Vol. 58: Powerful After Action Reports
Monday, February 8th, 2010Building a Business: The power of the After Action Report
“Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent..”– Steve Martin
Many years ago when we lived in the Midwest, we became very good friends with a young couple down the street. He was a fellow fraternity brother, from another college, but I remember him as a [...]
Corporate Governance Sucks!
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010If you remember, the General Motors board gave CEO Rick Wagoner a 64 percent pay raise — to $15.7 million — in 2007, when the company lost $38.7 billion. The company went bankrupt two years later at a cost of $52 billion to shareholders and another $13.4 billion to all taxpayers.
In Sword Tips, we’ve often [...]
Build your Board with experience
Monday, November 16th, 2009The Wall Street Journal blogs frequently report on the VC industry and their recent entry, Start-Up CEOs Gripe About VCs’ Lack Of Operating Experience, caught my eye.
I have sat on close to a dozen small business boards and agree that directors without real experience bring little to the table. I’m not sure, however, that I [...]

















