Who isn’t looking for ways to save time and money? Here are some tools that can help.
If you don’t know how to leverage Linkedin to your business advantage or which iPhone apps will save you the most money, do a google search (or talk to your friends). Here, we’ll be focusing on the more unusual [...]

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Have you taken an honest look at yourself in the mirror lately and evaluated your progress towards your calling? Do you even have criteria for self-evaluation? What does success mean to you?
Jeff Brenzel, the Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at Yale, wrote an imaginary commencement address (Bill Clinton gave the real one) for the Huffington Post, where [...]

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Want entrepreneurial wisdom in bite-sized pieces? Red McCombs, Muhammad Yunus, George Foreman, and more gave some great tips in their graduation speeches.
Now that it’s June, graduation season is almost over (our Acton MBA students graduated on May 2). For the past several weekends, happy grads everywhere have been throwing their caps in the air and [...]

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At a recent Acton MBA information session, one candidate expressed a deep need for a better understanding of cash.  This led to a brief discussion of Bill Sahlman’s “Four Rules of Cash,” taught in our Cash and Valuation course.
Sahlman’s “Four Rules of Cash” are general guidelines for maximizing value.
The rules are:

More cash is better than [...]

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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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You want your company to stand out against all of the other companies that are just like yours. What do you do? Ed Perry comments on how to garner more word-of-mouth marketing.
Sunday morning I sat in The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf on South Lamar in Austin, Texas while visiting with someone who was sitting [...]

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Are you thinking about making a drastic change in order to find job satisfaction? Read this post by Master Teacher Steven Tomlinson first.
In the current issue of Fast Company, Po Bronson, author of What Should I Do with My Life?, offers some cheeky tough-love for those of us looking to boost career satisfaction: [...]

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Your business is declining.  You’re losing customers.  What do you do?
Don’t make matters worse for yourself by falling into a “death spiral.” This is a re-post from best-selling author and entrepreneur Seth Godin’s blog. For businesspeople interested in fresh marketing ideas, this is a great blog to visit.
You’ve probably seen it. The fish monger sees [...]

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The next time you’re talking to a prospective employer, follow these tips from Master Teacher Steven Tomlinson.
Looking for a job, particularly in tough economic times, can easily fray your nerves. Cold calls, cover letters, interviews all put you on the spot. When you feel observed and judged, it’s not surprising that you [...]

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It’s great if you turn a recent layoff, cutback or downsizing into an opportunity. Just do a little research first.
With dour economic news pretty much anywhere you turn, it’s no surprise that news outlets are trying to find a silver lining — something positive to report. They have found that story in entrepreneurs. [...]

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