George Gendron


Cultural Fascism, excerpt

An excerpt from 'Cultural Fascism' by Sarah J. McCarthy.  Read story

Required Reading

An introduction to Paul Hawken's 'The Ecology of Commerce'.  Read story

Read My Lips: No New Ideas

Criticism of George Bush's pandering to big company CEOs instead of small business leaders.  Read story

So This Is What They Mean By Bonding?

Quote from Associated Press about broken bones suffered at the conclusion of a 16-month motivational course.  Read story

Class, Open Your Books

Statistics on the increasing popularity of open-book management.  Read story

FYI Bookshelf

Short book reviews of 'The Art of the Long View' and 'Reinventing Government'.  Read story

Are You Economically Literate?

A basic economic literacy test.  Read story

Word-Of-Mouth Marketing

Quote about quality manufacturing from Ralph Waldo Emerson.  Read story

Makes You Wanna Holler

A quote from Steve Mariotti on the obstacles to inner-city entrepreneurship.  Read story

Standing Room Only

L.A.-based company pays three employees in its Russian venture to stand in lines.  Read story

Why Ask Why

Book recommendation: 'Our Wildest Dreams: Women Making Money, Having Fun, Doing Good' by Joline Godfrey.  Read story

Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz

Quote about the origins of Alka-Seltzer, from the 'The Aspirin Wars'.  Read story

Entrepreneurs Unite! The Birth Of A Party

Introduction of a new entrepreneurial political party.  Read story

Take A Hike

A prediction on rising health insurance premiums.  Read story

And They Call This 'Speculation'?

Chicago Board of Trade offers world's first health insurance futures contract.  Read story

The Trouble With Advertising

Quote about some of the problems plaguing the ad industry.  Read story

Good Buy

Book recommendation: 'Rethinking Business-to-Business Marketing' by Paul Sherlock.  Read story

The 'F' Factor

Discussion of the 'F' factor (fear) and its effect on business decisions.  Read story

Sign Of The Times

SEC views fun and social responsibility as risky business practices.  Read story

In Search Of Redemption

A quote from 'The Good Society' about a church's money-back guarantee.  Read story

Letting The Computer Say No

Consulting firm is developing an artificial intelligence lending program.  Read story

The Maple-Leaf Rag

Book recommendation: 'The State of Small Business and Entrepreneurship in Atlantic Canada'.  Read story

Making Book On Open-Book Management

Workers at one company place bets on the size of the monthly profit-sharing bonus.  Read story

From The Golden Age Of Fortune

A quote about the often misunderstood entrepreneur, from 'So You Want to Make Money' in Fortune.  Read story

Navigating New Markets

Short profile of Compass Rose, an educational and informational resource for women business owners.  Read story

Entrepreneurs Unite!

Southern California growth company CEOs create a coalition to voice their concerns about the economy.  Read story

Nolo Contendere

Humorous manager quote from Max Carey.  Read story

Salomon's New Warren-Ty Statement

Ethics in business quote by Warren E. Buffett.  Read story

Schwarzkopf On Leadership

General Norman Schwarzkopf discusses some of the principles that helped him win the Gulf War.  Read story

Quote Of The Day

Inc.'s chief copy editor begins her daily production update with an intriguing quote.  Read story

Letter To The Editor

Letter to the editor from a former People Express employee.  Read story

The Do-It-Yourself Decade

A few words about the recent trend toward bootstrapping.  Read story

Searching For A Health-Insurance Cure

A printing company that contracts directly with health-care providers, just like they're any other vendor.  Read story

Junk Food For Thought

A review of 'The Popcorn Report' by Faith Popcorn.  Read story

Leadership Is an Art, excerpt

Excerpt from 'Leadership Is an Art' by Max DePree.  Read story

Women's Clout

U.S. Census fails to count women-owned corporations.  Read story

Welcome To The Revolution

Book recommendation: 'The Knowledge-Value Revolution, or a History of the Future', by Taichi Sakaiya.  Read story

Living at the End of Time, Excerpt

A quote about Henry David Thoreau and his family's business from 'Living at the End of Time'.  Read story

The New Business News

New information and interpretation of start-up demographics.  Read story

Never Mind

Book recommendation: 'Cracking the Japanese Market', by James C. Morgan.  Read story