General Business

Risk is good. Not properly managing your risk is a dangerous leap. – Evel Knievel “The Strategy Paradox,” Michael Raynor’s classic book, should be required reading...

The past is never dead.  It’s not even past. – by William Faulkner A vexing challenge in attaining a business breakthrough of any type –...

I recently moderated a strategic planning session for a Texas-based developer and distributor of specialty software for the financial services industry. For them, on the one...

The fox knows many things, but a hedgehog knows one big thing. – Ancient Greek Aphorism Isaiah Berlin, in 1953, famously referenced this as a jumping...

“Good businesses are ethical businesses. A business model that relies on trickery is doomed to fail.” – Charlie Munger, Wesco Financial Corporation Annual Meeting, 2009...

Perhaps the most underrated of Steve Jobs’ many talents was his maniacal ability to be totally convinced that whatever business position, opinion, or strategy that...

This weekend, the youth soccer team I coach suffered a heart-breaking loss in our league’s championship game. In addition to losing the game in its...

Shrouded in the drumbeat of negativity that passes as international business reporting these days has been the bursting growth in U.S. Service Exports – increasingly from U.S....

This weekend, I read The 80% Solution – a great e-book by famed business coach Dan Sullivan in which he makes the case that “perfectionism”...

I took my six and eight-year old sons to the bank this weekend to open their first savings account. It felt like the right thing...

Last week I flagged the shocking and even depressing statistics that most entrepreneurs –  holding constant for socioeconomic factors – make less money, work more...

So much of the challenge that both entrepreneurs and investors face in earning return on time and capital is driven by the low growth rate...