Entrepreneurship

Here is my list of specific subjects that should be studied by every entrepreneur, business owner, and business leader. The spark for this list came from a casual conversation with the father of a teenager. He was pushing his son into drama club – seeking to instill in him the skills of public speaking and public poise [...]

In an earlier blog I wrote about a father’s special insight.   This particular dad understood that the so-called “hard skills” of mathematics, science and history are not as difficult to obtain as the “soft skills” of public speaking, teamwork, and human relationships.  This father had recognized that his teenage son would gain many traditional lessons [...]

One of the oldest jokes in business is about advertising: “We know that half of all your advertising dollars are wasted.  We just don’t know which half.” That was never more true than today, in a down-market that is also rapidly changing.  The world of advertising is morphing into those of us who “get it” [...]

Some months ago another father in my son’s Scout troop learned that in addition to being a business consultant, I teach courses at the George Mason University School of Management. “Oh yea,” he said.  “You guys in the colleges teach all the hard skills – like management and finance and statistics.  That’s good.” There was [...]