Note from Dan: This article is not about your organization or your work team. This one is for you as an individual. Hope it helps. A few years after I graduated from college in 1985 there was a phrase going around that said, “Follow your bliss.” We all thought it was brand new and very […]
While technology startups and small businesses have much in common, their legal and tax issues are quite different. Here are several significant questions raised at last week’s program on “Representing the Start-Up Venture,” a panel discussion I hosted for the New York State Bar Association. (You can find more details on the NYSBA website.) S […]
I have a confession to make. I haven’t updated my LinkedIn profile for 18 months. I know. Shame on me. I’m supposed be a leader on things like that, but I’m human too. If you looked at my profile, you’d probably think it’s fine. It doesn’t read like a boring resume or make me look like […]
Four in 10 senior executives in larger companies don’t know the lifetime value of their customers. That’s according to MarketingCharts who quoted a Forbes and Sitecore study that surveyed 312 senior executives in North American companies. Not only did 40 percent of the leadership surveyed not know the financial value of their customers, over half of them […]
I am pleased every year to host a program for the New York State Bar Association on “Representing the Startup Venture.” Whenever I do this program, the question inevitably arises: what is a “venture” and how does it differ from any other business startup? It’s actually quite simple. A startup business can be either: A “small […]