I’m from the camp: If your company is not growing, it ** by definition ** is dead. You just haven’t been pronounced dead yet! Change management is a critical skill every CEO must have in there tool kit. Inviting change in an organization you founded is different than walking in the door as a new CEO, with a turnaround plan in your briefcase.  The later was the case at Web Associates and Starbase where I was recruited by the BOD with a mandate to get the companies on a road to profitability, immediately. Failure would mean bankruptcy for the...

I must admit, I've avoided starting this blog for years. I'm not sure why, I suspect I just invested my time doing other things, like discovering Bend, Oregon which we moved to in 2006. Or maybe it's been trying to learn the game of golf, a game I had not played a lot prior to moving to Bend.  In any event, here I am. I've been wanting to get some of my thoughts down about my career and to share some of my stories and thoughts about being a founder of two startups: Mustang Software, Inc and Specialty Match Network, being...