As I said last week, one positive aspect of the recession is that it makes employers reassess the basic principles of their business and streamline operations. As well as paying close attention to the balance sheet, however, employers should encourage innovative, entrepreneurial thinking. In the current economic climate, great ideas have the potential to make a big...

As an entrepreneur, you’ve probably set your sights high. You dream of a reality that others would brush off as, well, simply a dream. You envision creating a brand that crosses oceans and continents in its importance and recognition. You don’t think in multiples of one, but instead in hundreds, perhaps thousands. And you might even be calculating not...

Imagine this is 1979: If you were reading this article back then, chances are you would have read it on paper–with a printed newspaper or magazine in your hands. Today, you are probably reading it on a desktop computer, a laptop (or as a printout from either of these) or perhaps even on your BlackBerry or iPhone. The pace of innovation has been so hectic in...