Assessments are a powerful tool to use when having your own business. Whether you give criticism or affirmation, you want to do it right. Follow these tips by Master Teacher Ed Perry.
Entrepreneurs learn that managing people is usually the most difficult part of entrepreneurship. As your business grows, you hire more people. Then things get [...]

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At Acton, our students are our customers (for more on this view, click here).  We rely — thrive even — on our students’ feedback.  To this end, Acton students fill out detailed, online surveys every week, even during Pre-Matriculation.  This allows us to make changes quickly and effectively.  They give us feedback on everything from [...]

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In addition to teaching and running companies, Acton teachers are life-long learners who are constantly looking for opportunities and resources to hone their own business skills.
As a result, Acton teachers are avid readers.  Here are some of the books that most influenced them. All of these, and more, are on Acton’s Best Books List.

Learning by [...]

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The economy is in the tank, and even though there are a number of experts talking about a sustained rally, there are also a number of them calling for collapse.  While the government tries to prop up the financial system, I am left wondering if we have truly learned that fincial engineering rarely creates value.
Over the [...]

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So many people go into business, only to fail. The book The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber will
keep you from making their mistakes. Gerber talks about the traps, the “e-myths,” that prevents many people from running their businesses effectively. The book walks the reader through the stages of launching and running a successful business and [...]

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