Open Wrapup

I'm a little late getting to this, but the final wrap-up for the American Express Open conference was posted. Clay did a great job of summarizing what Dane, Anita and I talked about over the week. I got to meet lots of great people, listen to Richard Branson, talk about business and entrepreneurship (which I always talk about anyway). So thanks to all the people at American Express and Community Centric (the firm that helped put it together) for letting me do what I love to do.

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The final question for the American Express Open conference is this: If you weren't doing what you are doing, what business would you launch tomorrow?This is tough because there are about a dozen different things I'm am interested in, but…

Richard Branson: The Good, The Bad, and The Money Quotes - Part 3

The final part of the night was the most interesting. One of the things Branson talked about near the end was the importance of employees, saying that he puts employees first, customers second and shareholders third. It sounds sacreligious, but…

American Express Open: Question 3

How do you manage change? is the latest question for the Open from American Express online conference. I like this question because it is important, but it is also wide open. It ranks right up there with "why is there something…

Question 2 - Other Responses

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Richard Branson Interview Full Transcript

Dane has the entire thing if you want to read it.

American Express Open: Question 2

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Richard Branson: The Good, The Bad, and The Money Quotes - Part 2

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Open: Question 1

One of the goals of this American Express Conference is to explore some ideas about small businesses. They have provided a series of questions that Dane, Anita, and I will answer, and of course as always you are welcome to…

A Night With Richard Branson: The Good, The Bad, and The Money Quotes - Part 1

As part of this online conference, we are supposed to answer questions about small business and entrepreneurship. But I'll get to that later because I want to talk about the night and about Richard Branson. But you don't want to…

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