Most everyone I meet with tells me they want to be more creative in their work. While long-term unemployment can take your spirit and energy down, it can also be a time to stretch your creativity and step into a new role altogether…entrepreneur. Start-Ups on a Shoestring By COLLEEN DEBAISE, SARAH E. NEEDLEMAN and EMILY [...]

Mompreneur, dentist, franchisee, CEO, brick and mortar retailer, E-commerce Business Owner, Service Provider? How do you define yourself? Merriam-Webster dictionary defines an entrepreneur as “one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise.” That’s true, of course, but this definition doesn’t tell the whole story—namely the entrepreneur characteristics that define their [...]

Steve Nash has been an inspiration to me since the first time I saw him play, live, at the Staples Center years ago. I recently read a great article about him in Sports Illustrated. What struck me was Stoudemire’s statement here about how success on the court manifests — through creative vision and seeing. “When [...]

Just Give Him 5 Sentences, Not ‘War and Peace’ This interview of Guy Kawasaki, a co-founder of Alltop, a news aggregation site, and managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, was conducted, edited and condensed BY ADAM BRYANT Q. At what point in your career did you first become somebody’s boss? A. I was probably 28 [...]

This past weekend I had the good fortune to attend an independently organized TED (Technology Entertainment Design) event in Manhattan Beach. TED is all about Ideas Worth Spreading; you can find more about this at TED.com. While I learned so much during this one day event, I’ve found myself talking about a particular presentation about [...]

Needed: Urban Innovation Hot Spots Cities should become living innovation labs, says Saul Kaplan. Only then will we come up with bold system changes that work By Saul Kaplan I have been asked by Living Cities, a philanthropic collaborative of foundations and financial institutions, to participate in an upcoming economic development roundtable, Changing the Trajectory of an [...]

Last night I received this email. You’ll see my response below. I’d welcome comments. I suppose that what I’m about to ask you for is not your main area of expertise, but I’m going to ask anyway (as a starting point, if nothing else). Lately, I have been through much searching for answers regarding my [...]