Thoughts on preparing a business to sell, presented at Channel Partners Expo in Las Vegas
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6 TV Shows That Get Technology So Right
Television has a rocky relationship with technology. Because lazy writers use it to plug plot holes. For every believable portrayal of tech, there are dozens of cringe-worthy moments where Hollywood gets it hilariously wrong. Notably, I recall an episode of 24 where...
Be More Daring Than AI
LLMs, as we've discussed, are talented at consensus, because they are designed to average concepts together. This means that we're seeing a flood of "generated" concepts that are boring, derivative, consensus ideas. Writing and artwork that is offensively inoffensive....
LLMs are very good at Family Feud.
Hey.We need to have a talk about “AI.”Large language models use algebra and predictive text to generate responses to prompts. The grandfather of this technology was the predictive text on your Nokia phone in 2006. You would say “I am going to the-“ and like magic -...
5 Ways to Force AI to Color Outside the Lines
Tragically for creatives, the value of novelty is often eclipsed by the safety of consensus. This is especially true when you're working with AI, where overvalued consensus is a barrier to innovation. As users of what is popularly called "generative AI" and what...
9 Ways To Jump-start Communication At Your Company
Create Informal Communication Channels Set up casual communication channels where employees can share non-work-related interests. These informal spaces help build personal connections and foster a sense of community. I've seen co-workers bond over love of food, pets,...
Unconventional Results Require Unconventional Strategy
If you want unconventional results, you have to do unconventional things.16 years ago, my friend Bret Johnson asked me to pause my IT career and help him build a church in Las Vegas. The church was meeting in a strip mall, but he had a big vision to create community...
Four Stocks You Can’t Buy
There are four stocks I wish I could own. But I can't, because these companies are privately held. These are great businesses. So great that they aren't interested in taking money from investors, because they know what they've got, and they're probably not going to...