Business Pundit

Share Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past month, you’ve undoubtedly heard about the death of a computing icon, a man who changed how we interact with the virtual world forever.  I’m talking, of course, about Unix… Read more

Donald Trump is making some scary headway in the polls during this early, early presidential election season. But does he think he’s the only rich guy that could run? Here now are ten other rich dudes who could buy and sell you and would… Read more

Image: Paul Sapiano/Flickr Berkshire Hathaway’s annual “Woodstock of Capitalism,” its shareholder meeting, happens on April 30 this year. Warren Buffett’s baby is by far America’s most beloved conglomerate. What’s behind the fame? Buffett and… Read more

Every good businessperson knows that what you say has never been as important as how you say it. Even when you are not speaking, you are still communicating, even if you are not aware of it. By becoming aware of your body language and what you are… Read more

This is a guest post by John Durfee. We were held down by AK47 fire in the middle of a crowded city. All the civilians scattered while the bullets whizzed and cracked into walls, gouging holes in the mortar and sandstone. For a moment all was… Read more

Focus on your core competency. Prioritize. Do one thing at a time. Business has used these mantras for at least the past 20 years. But Cisco SVP Inder Sidhu wants to ask you this: What if you can do both? As in, pursue both new and existing… Read more

Transparency. Alignment. Relationship building. Culture. Many companies struggle to incorporate today’s new business memes. But some companies have embodied these ideas for years. Zappos, the online shoe store known for its tribal culture… Read more

Image: EpSos.de/Flickr Leadership is an art. Keeping your workers happy and maximizing their potential while attaining company goals is not for the faint of heart. We’ve compiled 50 tips that cover the mental, physical, and management aspects… Read more

I challenge you to evolve a company. Let’s say you and a group of friends have a killer business idea. You create a startup. After a lot of elbow grease, you scrounge up enough funds to get the startup off the ground. Next, you… Read more

Time Magazine has named Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke its Person of the Year 2009, just days before the Senate Banking Committee votes on his renomination. The timing, while probably not deliberate, is interesting. According to one Research 2000… Read more

Have you ever been in an over-complicated work situation, the kind where you’re amazed anything gets done at all? You spend hours in unproductive meetings. Communication between teams is convoluted. Decisionmakers stall until the last second…. Read more

Image: Harold Davis/Flickr Berkshire Hathaway announced today that it is buying railroad company Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI) for $44 billion, or $100/share. It is Berkshire Hathaway’s biggest-ever takeover. Bloomberg has more on Warren… Read more

Image: Wikipedia Hall of Fame basketball player and legendary coach John Wooden turns 99 today. Best known for coaching the UCLA Bruins through 27 winning seasons, Wooden mastered the tenets of leading successfully. Below are 12 John Wooden… Read more

The Harvard Business Review has a valuable article on managing pessimists in your team. Among the tips: 1. Create awareness. This is best done by pulling the team member aside and explaining how his comments are received. The rule when… Read more