by David Apgar | Jan 16, 2019 | Calm management, Calm teams, Entrepreneurs, Small business
Calm teams cope with wicked problems. There’s some evidence for this below but the real question is how. Calm teams seem to adapt to unstable goals, innovate around inadequate solutions, and be mindful of surprising results. These are general signs of team...
by David Apgar | Mar 14, 2018 | Entrepreneurs, Small business, Sustainable tech, Technology strategy
Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat March 13, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA (Image above: Contributed by author, from July 2015 Inmotion newsletter of Dallas Area Rapid Transit) Santa Cruz has plenty of cool alternative transport startups. It’s true they can seem peripheral at a...
by David Apgar | Mar 14, 2018 | Business intelligence, Entrepreneurs, Small business, Technology strategy
PayStand is not the only fintech startup in the Monterey Bay area. But B2B platforms like PayStand are a rarity – collectors’ items for any local economy. PayStand’s recent successful funding round and the attention it’s getting in Silicon Valley (see CEO Jeremy...
by David Apgar | Sep 1, 2017 | GoalScreen, Performance management, Small business, Working smarter
What do you do when big gaps between actual and projected sales or cash flow stare out at you from the books (or your computer screen) week after week? If you’re like most people, your first reaction is to work harder. After all, volatile results make backers nervous...
by David Apgar | Aug 11, 2017 | Business Advisors, Business intelligence, Entrepreneurs, Performance management, Small business, Technology strategy
A recent blog on an automated business-scorecard site helpfully suggests 18 key performance indicators that you should track. Along with 13 bonus performance indicators. And a link to another 37 indicators. The list faithfully follows the structure of the balanced...
by David Apgar | Aug 4, 2017 | Entrepreneurs, Small business, Technology strategy, Working smarter
People.ai CEO Oleg Rogynskyy busts the urban myth that Y Combinator has become Silicon Valley’s Ivy League – an incubator with a surface veneer of hard work glossing over an engine of great networking. Here’s what he writes. “Y Combinator is about understanding the...
