“Entrepreneurs thrive on change, but when its time for you to move on as a founder, the change is very personal. Not because it is about you, but because the passion, sweat and toil makes it so. The change is inevitable, companies need new leadership at different stages.”

“If you’re an advertising client or even an account manager ó and you would like to get the best possible creative work from your agency ó here are a few handy suggestions. Put your drawings away. I understand how much fun it is to have creative ideas and see them brought to life. However, it is apparently a great deal of fun, as well, to have bad creative ideas.”

“The executive perk, much criticized during the corporate scandals of the past few years, is still thriving at many big companies, where top managers take personal trips on company jets, have their taxes paid or get free home security systems.”

“Four easy ways to create a successful advertising plan without spending a bundle… The four things to remember when considering a shoestring marketing plan are these: 1) Time and money are interchangeable. You can always save one by spending more of the other. 2) High rent accomplishes the same thing as advertising. It gives you exposure. 3) The cost of giving away a sample is often less expensive than the cost of advertising. 4) In the end, it’s what you say in your ad that matters most. So say something irresistible.”

“Welcome to Global Province, a site for investors, business executives, journalists, and elitists everywhere… As we begin the twenty-first century, we are shrinking the globe by frequent trips to every continent and every world city… This site addresses future business trends and current insights that arise in the Global Province. These are the business insights that arise in an increasingly small world.”

“GoldenFleece is an international community of practice devoted to storytelling in business and organizations. We’ve assembled a resource guide for business leaders, consultants, educators, marketers, storytellers, artists, activists, students, and anyone else eager to apply story in the world of work. This web site is your invitation to engage and join us in this emerging field. We believe in practicing and living in a narrative world, where everything is shaped by our relationship to story.”

“The purpose of this self-assessment quiz is to evaluate your professional knowledge and behavior in comparison to those most likely to result in an extraordinary career, and to identify the areas where there is significant potential to improve your career trajectory. If the differences in many of the answers seem subtle, that is deliberate. It is often the subtle differences in thoughts and behaviors over time that separate the ordinary career from the extraordinary.”

“KEY LEARNINGS OF AN ENTREPRENEUR: ‘Starting It’ is focused on the lessons learned in over 4 years of building a great business with incredible clients and an amazing team of colleagues.”

“At Apple Computer in the early 1980s, Guy Kawasaki and his marketing team didnít just sell computers with an easy-to-use user interface. Instead, Apple sold the Macintosh dream: to improve productivity and creativity, and to resist the IBM ‘clone,’ literally.”

“…with its Portable Document Format (PDF) now widely used for distributing documents electronically, Adobe now wants to expand the PDF format into a multiplatform foundation for viewing and sharing corporate data. It’s an ambitious plan that will likely bring Adobe into more direct competition with Microsoftóthough this would not be the first time the two companies have clashed.”

“You’ve probably come across one of its stores in a mall. It’s the one filled with kids and parents scurrying around to find just the right accessories for their freshly stuffed and stiched teddy bears. Build-A-Bear, a St. Louis-based company, has hit it big with its ‘build-your-own-bear’ concept. So big, in fact, that it operates 152 stores, including a recent opening in Denmark, and is one of the largest privately held companies in St Louis. But what can you learn from this niche toy business? Doug Fleener outlines a five lessons the bear store can teach any small-business owner in Stuff every small-business owner can learn from a bear, from the Boston Business Journal.”

“Writing in the May issue of Atlantic Monthly, Howell Raines, the former editor of The New York Times, coins the phrase ‘Management by Mendacity.’ It’s a condition many cubicle dwellers can identify with.”

“The latest issue of Design Link (from Herman Miller) is out and among its snippets is this blurb for some interesting research from the Design Council in the UK: The Impact of Design on Stock Market Performance: ‘A recent study in Great Britain has shown a direct relation between design and business success. The Design Council, an organization funded by the UK Department of Trade and Industry, released research findings this month.’”

“When Bill Hagerup was a novice project manager, he attended a meeting in which managers were picking people for upcoming projects. He let the other project managers step all over him and ended up with the leftovers. ‘The project didn’t go well, and I vowed I would never let that happen again,’ he says.”

“The Applied Improvisation Network is a community of practioners and clients who value the use of improvisation skills in organsiations. Here you’ll find links and resources to help you bring the benefits of Improv training into your place of work.”