What does it take, as a woman, to become a billionaire?
There are 1,011 billionaires in the world right now. Since they released the numbers in March, Forbes has been running various pieces on subsets of the billionaire population. Lately, that subset has been women (like here, here, here, and here). While a great way to re-package dry [...]

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Power corrupts, but absolute power corrupts absolutely. – Lord Acton, 1887
Bill Clinton. John Edwards. Mark Sanford. Mark Foley. News of politicians having extramarital affairs has become almost commonplace. In fact, 2008 was the first election in which confessed adulterers ran for President. Still others seem to have sticky fingers, including Rod Blagojevich, Tom [...]

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The age-old debate between nature versus nurture also applies to entrepreneurs: are successful entrepreneurs internally wired to own businesses or did they learn the needed skills to be successful?
Some say that entrepreneurship cannot be taught — that true entrepreneurs are born with the drive, determination and burning desire to start their own businesses.

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How is your personal morality connected to your business morality? Do the same ethical frameworks apply in business as apply in friendship or romance? And if not, how do you rationalize the difference?
Many of us think that (and act as if) business has its own set of rules. Commerce is a contact [...]

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In response to a recent debate on the Harvard Business Review website about how traditional MBA programs contributed to current economic crisis, Master Teacher Jeff Sandefer had the following comments:
Most business schools don’t care much about students or their journeys through life. Until this changes, ancillary efforts like reforming curriculum or adding ethics courses won’t [...]

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