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I had the opportunity to see two powerful movies this week, both of which told stories of individuals standing in the face of dreadful circumstances. For me, each elicited a visceral reaction – I [...]

On Monday’s, I like to make the rounds. How was your week-end? What’s up for this week? How are you feeling? Walking into our warehouse yesterday, I was greeted by a smiling team member who [...]

In 2008, I purchased the kernel of Northwind Pharmaceuticals with the help of a bank. During that process, I created a business plan to demonstrate to the bank that there was a vision, [...]

In November of 2015, I graduated from the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program (10KSB)through Babson College. This program was created to bring small business owners together in an [...]

Not long ago, I watched Barbara Streisand’s 1976 film, A Star is Born. The movie tells the story of the relationship between a rock star facing the decline of his career and a rising star he [...]

I recently participated in a meeting in which an individual was pitching a new business concept. He had a novel idea to bring together several elements of a solution that could potentially impact [...]

For the last several days, the concept of empowerment has been rolling around in my head and I keep getting glimpses of an equation. Actually, it is more of a proof. Forgive the mathematical [...]

Many years ago, I worked for a young, high growth company providing information technology services to corporations. I believe my employee number was 610. The founder of the company was a dynamic [...]

I was interviewed earlier this week by a young lady attending Purdue University. She had contacted me to participate in a class assignment that focused on careers and required the students to ask [...]

AS PUBLISHED IN THE HUFFINGTON POST - October is here and begs the question: Are there lessons for business owners in this spookiest of months? As I consider this question, thoughts of scary [...]