Innovating Through Artistry
In 2012 The United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) will be held from January 12-15th in New Orleans, LA. My colleague from University of Illinois, Joyce Thomas and myself will be attending to present material from a paper we wrote, with another Univ of IL colleague, Deana McDonough, about The IAE and … [Read more...]
It is hard for me to believe that The Institute for Arts Entrepreneurship will open its doors in exactly 2 months. Getting ready to launch The IAE has been no small undertaking. While I designed and am building this school with a blue ocean strategy (wide open largely unoccupied economic space) this project has been both exhilarating … [Read more...]
Long ago, so it seems, I met Barry Moltz for lunch at Wishbone in Chicago. I was on my own hunt and seek mission to figure out who I wanted to be when I grew up. Having sold my businesses and trying to figure out which dragon I wanted to slay next, I asked to buy serial entrepreneur Barry Moltz lunch and found a new hero. Barry is an … [Read more...]
It's time to come up with some new models for what it means to serve on a board. In the classic board model I have always been struck by the fact that to serve on a board requires endless altruism. Human nature shows us that for most human beings it's hard for anyone to remain, let alone for an extended period of time- like a 3 year … [Read more...]
Written by Naeem Zafar Every pilot has to make sure the weight-thrust ratio is correct, or else the runway will end before the plane takes off. Not a good thing if you want to survive the takeoff. If the plane is overloaded, a good captain will refuse to take off. He knows how long the runway is. He knows that the aircraft must … [Read more...]
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