Advice From the 20th Century's Greatest Business Thinker

For 10 years, Peter Drucker was a mentor and friend. Here's what I learned from him.

The Cost of Being an Entrepreneur and the Key Attribute That Determines Success: Grit

While most people think that successful entrepreneurs must be willing to grind it out, both Brian Levenson and Angela Lee Duckworth's studies have shown that grit (not grind) is what makes the difference.

How Jessica Alba Built A $1 Billion Company, And $200 Million Fortune, Selling Parents Peace Of Mind

This story appears in the June 15, 2015 issue of Forbes.

If You Want Greatness, Take Responsibility

“If you had to pick one quality that someone needs to possess, what would that be?” someone recently asked me. 

After I was forced to give just one answer, I said, “If I had to pick just one quality, it would be taking complete and full responsibility for your life.”

What Determines the Winners and Losers in Entrepreneurship?

For as long as humans have formed groups, there have been business opportunities and entrepreneurs taking advantage of them, which have rather tremendously evolved from early barter and trade into highly organized companies and other worldly technologies.

Meet the Man Who Started the First-Ever Property Management Franchise

When Kirk McGary first got into property management in 1983, he had no grand ideas of building a national brand. He was a college student looking to escape his pizza-delivery job yet still pay the bills. So when some friends invited him to join their property management business, he jumped in. McGary went on to start his own company, Real Property Management, in 1986.

From a Fix-it Guy to a Franchisee Now Working on His First $1 Million

Mark Cuban’s (Very) Frank Advice for Entrepreneurs

The Shark Tank host shared his brutally frank perspective on success at last week's iCONIC Tour in Chicago.

Anyone who's ever seen Mark Cuban in a live interview knows that quoting him

The Best Time to Move a Growing Company

BY NOAH DAVIS

 

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Diversity of opinions, how far do we want to go?

Throughout this week, activities and happenings in Ghana can just be summarized into “Diversity of opinions”. To me diversity of opinions is important in every endeavour since it contributes to innovation and I am all for innovation in every facet of human life. The challenge is tolerance for diversity of opinions especially if it seems to go against some people or somebody.

Elon Musk unveils Tesla Powerwall batteries to 'change the world'

Tesla Launches Batteries for Homes, Businesses, Utilities

Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk unveiled a suite of batteries to store electricity for homes, businesses and utilities, saying a greener power grid furthers the company’s mission to provide pollution-free energy.

“Our goal here is to fundamentally change the way the world uses energy,” Musk said at an event Thursday at the company’s design studio in Hawthorne, California. “We’re talking at the terawatt scale. The goal is complete transformation of the entire energy infrastructure of the world.”