Original post by Techquity Founder & CEO, Anthony Bay Over my decades as a senior operating executive at companies including Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon, my stints as a CEO of startups and having served on a number of public and private boards, it’s become crystal clear to me that a significant percentage of CEOs and Boards of Directors tend to underinvest in… Continue reading Software is Eating the World. Technology is Eating Corporate Governance.
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Technology Governance Lessons for CTOs and CEOs from the SVB Collapse
Smart CTOs and CEOs are constantly looking to identify and mitigate existential risks. But Black Swan events make even the best-laid plans look naive in hindsight. Witness the ensuing chaos after the rapid failure of Silicon Valley Bank, an august institution and the bank of choice for a significant percentage of startups and venture capitalists the world over.… Continue reading Technology Governance Lessons for CTOs and CEOs from the SVB Collapse
The Importance of Human Direction in Technology-Driven Business
Author: Andrew Tahvildary | Partner, Techquity In the early stages of the pandemic, I came across a highly relevant Harvard Business Review article titled “Tech Should Enable Change, Not Drive It,” The main takeaway from the article was “businesses that want to continue to deliver value and help ensure enterprise resiliency in this time of rapid change should aim… Continue reading The Importance of Human Direction in Technology-Driven Business
Remote vs In-Person: What we can learn from GitHub’s move to an all-remote workforce
GitHub is closing all its offices and going all remote. What does that mean for technology development and managing technology teams? When GitHub speaks, the software world listens. The Microsoft subsidiary hosts more software code than any other organization. It is the preferred source code repository for most of the prominent open-source projects. GitHub was born into a… Continue reading Remote vs In-Person: What we can learn from GitHub’s move to an all-remote workforce
Why You Still Can’t Hire (Or Even Talk To) The Best Engineering Leaders
Bloomberg reported on how Apple has avoided layoffs by hiring more efficiently and prudently. Over the past few years, Apple has more than doubled its revenue per additional headcount. The Bloomberg headline tells only half the story. Across all of the six large technology companies analyzed, the revenue per employee remains exceptionally high by the standards of normal businesses… Continue reading Why You Still Can’t Hire (Or Even Talk To) The Best Engineering Leaders
Five Digital Exhaust Telltales for Better Deal Due Diligence
How should companies be doing proper due diligence to vet acquisitions? We started thinking about this a lot after the news broke that JPMorgan Chase & Co. was suing the founder of Frank, a startup it had acquired, for $175 million. The lawsuit Frank claimed to have a product that radically simplified the complex process of filling out… Continue reading Five Digital Exhaust Telltales for Better Deal Due Diligence