According to a report commissioned by American Express OPEN, women-run small businesses are on the rise. In fact, as of 2013, approximately 8.6 million women-owned businesses in U.S. generated over $1.3 trillion dollars and employed nearly 7.8 million people. The rate of growth in women-run businesses over the past 16 years is 1.5 times higher than the […]

In today’s age, where everything is documented, digitized and stored in a mysterious “cloud,” it’s easy to overlook the importance of a good memory. If we can easily access files within our computers or look up information on our smartphones, what’s the point of embedding a wealth of information in our own memory? The truth […]

  For at least the last 20 years, with the emergence of the internet, the pervasiveness of technology and the legends of Silicon Valley gaining increasing prominence in our collective consciousness, creativity has been at the heart of every business success story. So much so that we are fast becoming a country of entrepreneurs and […]

  You’re always going to get the same results by doing what everyone else does. Sometimes you have to know when to zig where others zag. These are some of the counterintuitive lessons I’ve learned and applied from the most successful folks I’ve met. Pick Fights – to test others’ resolve in their own beliefs. In business, […]