay I keep thinking that nothing can amaze me any more when it comes to technology. Then I come face to face … Continue reading