I was interviewed today for a Facebook Live session at the Harvard Business Review. The simplicity of the technology involved floored me. HBR used a camera and a laptop to stream live the interview. They also had two people moderate the comments and tee them up near real-time. It was fascinating to engage with a

Risk is an interesting thing. It’s always there, and how you divide it is the key question. I this morning read about Spotify’s $1 billion convertible note financing. Some interesting terms have been leaked, though I don’t know why the company would want those out in the market. And, I’m sure, there are other terms.

I attend many board meetings and have done so through multiple market cycles. Regardless of your business model, I think ultimately four numbers are the most important. I call them The Big Four. The numbers may reflect whatever is most relevant for your companies: they could be pageviews, active number of users, or revenues. But, to