Author Archives: Josh Rutstein

The press always talks critically about “outsourcing”. But the term “outsourcing” gets a bum rap. It is often confused with “offshoring” and I think politicians use the lack of clarity to exploit their cause and journalists perpetuate it by not … Continue reading →

I attended Peak Pitch today up at Sugarbush, VT.  It’s a brilliant event.  Do your best elevator pitch while sitting on the chair lift.  I did 14 runs/pitches in 3 hours, with no water to drink.  13 of them went … Continue reading →

I call it “skiing” even when I am on my snowboard.  To me it’s the same.  What doesn’t count are those silly bikes, snowblades and the ridiculous telemarkers…“Oh look at me, I knee the snow.  You stupid snow, I shove my … Continue reading →

I forget who I was reading, but they mentioned that one of the first pieces of a pitch deck should be a “We believe…” statement.  It’s not so much what the product does but why we think it will be … Continue reading →

I follow a lot of VC’s and I have been trying to grasp exactly how it is that the tech industry works at a startup level.  For a while now, I have been dreaming of building my own company.  I … Continue reading →

Everybody makes a list, why should I be any different.  I think you are supposed to do resolutions before the New Year starts, but with the Pats game, I just didn’t get to it.  I am going to do this … Continue reading →

During every debate there are questions to the candidates about their judicial philosophy, what kind of judges they would nominate, which judges do they respect, do they have litmus tests, etc.  All anyone ever walks away with are two things: … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking of this post for a few weeks now.  At the last Republican debate there was a question about the future of foreign aid.  This was an easy home run question, and I don’t even have a staff … Continue reading →

A few months ago I submitted an article to the Business Intelligence Journal, published by TDWI.  Unfortunately, the journal is for TDWI members only.  My company paid the $275 for me to join.  They changed some of the language in … Continue reading →

Several weeks ago I went to an open house at Lancaster School in Salem.  This is Haley’s school and where Taylor went before her.  I’ve always thought it was a pretty good school.  There are great teachers, the building is well … Continue reading →