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How Billionaires Pursue Startups
When Twitter went public in 2013, it was given a 24 billion dollar valuation -- 12 times higher than the New York Times. Yet, both companies employed thousands of people. And both companies distributed...
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Availability Is Not a Skill
Choosing up sides in playground games can be a cruel experience. As each player gets picked and there are fewer and fewer standing, the awkwardness grows. Finally, everyone goes out on the field to...
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Neuro-tip: Make Candor a Priority
By Judith E. Glaser When Bayer, a $7 billion multinational pharmaceutical company, acquired a smaller $300 million diagnostic company, Rolf Classon the CEO, chose to call it a "merger."Power-with...
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Wanting to Preserve Your Way of Life Does Not Make You Racist or Fascist
I have been trying to find the language to express my discomfort with the presumption that anyone who does not welcome very large numbers of refugees into Europe with widely opened arms is somehow...
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Janet Yellen Shows the Need for a 4 Percent Unemployment Target
In a speech last week, Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen inadvertently told us why Congress should set a 4 percent unemployment target for the Fed in its conduct of monetary policy, as is...
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5 Essential Personality Traits to Look for in Job Candidates
Image by Robert Scoble via Flickr When you are searching for the right new employee, it can be a little difficult to tell exactly who will be the perfect fit. After all, your shortlist of candidates...
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A Time-Management Tool That Takes Away the Guesswork
If you feel like you've worked all day but have nothing to show for it, time tracking can uncover some very interesting clues. It provides you with actual data about what you prioritize on a...
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Integrated Design: A Co-Creation of Business, Design and Engineering
With its artifacts, participants and processes, New Product Development has undergone a revolution in the past twenty years. Global connectivity, distribution, digital tools and rapid prototyping have...
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4 Life Lessons From an Entrepreneur
If you haven't figured this out by now, please allow me to save you some frustration: Not everyone will care about your dreams. I have been writing about this for a while on my website and shared my...
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Hedge Fund Myths and Misdeeds
If anyone could demonstrate expertise in "beating the market," you would think it would be hedge fund managers. They get paid hefty fees (often 2 percent of assets under management plus 20 percent of...
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How My Parents Put the Lie to Mad Men
National Work and Family Month (October) was launched just twelve years ago, and lots of people are still just learning about it. In fact, the whole concept of "work-family balance" -- or however you...
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Outsource or In-House: How to Break Into New Markets
It takes determination, informed planning and time to successfully break into a new market. No matter which sector you operate in, you will face hurdles such as limited market knowledge, a lack of a...
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Rise of the Rest Tour in Baltimore: Catching the Gleam
"You got to. This America, man!" -Opening scene of the TV series The Wire"Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, in full glory reflected now shines in the stream: 'Tis the star-spangled...
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3 Basic Mistakes Small Business Owners Make That Impact Revenue
If you're a small business owner chances are you spend several hours per week developing strategies that will increase revenue. You're pouring in tons of hard work. I GET it. I own a small business...
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How to Generate More Business by Opening New Markets
I was recently asked this question..."Most advisors in the industry have short-term goals as well as long-term goals. For advisors that are still developing their practice, long-term goals may include...
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Here's The One Change Your Company Should Never Make
Business today can feel like being transported to the pages of the Louis Carroll classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The potential solutions for meeting today's challenges are just as confusing...
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5 Reasons Why Coaching Is Essential to Business Success
It crossed my mind that I've not just hired one coach this year, but four. Four business coaches. I have a coach for DIY PR, brand building, marketing and social media. When I launched my first company...
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How to Better Prepare Your Company for Litigation and eDiscovery
Technology has had a considerable impact on the judicial landscape in America. The discovery process once relied primarily on droves of lawyers sifting through documents looking for evidence. This...
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Hands Down, This Is the Best Kind of Leader!
Extraverted or introverted; serious or humorous; approachable or distant; leaders come in many different styles. Unfortunately, unlike purchasing a car, you can't pick what style best suits you, nor...
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Are You Really an Entrepreneur?
Being your own boss is at the heart of the American Dream. No wonder it is such a common fantasy. The idea of ownership taps into our profound longing for riches and freedom -- freedom from bosses,...
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