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“Thus, what enables the wise sovereign and the good general to strike and conquer, and achieve things beyond the reach of ordinary men, is FOREKNOWLEDGE. That is, knowledge of the enemy’s dispositions, and what he means to do. Now this foreknowledge cannot be elicited from spirits; it cannot be obtained inductively from experience, nor by any deductive calculation. Knowledge of the enemy’s dispositions can only be obtained from other men. “ – Sun Tzu “Art of War” Read more »

Last week I participated in a panel discussion about the future role of the U.S. and whether we can maintain our position as a dominant world leader.  The discussion went many places, but ended up focusing on economic power. As … Read more »

It’s football season- so while this blog is a little off topic, as I keep my fingers crossed that the Cowboys will make the playoffs (thank God for the NFC East), it feels somehow relevant.

About this time last year, my oldest son William, a wonderfully sensitive 8-year-old who builds robots and publishes a daily newsletter in his spare time, announced that he wanted to play football in the fall. Read more »

As a significant investor in the biofuels sector in the U.S., we at Paladin continue to be surprised by the amount of incomplete information and analysis in the media about the impact of corn-based ethanol production on food supply and prices. While approximately 35% of the total U.S. corn supply is used for ethanol production, discussions about this usage often fail to distinguish between “gross” and “net” usage. Read more »

Words matter. Understanding those words and cyber developments in the 21st century is critical to our success. Realizing this success is realizing it will mostly be bounded by mega trends. Cyber technology and with it cyber power will develop very quickly, measured generally in quarter or half years—web years. Read more »

Remember the Great American Pants Lawsuit of 2005? Wonder how it applies to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and cyber security? Well, here it goes… Read more »

Ever since I published my blog on inspiring girls to enter the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) disciplines, my inbox has exploded with friends sending me articles on gender (in)equality.  From Soraya Chemaly’s piece on the importance of the … Read more »

Paladin began nurturing QuantaLife, one of the nation’s most promising life sciences companies, when it was two scientists and one great idea. Three short years later, QuantaLife has been purchased by Bio-Rad Laboratories for $162 million plus future earn-outs – … Read more »

The goal of security in the cyber age is technology that stays ahead of the challenges and threats targeting our critical systems and networks – targeting our very way of life. As we all know, these threats and challenges are … Read more »

The passing of Steve Jobs marks the end of an era. Jobs and Apple were larger than life entities in the technology world and in my own life. On the personal side, I’ll never forget my very first computer – … Read more »