“I am trying to evangelize the 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint. It’s quite simple: a PowerPoint presentation should have ten slides, last no more than twenty minutes, and contain no font smaller than thirty points. While I’m in the venture capital business, this rule is applicable for any presentation to reach agreement: for example, raising capital, making a sale, forming a partnership, etc.”

“This is a directory of Fortune 500 companies that have business blogs, defined as: active public blogs by company employees about the company and/or its products.”

“If there’s such a thing as a stereotypical ‘great boss,’ Michael Feiner wouldn’t be the first to come to mind. The former PepsiCo executive lacks the sentiment of Herb Kelleher, the beloved former chief of Southwest Airlines. Nor has he got the goofy humor of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos… His message: A great boss doesn’t need a larger-than-life persona, and leadership isn’t composed of heroic gestures and brilliant insights. Rather, it’s the unglamorous and old-fashioned work of building relationships, being committed to employees’ success and holding them accountable.”