Business Bake-Off Winner
If there was ever a doubt that entrepreneurship was wildly unpredictable, provocative, inspirational, and a never-ending source of entertainment, the floo... Read story
Adam Hanft
Lessons from China
I'm just back from China, a provocative place to watch the reports on the demonstrations up and down France. The streets were filled with young and old, ... Read story
Every Business Needs a Nanny
Does your business need a nanny? Read story
Every Business Needs a Nanny
Does your business need a nanny? Read story
Finding Your Voice
Like Melville or Hemingway, companies need a unique voice to reach customers in a meaningful way. Read story
Bake-Off Results Still in the Oven
We know we promised to unveil the winner of our Business Bake-Off once January... Read story
Grist: The Second-Mover Advantage
Despite all the business wisdom exhorting you to smash the rules and shatter the paradigms, it can be just as smart to let others do the trailblazing. Read story
Going Local
Small business owners may not pay much attention to developments in search technology, but a new white paper titled "An Overlooked Marketing Channel for S... Read story
Grist: The Investment Trap
Companies that pump more money into R D do not show better results, in terms of growth or profitability. Yet R D spending continues to su... Read story
No One Asked Me But...
Whenever insiders perched at the top of public companies decide to sell their stock, the argument they always make is that they are diversifying their hol... Read story
Grist: Save the Founder
Every business--no matter how big or how "mature"--needs an entrepreneur at the helm. Read story
No One Asked Me, But...
In my previous blog I discussed the post-Katrina failure scenario in terms of a lack of entrepeneurial thinking and improvisation, as well as an over-rel... Read story
No One Asked Me But...
Is there an entrepreneurial lesson to be gained from the New Orleans tragedy? All weekend we've been listening to, and reading about, descriptions of how ... Read story
The Problem With Confidence
Entrepreneurs are proud of their appetites for risk. But how much is enough? Read story
The Joy of Conflict
The impulse is to seek workplace consensus. But sometimes it's better to fight. Read story
No One Asked Me But...
The business press hasn't quite known what to make of GM's recent promotion, which offered consumers the same "insider" price on its showroom-languishing ... Read story
Exaggeration Nation
Russell Simmon's big fib points to an unattractive fact: Few business owners tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Read story
To Grow, or To Steal?
Grow or steal? That's one of the fundamental questions that marketers ask themselves when they look at how best to expand their businesses. Do I grow a... Read story
It's the Sound Bite, Stupid
The sweet sound of success: It's one thing to have a great idea; it's another thing entirely to communicate. Read story
A Message to My BlackBerry
A message to my BlackBerry: In January, I made a pledge to put you away. Instead, I'm more addicted than ever. How did our relationship become so dysfunctional? Read story
The Research Riddle
Nature isn't the only one who abhors a vacuum. Most business people are similarly afflicted when confronted by an absence of information. Or at least we ... Read story
A Message to My BlackBerry
A message to my BlackBerry: In January, I made a pledge to put you away. Instead, I'm more addicted than ever. How did our relationship become so dysfunctional? Read story
The Case Against Loyalty
What's the biggest problem in American business? An excess of loyalty. Read story
Remembering an Entrepreneur We Loved
Horace Hagedorn: an entrepreneur we loved. Read story
What You Can Learn from Starbucks
Maybe it's because I've just spent some time in London, Paris, and Berlin -- and have seen the cultural success of Starbucks in locales whose immune syst... Read story
In Praise of Privacy
These days, transparency is all the rage. But businesses need a little privacy -- and sometimes a lot of it. Read story
Ready and Willing, But Are You Enabled?
In America we are taught that we make, shape, and create our own destinies. It's a religion with particular standing among entrepreneurs, who have fled ... Read story
Extended Interview with David Blumenthal
Here's more from the February 2005 Inc. magazine interview with David Blumenthal, CEO of Lion Brand Yarn Company. Read story
Reshuffling Your Cabinet
Stop hiring people. Instead, make like the President and appoint them to four-year terms. Read story
Grist: An Entrepreneur's Resolutions
More nimbleness, less BlackBerry, and other new year's resolutions for 2005. Read story
Is There a Grown-Up in the House?
A friend of mine, the well-known French anthropologist Dr. Clotaire Rapaille, is fond of saying that America is an adolescent culture. I am reminded of t... Read story
Grist: Micromanagers, Unite!
Confessions from a real-life micro-manager -- and how our company can benefit from a little meddling. Read story
Grist: Micromanagers, Unite!
Confessions from a real-life micro-manager -- and how our company can benefit from a little meddling. Read story
Learn From Your Competitors
Spend some time studying the guy who wants to eat your lunch. You might learn something. Read story
An Election Driven By Emotion
Blogging on the subject of the election on a flight from New York to Dallas -- with the red states below me virtually basking in their vermillion defiance... Read story
Grist: Politics, Passion -- and Profits
In politics and beyond, the marriage of passion and profit is a winning formula for entrepreneurs. Read story
Pay Attention to Not Paying Attention
Are your employees regulated by a different clock than you are? Is there something about today's short-term, instant gratification, now-not-later culture... Read story
How do I sell my product to the masses?
Ask the Expert Question: I have recently started my own company and incorporated it. What is a great marketing technique that will help ... Read story
"Nobody Asked Me, But..."
The Big Boys Need to Be a Little Nicer to Small Business It's no secret that big business wants to win the hearts of small business. ... Read story
Grist: A Passport to America
How blue staters and red staters can learn to communicate and do business. Read story
