The first thing I did today was make some chairs. Then Matt, our Head of Talent gave me these two Lego characters. I put them on my monitor. You'll probably recognise them as Indiana Jones and Yoda. The chairs were our new meeting room chairs. They needed assembly,

[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ATour_de_Romandie_2013_2013_-_Stage_5_-_Christopher_Froome.jpg] > "You have to work out, is this athlete intrinsically driven? Is there that burning desire inside them, to continue to compete, to continue to improve, to continue to go through

KPIs on their own have very little meaning. Context gives meaning. I attended a board meeting recently. When we came to review the main numbers (revenues, sales, marketing expenses etc) all I really wanted to know was "why". On this occasion we were not provided with any commentary

What makes a good company? What do investors look for? The obvious questions are commonly known.. * what is the market size? * is the team capable? * does the product solve a real need? There's another question that many companies underestimate, particularly for B2B products (although it equally applies to

...because the co-founder in question has been sued for sexual harassment and sexual discrimination [http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/30/tinder-suspends-co-founder-in-wake-of-sexual-harassment-lawsuit/] . Whatever the outcome of the case and the irony of the context, there's an important legal principle at play here which founders should take note of. Simply

[http://photos.jdhancock.com/photo/2010-01-10-022713-lightning-mcqueen-vs-herbie-10365.html] Photo by JD Hancock [http://photos.jdhancock.com] cc [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US] Android has 1 billion monthly active users. 1 billion! iOS only has half the users but more than twice the developer revenue. As a