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$TSLA’s Race Against Constraints
GP’s with a name portfolio company are coy with their humblebrag as they pitch new limited partners. This isn’t the kid down the street who puts his Bo Jackson rookie card at the front of his card collection. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Constraint, Constraints, Growth, Manufacturing, Systems, ToC
New or Better?
When new technologies arise there is a real desire to create a Disruptive Product(TM), to focus on the new and to avoid simply making a better version of the current market leader. Don’t fall into that trap. It is almost … Continue reading
Posted in Disruption, Innovation, Marketing, Uncategorized
Tagged 3D Printing, Disruption, Innovation, leadership, Management, Marketing, Materials Science, Sales, Strategy, Tech Forecasting, Technical sales, technology
“What does it take to be (a good) CEO?” Answer: People
All of the successes were from bringing in good people, helping them frame problems and getting them the tools they needed to be successful. The failures? They were mine – mostly due to not properly resourcing a problem with the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Disruption, Filtration, Innovation, Invention, Marketing, Materials Science, Methods, Textile, Theory, Uncategorized
Tagged CEO, Entrpreneurship, leadership
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Supporting a Technology Team
Technologies build the future. Teams deeper in a technology than ourselves are all around us – providing support at a vendor, evaluating you as a customer, reporting to you, supporting you indirectly, or in some other format. 0/ People first. … Continue reading
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6 Ways to Get the Most out of Day 2 – #ISUM16
It’s Day 2 of the Internet Summit in Raleigh, NC. Here are six ways to get the most out of it, based on what was shared on Day 1. Enjoy. You’re out of the office. Like Al Madrigal said – … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Disruption, Marketing, Uncategorized
Tagged Advertising, Content Marketing, Social media
Nice Pants: Tactical Office Wear
Comfort is difficult to quantify. We tend to use air perm as our primary metric when working with water barrier materials. There are many high-end pants now on the market from non-traditional vendors with unique angles on comfort. 1a& 1b: … Continue reading
Posted in Industry, Innovation, Uncategorized
Tagged Banana Republic, Casual Wear, Golf, Lululemon, Office Wear, Performance Fabrics, Slacks, Under Armour
Recruiting and HR: Facets of a Job
We’ve had good success in recruiting and building a talented team. As part of that our job descriptions became much clearer in some ways, and less clear in others. We’ve also observed that our best candidates and most successful hires … Continue reading
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September 6, 2016
Tagged Business, CEO, HR, leadership, Market, Methods, Positions, Recruiting
