Back to the Start
After seven years at the DataDirect division of Progress Software, a large-ish, publicly traded software company, I recently took a career right turn to join to a start up venture. I joined...
View ArticleGetting Comfortable with Silence
I’m having a lot of interview-like conversations these days. We’re hiring people at Sonatype in various areas and we’re also talking to a lot of prospective customers and industry analysts as part of a...
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Mistakes, I’ve Made A Few (aka Dumb Stuff I’ve Done and What I Learned)
When I was the youngest guy in the room, I didn’t want to admit when I screwed up. In my mind, I must have thought by admitting my mistakes, I was at risk for exposing myself for what I (obviously)...
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My (Marketing) New Year’s Resolutions
I’m generally of the school that says January 1st is just a day like any other. If I need to make a change, I should just get on with it. Why wait for some arbitrary number on a calendar? That...
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Learning OTJ — What Most Marketers Studied (an unscientific study)
Marketing is learned mostly on the job — at least for tech marketing execs (CMOs, VPs, Directors). A simple survey shows that most of us didn’t study much marketing in school. Here’s what my...
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5 Things I Learned About Business from my Dad
My Dad would have been 83 today. He died eight years ago and I still think about him frequently. My father and I chose very different paths career-wise. He was an accomplished academic who stayed in...
View ArticleFive New Year’s (Un) Resolutions
‘m one of those guys who believes in New Year’s resolutions. There’s something about taking the time to reflect, envisioning a better version of ourselves, and making plans. This year, I’d like to...
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My Midlife Crisis Job
Tomorrow I start a new gig. Not just any new gig, but one that my wife has called my ‘midlife crisis’ job. It really isn’t that (intriguing headline though, right? ). It is, however, a pretty...
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