Philippe Matthews Show Guru Advice, Author Reviews, Tech Reviews, Entertainment News

Do you have what it takes to start a business? A veteran entrepreneur suggests a surprising character for start-up life

Today Apple has an earnings call for its first quarter results for the fiscal year. They'll cover the all-important holiday season sales window, and could be seen as the first real moment when new CEO Tim Cook expresses his leadership of the company that was Steve Jobs's baby until recently.

I'm pleased, although not surprised, by the incredible wave of reactions to and comments about my post, "Great People Are Overrated." (I'm also not surprised by the vitriol and personal nature of some of the barbs aimed at me. That seems to go with the territory whenever you question an article of faith among the web startup crowd.) My guess is that the post touched a nerve because it touched on one of the great dividing lines in our business culture today. As members of an economy, a society, and a collection of companies, all of us are engaged in a conversation (sometimes explicit, mainly implicit) about what makes the world go 'round -- individual brilliance or group genius, self-possessed superstars or well-rounded teams.

As computers become progressively faster and more powerful, they’ve gained the impressive capacity to simulate increasingly realistic environments.