In my last article I spoke to the challenges large organizations have with innovation, in the same breathe you could argue that there is such a thing as too much innovation! It’s with that, that I’m happy to announce that Daniel and I are r…

For context, I’m a bootstrap startup guy, so it doesn’t take much to considered larger. But to help build some guard rails on large, imagine it in the context of people more than money. Think an organization that has 250 + people (but certa…

This quarter we grew our team by 25%, and we have on the docket to grow by another 25% next quarter adding another 50 people in the next three months. We’re super excited about our future, and the progress we’re making. Our team growth is a…

There is nothing more valuable than your time. If you’re a startup founder that becomes even more important, especially if they are lean, mean and bootstrapped. When you’re starting things from the ground up, you have to be exceptionally fo…

You can find a lot of discussions about the selling process, but you don’t find a lot of conversation of power dynamics. Background: In 2017 I sold my company to GoDaddy. I was an executive at GoDaddy for three years post-acquisition where I spen…

A colleague used to say: Tony, you are exactly what they mean when they say “with enough brute force you can accomplish anything.” – A colleague I would laugh, but inside it would hurt. I remember thinking how it simplified, diminishe…