ALL REAL BUSINESSES ARE NOT HIGH TECH OR VC FUNDED
In 1938 David and Lucile Packard got married and rented the first floor of the house at 367 Addison Avenue in Palo Alto, CA. The little shack out back became Bill Hewlett’s home and the simple one car garage became the HP workshop. In 1989 California named the garage “the birthplace of Silicon Valley” and made it a California Historical Landmark.
VIRTUAL TOGETHERNESS – HOW’S IT GOING?
COVID taught us how to work apart, but what are the virtues of physical togetherness?
PARTNERSHIPS
A partnership is a formal arrangement by two or more parties
to manage and operate a business and share its profits.
MORE THAN A “BUSINESS” GIFT
Many cultures have elevated gift-giving (and the presentation business cards) to an art form. Our American business culture isn’t one of them.
ASK AND (SOMETIMES) YOU SHALL RECEIVE – FOR FREE
One of my international partners once said, “You never know what will happen if you just say, Hello.” I think he had women in mind…, but there’s more to it than that. “You never know what will happen if you just ask.”