Thoughts on Founders and Owners

Bill Gates wanted to stuff it to IBM

Bill Gates wanted to stuff it to IBM

As far as BHAGs go, Eliminating Global Healthcare Inequalities has got to be out there with the best. Though Alphalake being a British company, it’s a little more modest. “To…

If you’re frustrated with your leadership team, the feeling’s probably mutual!

“It annoys me how often I need to tell my leadership team what to do. But if I don’t, they just won’t do the right thing.” (How to upset everyone…
“I think I’ve just paid £50,000 for a word I already knew”

“I think I’ve just paid £50,000 for a word I already knew”

Many CEOs call their companies “people companies”. Occasionally they mean it! Far more occasionally still, it translates into every sinew of a company’s being. Answer Digital comes about as close…
Peter takes his values from Catholic school in Hungary to becoming Deepak Chopra’s digital partner in San Diego

Peter takes his values from Catholic school in Hungary to becoming Deepak Chopra’s digital partner in San Diego

Peter Tiszavolgyi’s company, Stylers Group, started with a couple of mates at uni in Budapest. It’s grown into a 50+ person company that is Deepak Chopra’s digital partner in San…

Hire the right people, and then trust them

People problems in companies tend to boil down to one of two things. Wrong people hired, or right people hired, but then not empowered. We need to both (1) hire…

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