Are Your Cloud Costs Too High? 5 Steps to Lower Your AWS Costs
Nearly every CEO we speak to with a cloud-based product universally agrees that their Amazon Web Services (AWS) bill is too high.
Frank Oelschlager
Is Your Fintech Ready for Decentralized Finance?
Now’s the time to map the potential impact of decentralized finance on your business model and product innovation strategy.
That’ll Break Everything: Creating a Technology Roadmap
“That’ll break everything!” Ever heard someone say that, or something like it before and wished you had some, any, kind
The Skill-Motivation Matrix
When you are a leader of people, knowing the best approach for delegating assignments to a given person for any
Beyond Concern
We’ve all heard about the Spheres of Concern, Influence, and Control concept. But for those that haven’t considered this idea
Discipline is not what you think
When we see a successful person, what traits come to mind? Often they are perceived as natural talents or even
Focus – Power of a Fresnel Lens
Today I want to talk about focus. Specifically the importance of focus for growth stage companies. The reality is that
It’s Transformation Time – But Where to Start?
Transformations are all the rage these days. It seems like everyone’s doing one, and while the circumstances are varied, the
Dark Data Patterns are not the Future
Last week I talked about the need to understand the monetization and commercialization opportunities of your data assets. This week
Are You a Data Company?
Are you a data company? If you answered, “No”, you are about to become obsolete. Harsh words perhaps, but that
“That is Why You Fail” – Yoda
The problem with many transformation exercises, whether they be of digital, agile, or some other flavor, is that they don’t
How to Suck Less Every Day
or 4 Things You Should Always Be Doing I recently sat on a panel discussion on the topic of preparing
Vertical Value
One of the issues I see a lot out in software product land are teams trying to plan and jam
An Investor’s Guide to Tech Diligence
As an investor or acquirer of a technology company, you have many aspects of due diligence to consider as part
Digital Transformation Transmogrified
Digital Transformation has taken off as a topic out on the InterWebs this past year. While there is a lot
Recession Proof Your Business
Economists are currently predicting that the U.S. and global economy are headed for a recession. We know based on history
Congrats, New Lead Engineer! Now What?
Congratulations, you just got promoted to Lead Engineer. You’ve been working with your team for 2 or 3 years and
Who’s Really in Control of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Today, if you are building and operating cloud-based or cloud-native applications, the concentration of the source for TCO comes from
Toward Better AI
There are a multitude of things being done with AI today, the range goes from frivolous to world changing to
The Future of…
Growth We do a lot of work with growth companies, across all scales from startup to multi-national firms. This post
5 Critical Success Factors for Agile Transformations
Last week we hosted a panel discussion on Agile. We had three excellent panelists, Patricia Remacle (SVP Product, Hobsons), Ankur