Have you noticed a trend lately disparaging small businesses (especially solo-owned ones)? It's a bit ironic that the people who are taking chances, thinking creatively, and testing out new products and services are getting slammed for not creating jobs at a time...
There was an interesting conversation about thought leadership on #profschat the other day around what it is, what it means, where it fits into an organization’s priorities, who “owns” it, and how to execute a successful thought leadership strategy. And it got me...
I caught up on back issues of Wired this weekend. Good writing is underrated, and this magazine has some of the best. Plus, where else can you read about behavioral feedback loops, hackers, a kerfuffle over a hijacked copy of a video game, and Harry Potter in the same...
Check out this instructive post by Vivek Wadhwa, director of research at Duke University's Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization. In it, he explores five myths about entrepreneurs: Typical U.S. tech entrepreneurs are in their 20s. Entrepreneurs...
Spotify has landed in America. The music-streaming service with 15 million songs in its catalogue is likely to be disruptive to the music industry in a way that Apple only dreamt of. Here are three reasons: 1. My vinyl is finally obsolete. I have a large collection of...
Rework is a deceptively simple manifesto for entrepreneurs that is all about challenging conventional wisdom and the way that business ought to be done. It’s written in brilliant one- and two-page bursts of ideas held together by big-picture business themes, much as...
Should business schools teach the arts? Consider this, from an article in The Economist: "Studying the arts can help business people communicate more eloquently. Most bosses spend a huge amount of time "messaging" and "reaching out." yet few are good at it... Many of...
In Energize Growth Now, author Lisa Nirell discusses five stages of growth (startup, growth, advanced growth, plateau, and decline) and the challenges entrepreneurs face as they move from one stage to the next. The book aims to help founders and other CEOs identify...
Social media for business is a big topic of conversation these days. And there’s no question that companies that are able to pivot their operations to respond to both challenges and opportunities in real-time are ahead of the game. But how do you get there? Jay Baer...
People seem to envy those of us who don't work out of corporate offices because we get to set our hours and select our work settings. But what often gets lost is that we, too, have to have a routine. Otherwise, how would we ever get anything done? My latest post for...