Scott Moody

Perspective: It's All About The Why

Posted by Scott Moody | Mar 17, 2015

**UPDATE: Scott’s daughter posted to Facebook around 6 p.m. Tuesday that the surgery was complete and Scott was recovering in intensive care. We will continue to update as we hear news about the procedure. It’s a nice thought, this idea of putting things in perspective. People talk about it all the time, usually while trying to give you some advice. But I recently found out a little trick to really help you put things in perspective. Just have your doctor tell you, “You have a brain tumor”. That is what mine told me a few weeks ago and if...

Perspective: It’s All About The Why

Posted by Scott Moody | Mar 17, 2015

**UPDATE: Scott’s daughter posted to Facebook around 6 p.m. Tuesday that the surgery was complete and Scott was recovering in intensive care. We will continue to update as we hear news about the procedure. It’s a nice thought, this idea of putting things in perspective. People talk about it all the time, usually while trying to give you some advice. But I recently found out a little trick to really help you put things in perspective. Just have your doctor tell you, “You have a brain tumor”. That is what mine told me a few weeks ago and if...

AuthenTec co-founder: Startup CEOs get too much credit for what is a team sport

Posted by Scott Moody | Sep 10, 2014

Editor’s note: F. Scott Moody is the co-founder and CEO of Raleigh-based K4Connect, and former co-founder and CEO of AuthenTec, which was acquired by Apple in 2012. He’s a frequent speaker on entrepreneurism and active in supporting entrepreneurial activities in Africa. Moody wrote this post for ExitEvent, a news partner of WRAL TechWire. RALEIGH, N.C. – It’s been a year now, but I can remember last September 10th like it was yesterday. That was the day that Apple first announced the iPhone 5S and, most importantly (in my personal opinion!), the first implementation of the Touch ID. You see,...

Startup CEOs Get Too Much Credit For What is a Team Sport

Posted by Scott Moody | Sep 9, 2014

F. Scott Moody is the co-founder and CEO of Raleigh-based K4Connect, and former co-founder and CEO of AuthenTec, which was acquired by Apple in 2012. He’s a frequent speaker on entrepreneurism and active in supporting entrepreneurial activities in Africa. It’s been a year now, but I can remember last September 10th like it was yesterday. That was the day that Apple first announced the iPhone 5S and, most importantly (in my personal opinion!), the first implementation of the Touch ID. You see, Apple had bought the company I helped found, AuthenTec, in late 2012 and the Touch ID was...