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Today, the technology industry is caught in a landslide of hype about “unicorns” — the term adopted by many to describe the rare class of startup that soars in value to $1 billion..
Few people realize that Hallmark also owns diverse brands including Crayola crayons. The privately-held company now has over 27,000 employees and has been one of the largest..
Savvy technology investors seek potential, not performance. They identify companies leveraging technology to build and dominate new market sectors that show promise for..
Asking why Google created Alphabet is the wrong question. The right questions to ask are: Why did Google miss social networking? How is it that limo company Carey didn’t see the..
On the cusp of a new year, we asked several industry observers three questions about where the software spending will occur in 2013. Overall, and not surprising, they predict the..
Bianca Valenti is defying all prior human endeavors to crack the glass ceiling on big wave surfing for women, and is creating a new category in the process.
SAP’s announcement this Saturday that they are buying SuccessFactors for $3.4 billion has left many in Silicon Valley asking, “How did that happen?” The simple answer of course is..
A generation of startups is harnessing momentum in cloud services, social networks and mobile computing to introduce fundamentally new ways for companies to do just about..
You may remember The Emperors' New Clothes, a fable about a ruler who is fond of snazzy outfits. One day the emperor gets bamboozled by visiting tailors. They sell him the idea..
A CMO's Guide to Sticking the Category Design Landing Jennifer Johnson, the newly appointed CMO of Tenable (congrats again JJ!) shares her insights, strategy, and reality of how..
When authors Al Ramadan, Christopher Lochhead, Dave Peterson and Kevin Maney wanted to understand how businesses innovate new categories of business, they looked beyond the..
