Tales from the Entrepreneurial Wilderness

I am often asked to share my startup stories.  I’m happy to do so . . . up to a point.  I reserve the more unique, even bizarre, stories for future publication.  Someday, I hope these vignettes will appear in a compilation of tales from the entrepreneurial...

Loan Shark at the Supreme Court

Much has been written about the Supreme Court these past few weeks. The extensive and, often, heated public discourse made me think back on my own, more youthful past.  One particularly disagreeable event came immediately to mind.  It took place in a somewhat dreary,...

The NDA as a Noncompete Lite

A new noncompete law takes effect in Massachusetts on October 1, 2018.  Employers will be well served making sure that their noncompetes meet the new requirements.  Local companies will be even better served by paying attention to their Nondisclosure Agreements...

Find My iPhone

¡Atopa a meu iphone!  Find my iPhone . . . in Galician.  Yes, I recently spent a very enjoyable ten days in Galicia, visiting Santiago de Compostela, Cambados, O Grove, Pontevedra and other memorable locations.  My iPhone and Kindle liked it so much they decided to go...

The World Is Calling. Don’t Answer.

The problem with the World Wide Web is the “world” part.  This week, over my protests, one of my startup, ecommerce clients, a health and beauty product purveyor, is attempting to accommodate a large order from an unknown customer in Indonesia.  It will not end well....

Change Is the Only Constant

I’ve never read the original writings of Heraclitus, nor do I plan on doing so.  Nonetheless, I agree with his 2,500 year old statement that change is the only constant in life.  Had the venerable, Greek philosopher been around today, he might add that change is...
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