Leadership and Inspiration
One of the wonderfully intangible benefits of receiving awards, such as the Top Small Company Workplaces award we just received from Inc. Magazine, is that most of these awards have a great conference...
View ArticleMy Experience with the Menlo Interview Process
Menlo Innovations periodically conducts an Extreme Interviewing event for participants of the Shifting Gears program. This happens once or twice a year, and provides our team with an opportunity to...
View ArticleAre You Easy to Work With?
As I’ve mentioned before, I start Menlo tours explaining to visitors they have come to a place that has very intentionally focused its culture on “the business value of joy.” Most visitors now come to...
View ArticleImprov Theater
We typically describe the goal of our interview process as “Make your partner look as good as possible.” Because partners are often competing for the same position, this can be a hard concept to grasp...
View ArticleIn Praise of Vacation
Growing up, our family vacations were always the same. Both of my parents worked for the Public Schools, so we’d heading up to The Lake on July 5th and stay there until just about the end of August....
View ArticleIntentional Culture
I speak to a lot of entrepreneurial groups and the topic of culture comes up every now and then. The question is often asked, “How do you build a great culture?” I have one simple answer: “If you want...
View ArticlePeople Offer Their Children To Us
Over the past several years, I’ve noticed a curious and predictable phenomena during our talks and tours. Inevitably, at the end, someone will approach me and hand me a business card. “My son or...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Experiences
One of our favorite books is The Experience Economy by Pine & Gilmore. It describes the value that can be created by moving past commodities, products, services, and into experiences. I was...
View ArticleYou Can’t Order Coffee Without Software
I’ve often said, “There is software in everything.” You can’t buy gas without software. You can’t drive a car without software. You can’t book a flight without software. The plane can’t fly without...
View ArticleJobs, Wozniak, Gates, Allen, Ford and Edison
Yesterday, we lost a great innovator, entrepreneur and dreamer. Thank you Steve Jobs for the inspiration and vision for not only dreaming about what is possible, but showing all of us it is possible...
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