The success of Silicon Valley is often attributed to the ability of the entrepreneurial community to embrace setbacks, rather than punishing those who experience them. Celebrating these setbacks has become an art form of it own; as a recent NYT op-ed suggested, “telling the story of what went wrong is a way to wring insight […]
New Tech Tonics Podcast: Featuring Geoff Clapp, CEO of Better
Announcing our 4th edition of Tech Tonics, the Podcast, available now by clicking HERE, watching the player below or on iTunes. Today’s Tech Tonics Podcast features Geoff Clapp, CEO of Better, Inc. From the apple growing community of central Massachusetts to the Apple Computer community of Silicon Valley, Geoff has been a lifelong high technology […]
Wise or Otherwise: The Harsh Realities of Launching a Start-Up
I spent the second half of last week at one of my favorite events of the year, the AARP Annual Health Innovation@50+ meeting. The first day of the meeting was a sort of entrepreneur “bootcamp” where there were neither boots nor camping, but an array of executives speaking to entrepreneurs about the kinds of things […]