How to Design Your Consumer Brand to Command a Premium Price
Clever, modern design can help you find your early audience. Unless you are Mark Cuban rich, you do not want to launch a new consumer brand at or below average prices in your category. Yes, your new ...
In Just 12 Words, Houston Coach Kelvin Sampson Shared How the Cougars Pulled Off Its Upset of Duke. It’s a Brilliant Lesson in How to Win
With a comeback for the ages, the Houston Cougars showed what’s possible when you build a spirit of resilience.
Wall Street Is Bowing Out of Trump’s Tariff Uncertainty
“It is remarkable that, even with two Wall Street insiders [Secretaries Howard Lutnick and Scott Bessent] in the cabinet, markets were caught so off guard by [Wednesday’s] announcement,” said DataTrek ...
My Employee Won’t Report His Hours
Generally the way employers deal with this is by making timely submission of timesheets a requirement of the job and disciplining people who don’t comply, since otherwise the company is at legal risk.
Stuck in an Endless Loop of Planning and Preparation? Start Using This 1-Letter Word
Think about starting the business — think about starting the anything — and you’ll probably stay stuck in an endless loop of thinking, planning, and evaluating. Your plan will never seem perfect, the ...
What’s Behind the Rise in Interim CEOs?
Interim leadership is on the rise in the U.S. Nearly a quarter of new CEOs named in the first two months of 2025 were hired on an interim basis, versus 8 percent in the same period last year, ...
Walmart Just Introduced a Powerful New AI Tool. Customers Might Actually Love It
OK. Fast-forward a little over two months after Furner’s talk, and Walmart just announced a powerful generative AI tool that it’s using to make the jobs of its 1,000 or so “merchants” – the people who ...
Oprah Winfrey Says Success and Happiness Come Down to Asking 2 Simple Questions
When something feels hard, awkward, or uncomfortable, it’s human to delay. But Oprah doesn’t let herself off the hook for long. She stops and asks two important questions. Here’s Oprah from that same ...
After Alexander Ovechkin Broke His NHL Record, Wayne Gretzky Just Taught a Brilliant Leadership Lesson
When Ovechkin broke the record in the second period, the game stopped. Officials rolled out a carpet onto the ice, and ...
Rite Aid Considers Alternative Bankruptcy Filing
Rite Aid is exploring the possibility of selling part or all of its operations as an alternative to filing for Chapter 11.
Legal Battle Between Musk and OpenAI Heads to Trial in 2026
Billionaire Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI will go to a jury trial in spring 2026, the federal judge presiding over the case decided on Friday.
Trump Tariffs Spill Over into Italian Wine Industry
The Italian wine industry may suffer immensely with Trump tariffs. The outlook for Prosecco, Brunello di Montalcino and other ...