On April 14, 2011

Is Electronic Communication Sapping Our Souls?

Most of our professional communication is now non-verbal, and that trend is going nowhere but up. It doesn't bode well for human relationships, and it's really bad for business.
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On April 14, 2011

Failure Isn’t Enough

110-joshua-gans.jpgThe notion that innovation and failure go hand-in-hand has become popular of late. It begins with the argument that many important innovations involved taking risks with potentially large costs but, most critically, completely unknown upsides. In his soon-to-be…


On April 14, 2011

Lesson’s from my Daughter’s Laptop

Over Christmas, my wife and I were shopping for a present for our three-year-old daughter, Holly.

"She seems to really like working with you on your laptop," my wife said (clients who notice strange typos in emails . . .…


On April 14, 2011

The #1 Killer of Meetings (And What You Can Do About It)

"That was dreadful. Not only was I bored, everyone else was bored too. Disengaged. I'm terrible at facilitating these kinds of meetings. But they're so important. I've got to get better at it. I need to find a better way."…


On April 14, 2011

Zipcar Fires Up Its IPO


Zipcar Inc., the short-term car-rental service based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, launched its IPO this…


On April 14, 2011

Here’s How Brevity Can Crush Your Copy

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We tell you the importance of tight editing all the time.

We tell you lean writing is powerful and effective.

We tell you it just plain works better.

Except when it doesn’t.

Consider these common terms:

  • An “ATM


On April 14, 2011

Five Ways to Keep Cash Flow Pumping

For new business owners, getting cash flowing into the business should be priority No. 1. Here are ideas for getting started.No tags for this post.