Business Pundit

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… Read more

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 he… Read more

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 instead of… Read more

Dane and Anita give their ideas for what small businesses can't do without. OPEN… Read more

Dane has the entire thing if you want to read… Read more

There are a number of institutions that small business couldn't live without–FedEx, Kinkos, Staples, Starbucks. What new functions are essential to small businesses today? Google? Ebay? What else?There are several ways to go here. I could talk… Read more

For part 1, of the American Express Open event, go here. Now where did I leave off? Branson talked a great deal about his theories on running a business and I want to sum up what he said. Despite dropping out of school at 16, he considers himself a… Read more

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 leave comments…. Read more

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 read 3000… Read more