What’s Doug Got
To Say?
Government-funded R&D is too important to squander on unworthy startups
The U.S. remains at the forefront of technology innovation due to entrepreneurs that take risks. When combined with access to capital, these risks enable an entrepreneurial ecosystem that gives the U.S. a competitive edge. But where does an entrepreneur turn for...
Douchebag Executive Officer (DEO): A Not-so-Bueno Leader
In the Summer of 2017, I was asked by a Daily Camera reporter (our local, Boulder-based newspaper) about the prospect of finding another CEO to run one of the two companies I was running at the time, and my immediate reaction was: “I don’t just want any old douchebag...
Appreciating “Why”
It was a cold, snowy winter day in Longmont, Colorado and I was huddled with Roccor’s CTO, Mark Lake, over a cup of coffee inside Roccor’s aptly named coffee shop “Peace of Grind” (and yes, that is the correct spelling). Mark was grilling me on what it is I actually...
What is Entrepreneurial Dysfunction?
It was the Summer of 2011 and I had reached my breaking point. I was 10 years into my professional career and up to this point had worked for a series of organizations with claimed business models of commercializing advanced technologies but in reality were...