Blog

• On Slow Recruiting

  October 30, 2016

  On treating every coffee meeting as 'slow recruiting,' building relationships through curiosity and consistency rather than transactional networking.

• This is Interesting (Year Two Startup Thoughts)

  October 25, 2015

  A year-two Reaction Commerce update on growth metrics, the challenges of fundraising as a female founder in my 40s, and building a vision-driven team.

• On Public Speaking

  August 4, 2015

  The story of preparing for and delivering a Creative Mornings talk on collaboration, and what the nerve-wracking experience taught about why public speaking is rewarding.

• On One-on-Ones

  July 30, 2015

  A detailed guide to running meaningful one-on-ones, covering consistency, active listening on video calls, note-taking, and building trust over time.

• Playing Moneyball With a Lean Startup Budget

  May 6, 2015

  Drawing on Moneyball and NBA glue guy Shane Battier, I explore how a lean startup can find undervalued, unselfish hires instead of chasing superstars.

• Welcome to Technollywood: How Funding a Startup is Like Producing a Movie

  March 18, 2015

  Comparing startup fundraising to pitching a movie in Hollywood, and drawing on Kathryn Bigelow's and Howard Schultz's early rejections for encouragement as a founder.

• Positive Psychology at Work: Creating a Happy and Engaged Workforce

  December 18, 2014

  Drawing on Gallup workplace data and Shawn Achor's positive psychology research, I argue that hiring happy people and fostering a culture of happiness builds stronger, more engaged teams.

• Part 2: Reaction Commerce: A Powerful Leap Forward for Ecommerce

  November 22, 2014

  Why existing ecommerce platforms are outdated, and how Reaction Commerce is using JavaScript, Meteor, and Node.js to build real-time merchandising and pricing without page reloads.

• Part 1: Ecommerce is Heading Toward a Major Upheaval (and Reaction Commerce is Ready to Fill the Void)

  November 11, 2014

  A history of ecommerce and its platforms, arguing the industry is overdue for major upheaval that Reaction Commerce is positioned to fill.

• Will Native Apps For Ecommerce Go the Way of the Dinosaur?

  October 18, 2014

  Arguing that native mobile apps for ecommerce will eventually give way to web apps, drawing on Meteor's new mobile tools, Steve Jobs's early web-app vision, and Facebook's HTML5 misstep.