Michael Polsky Scores Big
Congratulations to Michael Polsky, founder of Invenergy Wind and featured company champion in How They Did It. The news just came out: Detroit Energy, the utility subsidiary of DTE Energy Company (DTE)...
View ArticleAdvanced Diamond Technologies Named One of the “Best Startups” in America
Congratulations to my friend Neil Kane of Advanced Diamond Technologies (ADT) for recently being named one of the best startups in America by Robert X. Cringely! ADT, the world leader in the...
View ArticleNice Little Slam on Blogging?
Kudos to the New Yorker for this cartoon: Copyright C New Yorker 2010.
View ArticleEntrepreneur Mentoring
Talking with Kristine Kerr at Inc. magazine reminded me of attending the Inc. 500 conference in 2008 and hearing a great presentation on mentoring featuring Jay Goltz of Artist Frame Service, who acted...
View ArticleCongratulations to Capella, InnerWorkings, Allscripts, & Morningstar for...
Forbes’ just released its list of America’s 100 Best Small Companies. Four companies stemming from founders interviewed in How They Did It made the list. The criteria for candidates include being...
View ArticleAre Smart Phones Making Phone Calls Obsolete?
Smart phones are becoming increasingly well equipped to handle the onslaught of social media activity we face daily. Facebook. Twitter. Foursquare. Here are a few quick stats from the WSJ article: Y U...
View ArticleJim Dolan in the News
In a particularly well-timed Election Day announcement, the Dolan Company revealed on Tuesday that they would be launching a joint venture with Telran, Inc to provide a 50-state, real-time Web-based...
View ArticleHow They Did It Featured in Chicago Tribune
How They Did It and some of the company founders featured in the book appeared on November 18 in a Chicago Tribune article written by Melissa Harris.
View Article“My Father is Li Gang!”
This has become a rallying cry in China against censorship; it’s also a bitter joke about avoiding responsibility. It comes in the aftermath of a tragedy as reported in NYT. A drunk driver was speeding...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs: Spare a Prayer for Steve Jobs
My list of the most successful entrepreneurs on the planet includes Steve Jobs. As co-founder and CEO of Apple, Jobs has led a revolution, and not just by one fluke product, but over the course of...
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