Today is an Amazing Day for Eric Branner and the Fons Team!
January 5, 2023As an investor, I'm thrilled to announce that Fons, a startup that provides small to medium businesses with an easy scheduling and billing platform, i...
Contrib: Enabling Direct to Fan for Charities
June 12, 2021Contrib is a digital fundraising platform that empowers influencers to engage with their fans, raise money for important charities, and make a direct ...
Keep Your Hands Dirty
March 10, 2019Throughout my career, I have seen many different management styles. Some were more effective than others but, as a founder, there is one management st...
Roadmaps and the Tooth Fairy
January 18, 2017If you still believe in the tooth fairy, please stop reading now. I once thought like you: for a product team, the path to enlightenment is to generat...
So, You Want to be a Founder…
October 24, 2016That is amazing and I congratulate you. I congratulate your drive to create something from nothing, nurture it like a child and work harder than you c...
Polish Your Company
February 10, 2016Transforming your incubated idea into a full-blown business is no easy task. Many of the founders I advise and work with need help tackling this might...
Mythical Evaluations and Reality
February 5, 2016The current marketplace is in a state of flux. Some people claim there’s a bubble, others reject this statement. Whatever the real state of today’s ma...
The Silent Company Killer
February 2, 2016There is a growing epidemic in the enterprise. It has existed for many years and many companies work hard to cure this sickness. But, in the end, this...
Moving On from CenturyLink…
December 1, 2015Today is my last day at CenturyLink. It has been an absolute honor to work for and contribute to such an amazing company in the midst of a major trans...
Enabling Remote Workers and Keeping Them Engaged
October 3, 2015Harvard Business Review wrote a great article on “Why Remote Workers Are More (Yes, More) Engaged.” At Tier 3 we believe in this and have always maint...
Is Judgement the Number One Trait for a Great Developer?
October 3, 2015Great blog post from Tammer Saleh on the number one trait for a developer: http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2011/the-number-one-trait-of-a-great-develop...
It’s the Polish that Makes Something Special
October 3, 2015When you look at applications today it is very easy to tell which ones have the “polish” — and because of that, are exceptional. Many times it is just...
My Greatest Successes Have All Come From Small Failures
October 3, 2015My father-in-law recently sent me an article from the NY Times (http://nyti.ms/nLBqp4) asking the question “What if the Secret to Success Is Failure?....
Picking a Co-Founder is Hard
October 2, 2015I had a great opportunity at this year’s Interop Las Vegas IT Conference and Expo to talk with some amazing entrepreneurs at Work In Progress. I focus...