When you think of someone hustling to build a better life in New York City, do you think of a small business owner getting up in the wee hours of the morning t...

One key point about entrepreneurship (which I covered in my lengthy piece yesterday) is worth amplifying because society is often being lied to about what a...

Okay, previously we covered many of the most common things you'd want to know about a board of directors at an organization, including the basics like what a...

Nearly every organization that is designed to have impact has a board of directors, whether that's a small non-profit, or a giant corporation, or anything in b...

A few months ago, I got the wonderful opportunity to talk to Barry Ritholtz, who’s best known as a Bloomberg View columnist and for his excellent “Masters in B...

In the past, popular movements have forced major industries to confront their need for ethical reform. But today‘s media, policymakers and activists don’t yet...

Having had the good fortune to work with a broad range of entrepreneurs and get a front-row seat to the foundations of their success, I thought it’d be good to...

I’m an idealist. I want all governments to work in an ideal, uncorrupted state. But I’d settle for the governments which I live under to work in a way that wer...

Recently, I’ve had the chance to talk to a lot of talented people who are working on new projects or new startups, most of which aren’t really companies yet,...

Even more fun news! Today, I’m thrilled to announce the other big project I’ve been working on: Activate . It’s a new consultancy, founded by Michael Wolf (...

Apple is justifiably revered in the worlds of technology and culture for creating one of the most powerful brands in the world based on the combination of some...

It’s been demonstrated over and over again, but businesses refuse to learn the lesson: Homogeneity is its own punishment in the world of business. From the Wa...

Sometimes if you do something very difficult, and you do it really well, the end result is that your achievement becomes completely invisible. I mentione...

Bill Gates has pulled off one of the greatest hacks in technology and business history, by turning Microsoft’s success into a force for social responsibility....

One of the most useful words that I’ve been fixated on for a while is “retcon”. A portmanteaublend of “retroactive continuity”, retcon comes from the world of...

The New York Times is removing the payment barrier from its TimesSelect content. Hooray! I pundified* incorrectly about this two years ago when they laun...

A couple of months ago, I got to talk to Lynne about business blogging for Fast Company’s podcasts series . I’m pretty happy with how it turned out, though...

One of the goals a lot of people have when they become entrepreneurs is to have “fuck you” money: Enough personal wealth to be able to say “fuck you” to whomev...

It’s almost like all I do is talk about blogging all day. Debbie Weil hosts the Corporate Blogging show on VoiceAmerica’s business channel, and the other day w...

Microsoft has just launched the Zune , which will be one of the most popular digital music players ever made, and could have been considered a wild s...

I’d mentioned that talking to regular people about the potential of blogging is one of my favorite parts of my job, and that’s probably reason enough to paus...

Short and sweet, the Ribbon and new UI in Microsoft Office 2007 is** the ballsiest new feature in the history of computer software**. I’ve been using O...

I usually don’t do overt plugs for work stuff on my personal blog, but I’m pretty excited about a small event we’re doing here in San Francisco. It’s the first...

Now, if I were a good blogger, I’d write posts about subjects that I know nothing about. But I am a rank amateur, so I will focus on my area of expertise: me....

Dave Morgan of Tacoda provides a detailed overview in MediaPost of how newspapers are getting trounced by online classifieds. The most dramatic change is not...

Though it’s gotten no shortage of mainstream press coverage, the recent two billion dollar detente between Sun and Microsoft had one significant aspect tha...

If you’re in New York City and you’ve got time tonight, please do come by and check out the Ecommerce SIG ‘s panel discussion on "Intro to Business Blogs...

At the weblog business conference that I’m at, Liz just said that she and Nick are frequently pitched by media companies that want permanent links on the sideb...

Starting this fall, the College Board’s Advanced Placement exam for Computer Science will shift from its current focus on C++ to use Java as the programming...

Matt’s got a great example of how the public domain can be a valuable resource , and while he uses an example where it’s promoting a band, I think the bigger...

Dan Bricklin weighs in on Small Business Blogging ....

Robert X. Cringely takes my assessment of eBay one step further and places the company at three times AOL/TW’s size, in terms of economic impact....

Fast Company covers RCB ‘s book. The medium couldn’t have a better ambassador....

Okay, let’s try that again… Peter has semi-announced the company that he and a few others are working on. It looks like a great team, and I wish them all the...

"…but in the tech business, sales is largely a function of management, because sales people don’t know enough about the product technically to sell it,...

There needs to be a Fry’s Electronics in Manhattan. My patronage alone could keep it profitable for a long time. And also, why is their website such a piece...

Hey, I’m quoted in Wired ! I think that’s pretty cool....

Microsoft turned 25 yesterday. I turn 25 today....

Some perspective: an interesting Netcraft report on Business Models for the Web , originally from May, 1995. Wonderful how much of the advice is still useful,...

I think we should start a blog to see whether dotcomfailures.com or Fucked Company dies first…...

I’ve been saying of all the recent too-good-to-be-true offers of services and products on the web, "Get ’em while they last!" and now someone has act...