I just said this to a fellow little league coach, and it’s certainly true for baseball. I’ve coached games with sloppy and/or blowout wins in the past. You take the W and move on, but it’s hard to say “good game” at the end of it and feel like you played a good game. And I’ve coached games where we played our hearts out and made amazing plays on offense and defense…and just came up short by a run. You are sad about the L, but at least you left it all out on the field. Is that statement true in business? What’s an example of a “bad” win? Let’s say you close a piece of business with a new…
Archives / July, 2018
How to Get Laid Off
How to Get Laid Off – an Employee’s Perspective One of my colleagues at Return Path saw my post about How to Quit Your Job about 5 years ago and was inspired to share this story with me. Don’t read anything into this post, team! There is no other meaning behind my posting it at this time, or any time, other than thinking it’s a very good way of approaching a very difficult situation, especially coming from an employee. In 2009 I was working at a software security start up in the Silicon Valley. Times were exceedingly tough, there were several rounds of layoffs that year, and in May I was finally on the list. I was informed on a Tuesday…
Response to the Journal
(This post is running concurrently on the Return Path blog.) It is now widely understood that the Internet runs on data. I first blogged about this in 2004—14 years ago!— here. People have come to expect a robust—and free!—online experience. Whether it’s a shopping app or a social media platform like Instagram, these free experiences provide a valuable service. And like most businesses, the companies that provide these experiences need to make money somehow. Consumers are coming to understand and appreciate that the real cost of a “free” internet lies in advertising and data collection. Today, the Wall Street Journal ran an article exploring the data privacy practices of Google and some of the third party developers who utilize their G Suite ecosystem….