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Nation’s Entrepreneurs Expect Profits to Climb in 2013

Fourth-quarter survey by Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom reveals highest economic confidence this year. Nearly 40 percent of new business owners say they intend to hire over the next 12 months.

A Chemical Reaction

One day last fall, recalls Mike McLain, the 47-year-old marketer who became chief executive of Indianapolis-based Dow Brands in November [...]

What becomes of the house that Jack built?

This month next year, the icon of late 20th century business leadership retires after 20 years-roughly two normal CEO tenures-as General Electric’s CEO. The question everybody is asking is, “Who will succeed Jack Welch?” Arguably, the more interesting question is, “What kind of company should GE become after he leaves?” CE asked four GE watchers to anticipate what the future could hold for GE in a post-Welchian world.

Building Momentum

Many entrepreneurs who start up a new venture may not secure, or even seek, private investment to back its launch, [...]

Why Didn’t they See It Coming? How CEOs can avoid being blindsided in business.

What do Don Imus, the recently reviled and fired CBS shock jock, and Robert Nardelli, the former chief executive of [...]

When Sales Are Stalled and Profits Flat

Most entrepreneurial CEOs don’t have the economic safety net to tolerate slow market adoption of their new products.  When faced [...]

Lateral Thinking for the 21st Century

My unusual 30-year career success as a start-up entrepreneur was built on two classic concepts: first, creating extraordinary moments of [...]

Beating the Blob of Bureaucracy

Back in the 1950s a very young Steve McQueen starred in what has become a classic sci-fi horror film titled [...]

Leaders Should Manage for Values

Everyone knows that leadership involves values.  But many business leaders do not understand exactly how values relate to leadership.  That’s [...]