Mark Attila Opauszky — Mark Attila Opauszky

I have been a Canadian tech CEO for over 20 years. There are always obstacles; some of them are worth it. I want to share what I can.

Archive

Learning from the brink
- Feb 15, 2024 Five years since I almost lost my life
On Being Better
- Sep 16, 2024 The Human Machine
- Jan 12, 2021 Something is wrong with social media
- Jun 25, 2020 A matter of trust
- May 12, 2020 Living with constraints
- Jan 16, 2020 The Crucible
On Building the Company
- Sep 8, 2022 Mission Statements
- Jul 5, 2021 The trouble with OKRs
- Feb 2, 2021 Being great
- Feb 28, 2020 Build durable companies
- Dec 23, 2018 First Class Objects
- Sep 26, 2018 What does it mean to build a business?
On Communicating
- Nov 7, 2019 How to talk when it’s important
- Oct 22, 2019 Brevity
On Customer Churn
- Sep 24, 2019 Churning and burning
On Hiring
- Aug 30, 2019 Hire fully formed adults
On Knowing What is Real
- Sep 10, 2024 Theatre of Lies
- Jun 27, 2023 What is wrong with hard decisions?
- May 12, 2023 Groin alarms, Limb difference and Vodka at 20,000 feet
- Feb 8, 2023 Seeing Big Gaps
- Sep 1, 2021 Lies
- Nov 4, 2020 PAIN
- Sep 15, 2020 It's a Thing
- Feb 6, 2020 Grinding
On Leadership
- Oct 26, 2023 Perspective over Perception
- Mar 15, 2021 Learning the Job
- Dec 9, 2020 Handling criticism
- Mar 17, 2020 Positive leadership in unprecedented times
- Mar 10, 2020 Boards and the Big Red Button
- Jan 20, 2020 Success is a poor teacher
- Oct 4, 2019 Blind and Scared
On Making Decisions
- Aug 14, 2023 Batteries
- Aug 15, 2022 Three Good Questions
- Jul 1, 2020 Patience
- Dec 5, 2019 Outsourcing development: trust vs accountability
- Nov 12, 2019 A controversial principle in annual planning
- Oct 25, 2019 Life over Limb
On Not Dying at Your Desk
- Aug 21, 2020 Building your own focus
- Nov 29, 2019 An announcement for Gen X-ers: Joy is a legit work principle
On Not Screwing Up
- Jul 30, 2024 Navigating Ambiguity
- May 23, 2024 Paying Attention
- May 4, 2023 The Trouble with Urgency
- Jun 29, 2022 Opinions
- Dec 14, 2021 Defending a good state of mind is part of the job
- May 3, 2021 Experience rocks, except when it doesn't
- Apr 5, 2021 Competition
- Mar 9, 2021 Room to Succeed
- Nov 2, 2020 B2B SaaS is more about Product Market Fit than we admit
- Sep 29, 2020 The land where CEOs and their investors often fear to tread
- Jul 16, 2020 Why is focus hard?
On Occationally Venting
- Aug 28, 2024 Stock Options
On Product Architecture
- Sep 10, 2019 Avoid re-architecting
On Product Market Fit
- Jul 22, 2019 Don't delegate positioning
On Risk
- Jan 2, 2020 The conversation we missed in 2019
On Sales and Marketing
- Feb 16, 2021 Be where your buyers are headed: An argument for sales automation
- Jun 1, 2019 The rift between sales and marketing
On Surviving Change
- Sep 2, 2019 A trip to Hell
On Things That Scare Us
- Dec 2, 2022 Hasn't it always been pretty hard ?
- Dec 1, 2020 Am I wasting time?