Communications
One day back at MarkLogic, we invited our local congresswoman, Jackie Speier, to visit our offices. Regardless of what you may think of her politics, she's an impressive person with an fascinating background including, for those with long memories, that she was the congressional aide shot five times
Communications
One of the interesting new challenges I faced when I joined Host Analytics about 5 years ago was working with an offshore development team in India. Host was originally co-founded in both the US and India, so literally from inception we had employees in both places. While this has proven
Communications
I've always thought that if marketers wrote newspapers, the famous New York Times headline of August 8, 1974 would have looked like this: Instead of how it actually looked, which was: What's the difference? While both of the above presentations are structured, the newspaper doesn'
Communications
This isn't political. He just happened to be talking to me about another matter when he mentioned this problem.
Communications
Ever hear this story? VP of Marketing: "OK, well, you know, pretty good." VP of Sales: "Why are you hemming and hawing?" VP of Marketing: "Well, I could tell they didn't love it." VP of Sales: "Do you know why? I
Communications
There are two types of people in business: * Simplifiers: who make complex things simple * Complexifiers: who make simple things complex Quick joke: What does a complexifier call a simplifier? Answer: "Boss." Somewhere, somehow, some people decided that in business you need to make everything complicated and speak using