How Dyslexia Can Make You a Better Entrepreneur
Dyslexia isn’t a weakness; it’s a power—and Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran, Daymond John and Kevin O’Leary prove it.
How Honeyfund Survived the ‘Shark Tank’
After tucking their two kids into bed, Sara and Josh Margulis would settle into the couch of their Sebastopol, Calif., home each night and pepper one another with questions. It was on this red microfiber sofa back in 2005 that they hatched the idea for their business, Honeyfund, a wedding-gift registry site that helps engaged […]
The Shark Tank Guide to Surviving the Treacherous Waters of Entrepreneurship
It’s called Shark Tank for a reason. For starters, consider the slim odds of landing a spot on the Emmy-winning ABC show. Last year, 45,000 entrepreneurs applied for an audience with some of the world’s most famous investors. Only 150 were selected, and just 115 made it to air. For Season 7, which begins Sept. 25, […]
10 Steps for Handling Those Conversations You Don’t Want to Have
Kathi Elster, a New York management consultant, is paid to have the kinds of conversations no manager or business owner wants to have. She was hired by the head of a law firm to interview his staff and uncover why he was experiencing nearly constant turnover. If those interviews required discretion, they were a romp […]
Why Anxiety Can Be Good
A racing heart, sweaty palms and shortness of breath: The familiar symptoms of anxiety can strike anytime. Giving a speech to a packed auditorium can leave you queasy and lightheaded, but so can less significant challenges, like driving from the airport to your hotel in an unfamiliar city. You may fret about the future, imagining […]
Why Good Leaders Love Office Conflict
Max Volsky and Mike Dolan had been close friends for 30 years, ever since they played hockey for Suffern High School in Rockland County, N.Y. Two years ago they decided to start igobono, a social marketplace where members swap and donate goods and services using the virtual currency bonos. “We were having heated arguments about […]
Liam Neeson: The Unlikely Action Hero
January is the dumping month for movies. Any film with award aspirations has been released during November and December to qualify for Oscar nominations, while tentpole pics hit screens during the blockbuster-making holiday season. Those first few weeks of the year are when movies that have gotten lousy scores in test screenings or have been […]
Michael Douglas: Running on Basic Instincts
To remind yourself of what makes Michael Douglas a great actor, search YouTube for some highlights from his 50 or so movies. Start with the “greed is good” speech from Wall Street, the 1987 film that earned Douglas a best-actor Oscar. Follow that with the Fatal Attraction scene in which he threatens to kill Glenn […]
The Science of Willpower
If you feel like you move through your days with the devil of temptation on one shoulder and the angel of restraint on the other, there’s good reason. A recent study shows we experience some sort of desire during one out of every two minutes we’re awake, and many of these are cravings we’re trying […]
