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The business press loves to create mythic heroes of industry and we love it, too.
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Serial entrepreneur Glen Blickenstaff says his retirement goal of living on a boat is the benchmark to which he measures all his business decisions. “Basically I’m on my way to Australia.” That was a line delivered by James Garner in the 1969 movie Support your Local Sheriff! He was handy with a six shooter and basically an entrepreneur, well a drafted entrepreneur
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How host dinners and white knuckles add up to big business wins, just like a football game. As the NFL playoffs gear up and college football winds down, I'm constantly amazed at how much very small things can have an impact over the course of the game
Read More »Modern Life Coaching, From The 1400s
Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) was a true Renaissance man, distinguishing himself as an author, artist, poet, architect, and philosopher. Probably sometime in the 1430s, Alberti wrote “De commodis litterarum atque incommodes” (The Use and Abuse of Books), in which he extols the virtue of scholarship. In this work, Alberti also provided insightful commentary and life advice to scholars about marriage, choosing a profession, the state of education, and a number of other contemporary topics
Read More »Modern Life Coaching, From The 1400s
Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) was a true Renaissance man, distinguishing himself as an author, artist, poet, architect, and philosopher.
Read More »Modern Life Coaching, From The 1400s
Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) was a true Renaissance man, distinguishing himself as an author, artist, poet, architect, and philosopher. Probably sometime in the 1430s, Alberti wrote “De commodis litterarum atque incommodes” (The Use and Abuse of Books), in which he extols the virtue of scholarship
Read More »Our Perfect Merger (and Acquisition)
In a single year, a couple got married, got pregnant, and founded a fast-growing company. Two-thousand and five was the year of the perfect merger and acquisition
Read More »Our Perfect Merger (and Acquisition)
In a single year, a couple got married, got pregnant, and founded a fast-growing company.
Read More »87,000 Ways To Save American Airlines
A plea to CEO Tom Horton to turn American Airlines employees into believers, proselytizers, and champions--and fix up the airline's finances in the process. "We will have to make very tough and sometimes unpopular decisions that will impact people's lives." —An internal letter to employees from Tom Horton, CEO of AMR Corporation, American Airlines' parent company on 12/15/11 Dear Tom, You think American Airlines employees were frightened and scared for their employment before
Read More »Is My New iPad About to Become Obsolete?
First generation iPad home screen My birthday comes a few weeks before the holidays. This year my wife got me an iPad
Read More »Did Retailers Risk Damage To Their Brands Despite Hit Holiday Online Sales?
Amid e-commerce glitches and technology's growing pains, retailers can still win the loyalty of customers. Here's how.
Read More »I Will Follow You: Making A Marriage Last In 140 Characters Or Less
As Rubert Murdoch and (a fake) Wendi Deng became Twitter's newest celebrity couple, veteran tweeters Katy Perry and Russell Brand called it quits. What's the secret to a happy marriage--on Twitter?
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"My friend Andy was in his early 30s when he died of brain cancer.
Read More »Photo Issue 2011: A Green Grave
"My friend Andy was in his early 30s when he died of brain cancer.
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