Michael Powell

Recent Articles about Michael Powell

Michael Powell on Internet Success

By Carole Matthews | May 1, 2004

Most independent booksellers would consider it suicide to go up against online bookselling giants Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble, but it didn't fluster M... Read more

The Writing Online

By Carole Matthews | May 1, 2004

Most independent booksellers would consider it suicide to go up against online bookselling giants Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble, but it didn't fluster M... Read more

How I Did It: Michael Powell

By Michael Powell | May 1, 2004

Rather than open a used-book store, Michael Powell decided to start a business selling used books. That entrepreneurial point of view launched him on a path ... Read more

Volume Business

By Charles C. Mann | Jun 15, 1997

What happens when the world's best real-life bookstore battles the world's best virtual bookstore? Read more

Meeting of the Minds

Jul 1, 2004

A meeting of the minds on meetings; Michael Powell's novel approach; how our columnist was fired. Read more

Betrayal

By Michael Powell | Apr 1, 1996

A bookstore owner tells readers what he did when he found one employee stealing from the till. Read more

Stanford Hosts Technology Summit

Jul 23, 2007

Stanford University this month hosts its fourth annual business summit, which will focus on promising entrepreneurial activities and investments in the gl... Read more

Entrepreneurs Save the World, Box Water, and China Struggles

By Ryan McCarthy | Mar 27, 2009

The Economist finally discovers the entrepreneurial society. Dr. Jeff Cornwall's blog points to Read more

Size Counts

By Emily Barker | Jul 1, 2001

Does your company have to be big to thrive? Read more

FCC Turns TV Off on Small Businesses

By Rhonda Abrams | May 22, 2003

Hey, what about us? Regular readers of my column know I get really irked at how small business is overlooked by the government. Legislation and regulation... Read more

The New and Improved American Small Business

By Tom Ehrenfeld | Jan 1, 1995

A close-up look at what it takes for a small business to battle with giant, nationwide competitors. Read more

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