If you build a truly great product, people will happily pay for it. Just check out how well Apple and Tesla have done.
Toward transitive data privacy and securing the data you don’t share
We are spending a lot of time discussing what happens to data when you explicitly or implicitly share it. But what about data that you have never ever shared?
The unbeatable advantage of Apple and Amazon
There are a handful of companies that have an unbeatable advantage — the fiduciary moat. In finance world, when you hire an advisor who is a fiduciary — he’s legally bound to put your…
An engineer’s guide to picking a startup
One of the questions I often get from engineers I mentor is how do you decide on what early stage startup is worth working for? Often, this is long before…
The Davos delusion
The Davos Delusion Davos leaders are gathering this week to change the world. Again. “We are faced by a world which is increasingly schizophrenic. Our world is rapidly changing and…
Multitenancy was the single-biggest technology breakthrough in SaaS. It not only allowed for higher gross margins, it made it viable to serve small and medium businesses with world-class software –…
UPDATE: Twilio’s IPO and the rise of the next 100M developers
Twilio recently exceeded expectations with an IPO that priced them at over $1 billion. For some, this proves that developers are the future of business. While they are certainly an…
There’s a new wave of reporting focused on the post-app era. Recode announced “The app boom is over.” Quartz points out how most users never download any apps. Let me…
Why Big Companies Keep Failing: The Stack Fallacy
Stack fallacy has caused many companies to attempt to capture new markets and fail spectacularly. When you see a database company thinking apps are easy, or a VM company thinking…
Not Just An App: The Front End Of The Trillion-Dollar, Full-Stack Revolution
Stop calling Uber, Airbnb and Munchery just apps. These apps are the front end of a full-stack revolution powered by cloud, mobile, drones, robots and AI. These apps started as…