Your Competitor Can Buy the Same AI
Your Competitor Can Buy the Same AI There is an uncomfortable possibility at the heart of the AI revolution: within a few years, having sophisticated artificial intelligence in your business …
Teaching Students to Learn
Teaching Students to Learn Preparing students for a future we cannot predict We have several grandchildren and family friends at that familiar crossroads: trying to decide what to study and, …
Don’t Give AI the Company Credit Card
Don’t Give AI the Company Credit Card AI needs delegated financial authority, too. Thus far, businesses have treated AI like a very clever intern: ask it to draft an email, …
The Business of Failing Well
The Business of Failing Well What Kind of Failure Was It? In business, we like to talk about learning from failure. But that assumes we understand what kind of failure …
The Art of Losing
The Art of Losing You can lose twice. The second loss is the dangerous one. You have just lost one of the biggest tennis matches of your life. Your opponent …
AI May Make the Small Business Bigger
AI May Make the Small Business Bigger The winning model may be AI + more people—not AI instead of people Most discussion about AI and jobs starts with the same …
The Small Business Moat is Changing
The Small Business Moat is Changing When everyone can buy similar intelligence, what becomes difficult to copy? For decades, competitive advantage came from capital, scale, distribution, technology and headcount. AI …
IS THERE A MARKET FOR THE TECHNOLOGY? (2026 Edition)
IS THERE A MARKET FOR THE TECHNOLOGY? When I originally wrote “Is There a Potential Market for the Technology?”, market research was largely a process of finding information—often slowly and …
EVALUATING TECHNOLOGY FOR OPPORTUNITY (2026 Edition)
I originally wrote “Evaluating Technology for Opportunity” for Managing Technology for Profit: A Small Business Guide as a practical framework for identifying, evaluating and acquiring technology-based business opportunities. The original …
COMPETING IN 2026
I originally wrote “Competing in the ’90s – Impact of Technology” for Managing Technology for Profit: A Small Business Guide while leading an internal Fortune 500 corporate venture team. Our …