• Bootstrapping Strategies Part 2: “Fatigue Makes Cowards of Us All” — Vince Lombardi

    My fitness trainer often shouts this phrase to me whenever I am beginning to hit the wall during workouts (Terry Canon, respect).  The motivation of the phrase is simple – when we get tired or when we are faced with adversity; our mental strength and concentration are put to the test.  And those that have…

  • Bootstrapping Strategies Part 1: The Compromise between Today and Tomorrow

    Perhaps something of an oddity amongst publicly traded tech companies, Ubiquiti Networks was bootstrapped with no operational funding from inception up to the IPO.  For a software company, this path is challenging enough.  But, Ubiquiti makes hardware.  And with making hardware comes the additional financial burden of funding larger and larger manufacturing expenses as the business grows. People…

  • New Office

    Ubiquiti’s Silicon Valley branch moved to a larger facility in San Jose last month.  Attached are photos showing the property after our design build out. We had some specific goals we wanted to achieve with the design: 1.      Build an engineer’s dream work environment.  It’s a sleek, modern look where no expense was spared for our lab…

  • Why I created this Blog

    Hi everyone; thanks for visiting. My goal is to make this site a platform to discuss a variety of topics ranging from the future of technology to random things that I just find cool.  One focus of the site will also be dedicated to sharing some insights from my own career experience in an effort to…