Intellectual Property (IP) owners should think of the metaverse as an opportunity. Like the opportunity the Internet brought to sell goods… — Intellectual Property (IP) owners should think of the metaverse as an opportunity. Like the opportunity the Internet brought to sell goods and services online instead of exclusively in brick-and-mortar stores, the metaverse brings a new opportunity for businesses to expand their reach. Nike and Gucci are two examples of companies…

Learning lessons from sports isn’t just a cliché. Professional sports are just a business and we can look to it for examples and teachings… — Learning lessons from sports isn’t just a cliché. Professional sports are just a business and we can look to it for examples and teachings, specifically when it comes to leadership lessons and team building. I grew up a Philadelphia Eagles fan — frustrated, tormented, but “bleeding green” for a team…

I was listening to a podcast from James Fallows from The Atlantic this past week. He said that we need more “proportionality” in the media… — I was listening to a podcast from James Fallows from The Atlantic this past week. He said that we need more “proportionality” in the media. He cited that there is a small group of people who think that COVID-19 is a hoax and won’t wear face masks, but it’s a…

“Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.” John Maxwell — “Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.” John Maxwell When you built out your business model you likely created SWOT and PEST analyses on your business. I’ll venture to bet that unless you’ve watched Bill Gates’ now super famous Ted talk on pandemics you did not identify a mass plague putting…

If you’re in government contracting, you have to believe (or at least hope) that the federal procurement system regularly tries to meet… — If you’re in government contracting, you have to believe (or at least hope) that the federal procurement system regularly tries to meet the goals of fairness and transparency and true competition. I truly believe in the fundamentals of our procurement system and recently taught a webinar on FAR Part 6…

Whether you are an active participant in your religion or not, there is no doubt it creates an underlying ethos that guides how we each… — Whether you are an active participant in your religion or not, there is no doubt it creates an underlying ethos that guides how we each conduct our personal and professional lives. Coming just off the Jewish High Holy Days I’ve been thinking about how my upbringing in the Jewish faith…

Like many entrepreneurs I hustle, I work extremely hard, I never stop. I say that I live in a state of perpetual motion and if you know me… — Like many entrepreneurs I hustle, I work extremely hard, I never stop. …

Make your own luck and enjoy travel. — “To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, to gain all while you give, to roam the roads of lands remote, to travel is to live.” (Hans Christian Andersen) Some of us are lucky enough to travel for business. While travel is hard and takes us away from our homes…

“What business needs now is design. What design needs now is business.” — Beth Comstock, Vice Chair of GE. — “What business needs now is design. What design needs now is business.” — Beth Comstock, Vice Chair of GE. One of the last professions people think of when you say design thinking is probably the law. Let’s face it — it’s dry. Statutes, precedent, people in suits, black robes and…