Denting the Universe vs Owning the Universe
Joel Spolsky and David Heinemeier Hansson on venture capital and the "disrupt-o-mania" mindset.
Can you be a good entrepreneur if you've never built a successful company?
This question is riddled with ill-defined words. What is "good"? What is "successful"? For that matter, what is "entrepreneur?"
Why it's OK to celebrate great leaders
No great technological (or scientific, etc) leaps happen as solo acts; companies and research labs succeed through the efforts of teams,
Why ethical decisions escape us
It turns out that we as groups of humans are pretty bad at actually making ethical decisions. And according to professor Ann Tenbrunsel, it's mostly because we don't recognize we're making ethical decisions when we make them.
Metrics go beyond "what you manage," they define your product and its possibilityes
Everyone's heard the adage that you manage what you measure, and so we all understand that it's important to pick business metrics that encourage the right kind of growth.