My mom built a small software empire in Denmark, starting in 1983, and building it to market leading 50-person company in 1993 when she sold it. Sh…Read more
Other · Calvin Correli · Dec 29, 2012
Handwashing is superstition
This is right up my alley. I love stories about our collective superstitions - things we take way too seriously, but for which the rationale doesn't…Read more
Other · Calvin Correli · Dec 28, 2012
What if everything is as it should be?
What if everything is as it should be? Phoebe and I were having masala dosas for breakfast at Mylari a few weeks ago, and were talking about whethe…Read more
Business Insider: And now, instead of writing stories about how Snapchat is doomed, people are wondering: What's wrong with product development at …Read more
Other · Calvin Correli · Dec 28, 2012
There can be no strategy without hope
Brad Feld quoting Dov Seidman: And while they are right that hope is technically not a strategy, inspirational leaders understand one final thing: …Read more
When my son was two, we went to the swimming pool, where he would walk up on the 3 meter high diving board, jump into the water below, swim to the e…Read more
Other · Calvin Correli · Dec 26, 2012
Courage
What is courage? I've often been asked about where I get my courage from - the courage to start my own company, remain self-employed through ups and…Read more
Other · Calvin Correli · Dec 26, 2012
Plagiarism
What's happening right now in the US with all the shootings remind me of an old statistic about suicide: That in the days after a widely publicized …Read more
Other · Calvin Correli · Dec 23, 2012
Placebo
About 20 years ago, fresh out of high school, I was at a late night jazz concert with a friend who had just begun to study medicine. I started talki…Read more