Entrepreneurship

In his popular book Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking author Malcolm Gladwell discusses one famous case of art forgery. The Getty Museum of Los Angeles reportedly paid more than $7 million for a stunning piece of Greek sculpture, the “Kouros,” a previously unknown work said to be from the 6th century BC. The [...]

Are you a Mason alum or area business owner (or dreaming of becoming an owner)? Have you thought about starting your “own thing”? Think someday you may need outside capital? This semester I am coordinating the MBA Entrepreneurship Laboratory. In this 1.5 credit class we have small teams of MBA students looking at area firms [...]

My consulting firm co-founder Jay Kerness and I are not a big fans of New Year’s resolutions (although Jay usually does go to the gym in January so he can say he “started working out this year”).  Resolutions or not, I am a proponent of reflection and renewal, at any season.  Whenever it is needed.  Any [...]