It’s that time of year again where budding entrepreneurs, wide-eyed startups, angel investors, and venture capitalists all converge on the Santa Clara Convention Center for TieCON! TiECON 2017 culminates 25 years of sparking entrepreneurial spirit and the rise of a global movement promoting TiE’s motto to imagine, innovate, and inflect....
4 Steps to Avoid Discovery Overload
Overwhelmed with technology? Not sure how to start discovery? Conducting discovery should be easy. So, let's make it easy. These four fundamental steps set the stage for a consistent and thorough process: 1) Identifying the facts; 2) Recognizing the missing pieces; 3) Interviewing the key players; and 4) Compiling the appropriate...
7 Steps Law Firms Have to Combat Cyber Threats
Protect the Client, Defend the Law Firm Your Law Firm is a Target If you think cases like the Panama Papers are yesterday’s news, think again. Malicious actors of all stripes recognize the value in attacking a law firm. While hacking a bank yields actual cash, a law firm stores...
An Open Letter to Congress: Net Neutrality Analogized
Hi Congress, Before providing a few analogies to simplify why net neutrality should exist, I want to tell you how disappointed I am in your decision to remove the FCC rules around internet privacy. Who am I? I am a US citizen and do not consider myself technically incompetent. I...
No, (Insert Name) Is Not An eDiscovery Strategist
Who’s Your “Go-To”? Let’s be honest, we all have our favorite “go-to” person (or company) for many things. Whether it be the convenient little dry cleaners you pass every day on the way to the office, the copy shop who sends the courier with amazingly warm Otis Spunk Meyer cookies every...
EDISCOVERY MARKET DISRUPTION
Market disruption comes in all shapes and sizes, though the majority stem from a competitor comparing apples-to-oranges when talking about price. This “disruption” does shake up the market but only until the next round of competitive pricing wars. These are the kinds of disruptions Harvard Business Professor Clay Christian terms "low-end...