Entrepreneurship

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, October 24, 2022 by Neil Senturia I waited too long. I knew that I had to fire someone, and I really did not want to do it. I had a Rubik’s Cube dilemma. I kept spinning it, hoping to find the perfect fit, when I knew hard and deep […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, October 17, 2022 by Neil Senturia Do you know how much money the person next to you is being paid? Do you want to know? Are you sure you want to know? Management gurus tell us that CEOs need to be transparent. Fine and dandy, but by the way, […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune October 10, 2022 By Neil Senturia Harvard professor Clay Christensen was famous for the book “The Innovator’s Dilemma,” and later in his career, he wrote a lesser-known, but equally compelling book, “Competing Against Luck.” In that book, Christensen, who died in 2020, wrote that 84 percent of companies prize innovation, […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, October 3, 2022 by Neil Senturia The dreaded “D” word. Death, depression, disease, disappointment and the granddaddy of them all — divorce. But no cigar, the word most feared by the entrepreneur is Dilution. And I would argue that the best other “D” word associated with that choice is […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, September 26, 2022 by Neil Senturia A pal sends me a TikTok from Kevin O’Leary, one of the “Shark Tank” panelists, whose famous mantra when a contestant does not accept his offer or seems clueless is “You’re Dead to Me.” O’Leary recently did a three-hour lecture in front of […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, September 19, 2022 by Neil Senturia Recently, I wrote about three qualities that NASA looks for in an employee — one of which is thick skin. That quality supports the idea of not being bothered by criticism or rejection. It is the ability to press on, not be easily […]