Techpreneurs can live by the Board, and unfortunately can die by the Board. Forming a Board of Directors (BoD), like so many other aspects of early-stage corporate strategy, can serve as a force multiplier for the techpreneur, can be neutral (equals no value), or can be a tremendous liability. So take the time and effort to do it right.

Well, these days my eyebrows need trimming, I’m feeling my age, and I just feel like being a grumpy, old man and really teeing off on a product and a business model that have made my life a little less fun this week. So, here goes with mostly full attribution to Andy Rooney.

So, this week as I struggled to come up with something of techpreneurial interest, I failed miserably. Instead, I am just going to proceed to indulge in a mindless, not-very-well-researched rant about really stupid acronym use for product names…

Ready, Fire, Aim! The phrase is often used to describe what happens when inadequate strategic planning precedes a company, product, service, or project launch.