David Gardner

Dave Gardner is a management consultant, speaker, blogger and author based in Silicon Valley. He's been in the front row for the birth and evolution of Silicon Valley, the innovation capital of the world. Since 1992, Gardner & Associates Consulting has focused on accelerating growth through change. His clients include very large corporations and a number of start-ups and small and medium businesses. He holds a BA from San Jose State University and an MBA from Santa Clara University. He is a member of Santa Clara University College of Arts and Sciences Leadership Board. Dave has been inducted into the Million Dollar Consulting® Hall of Fame and is a member of Dell’s Customer Advisory Panel.

David Gardner

To Move Forward, First Let Go

If you’re an entrepreneur or business owner feeling stuck or stalled out, it may be time to get out of your comfort zone. Here are some tips for moving forward.

What Is The Value Of Happiness?

For newly minted ice cream company founder Elena Pallotta, it’s priceless. Here’s why she replaced concerns about money with freedom and independence–and found her entrepreneurial passion along the way.

How Dell Fights Cancer With Big Data

Dell Corporation has had a long track record serving the health industry, so when they realized that big data could be applied to emerging areas such as genomics, they dived in deeper.

How Tablet Tutoring Company Tabtor Aims To Shake Up Math Education

If the U.S. is to move the needle in engineering and science, education needs to be reinvented for the 21st century. Tabtor wants to help students brush up on much-needed math skills.

If Putting Out Fires Is Your Office Job, Time To Build Some Framework

Do urgent, day-to-day decisions constantly threaten to overwhelm you? If so, it’s time to create process and routine, and shift your focus to strategic issues.

Got A Great Idea For An App? Have Someone Else Bring It To Market

Despite all the great ideas for mobile apps floating around, the failure rate for such products is eye-poppingly high. Which is why your first step should be finding the right partner to bring your idea to market.

How Dell Helps Entrepreneurs Get Hardware Solutions To Market

For some hardware companies, strategic partners like Dell are the new angel investors.

Why Dell Decided To Go Private

What Wall Street isn’t getting.

How Dobango Helps Foster Consumer Relationships On Pinterest

The visual social media trend hasn’t gone unnoticed by B2C marketers. A look at Dobango’s Pinterest Social Marketing Solution, which helps brands reach and track consumers via the popular photo-sharing site.

What Decisions Your Business Really Needs To Make About The Cloud

Despite all the hype, the cloud is not the answer to everything. That said, the cloud is definitely the answer to a lot of things. Here’s a primer on telling the difference.

Startup U.S. Vs. Startup India: Women Entrepreneurs’ Perspectives

Any entrepreneur would be hard-pressed not to become giddy about the growth opportunities in India–here are on-the-ground perspectives on its future from women entrepreneurs both in India and the U.S.

Startup U.S. Vs. Startup India: The Stats For Female Entrepreneurs

Dell commissioned a Women’s Global Entrepreneurship Study to understand regional differences between women entrepreneurs in India and the U.S–here’s what they found.

Newspapers’ Next Move In Expanding The Reach Of Digital Ads

As a newspaper executive, what do you do when advertising revenues are tied to declining circulations and undermined by the impact of the Internet and social media? You could crawl up under your desk (not advised)–or you could look to innovate your way out of this dilemma.

The Less-Is-More Approach To Apps

Technology must simplify a problem or opportunity and bring demonstrable value; avoiding unnecessary feature creep requires discipline and vigilance. Here, a cautionary tale about app “enhancements” that users will find less-than-useful.

Hey Google Support Forums–Don’t Be Evil

Have you ever tried to reach a human being at Google to fix a problem? It’s impossible. Here’s a real scenario that we hope provides Google with the opportunity to improve their processes.

SFMade Is Making Manufacturing San Francisco’s Next Act

Nonprofit SFMade is helping to build a manufacturing base in San Francisco. Here’s what it’s doing to create urban manufacturing jobs in one of the most expensive cities in America.

Avoiding The Fate Of HP, Zombie Company

If I Sell You My Company, Will You Respect Me In The Morning?

Configurator 2.0 Turns Customers Into Committed, Raving Fans

What Private Sector IT Can Learn From Education IT

Impact

In Berlin, there’s now one app to access every mode of transportation

Will there be a market for the coming explosion of electric cars?

Gifts from the 50 biggest donors dropped by half in 2018

Creativity

Finally! Doritos makes a chip bag that cleans your dusty fingers

The fallout from NYT’s Ryan Adams exposé has already arrived

Home Page is being rereleased, like a time capsule from the internet’s early days

Co.Design

This revolutionary fabric could make flying economy less terrible

The major source of plastic pollution you’ve probably never heard of

Can architecture help you live forever?

Work Life

How to ask effective questions

The quest for affordable childcare is crippling U.S. workers

5 reasons why you’re still sleeping terribly