October 13, 2006
A Gallon of Entrepreneurial Inspiration
A gallon as in....four quotes. Forgive the bad pun and the quick post, but the clients are hungry, and sated clients are what creates more good time for more good work. Here are four great sayings from unlikely sources....
September 29, 2006
Your Voice Is Your Calling
Five years ago I published The Startup Garden, a book which reflected my lessons about entrepreneurship....
September 27, 2006
The Currency of Business Stories
As several recent books, most notably Joseph Badaracco’s lovely Questions of Character, have pointed out, managers can draw meaningful lessons from great literature and apply them to the practice of business....
September 21, 2006
Great Author Sites Are Kid's Stuff
Last month’s release of the new Captain Underpants book reminded me of how very much I adore the Web site for this silly kid’s book series....
September 11, 2006
One Secret of Good Business Books: Good Writing
Last month Publishers Weekly published a great article on writing by John Hodgman, a favorite writer of mine (his The Areas of My Expertise is the funniest book published in the past year)....
September 7, 2006
What Good Blogs Are For
I launched a blog years ago to support my book The Startup Garden, and eventually let it go dark. Or dim, I suppose....
August 29, 2006
5 Guidelines on Writing
As a business writer, I’ve always cared as much about writing as I do about business. In fact, I took the discipline of writing seriously long before seeing the practice of business as a dynamic activity. Today I care about both....
August 22, 2006
Refractive Heuristics, or Why SoaP Failed to Launch
So after all the hype Snakes on a Plane enjoyed a tepid opening weekend. Number one in the box office, mind you, but far less than expected...
August 18, 2006
What "Snakes on a Plane" Doesn't Reveal About Marketing
From all signs and symbols, Snakes On A Plane will do boffo business this weekend. And if so, God help us all....
August 10, 2006
Sartre, at Staples
There’s only one existential retail question that’s tougher than “debit or credit?”, and that would be...
August 9, 2006
What Would Hooch Do?
A great article in a recent Sunday New York Times about Tom Hanks’ production company reminds me of how much I admire his take on creating creative work....
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