Topic: Ira Glass

BLOGJAM 2005 | Comment

Let's Start at the Very Beginning

BY Jeffrey Cufaude
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Aug 9, 2005 at 4:56 PM

"When in your 40s, do you get to actually, like, try something you've never tried and learn something new? So that's the great thing. But once you get into it, it's also the terrible thing. Because it's terrible to feel stupid again. ...READ»

BUSINESS PLAN | Comment

Rags to Riches…Anecdotally Speaking

BY Donovan Wadholm
Relevancy Score: 94
Thu Aug 7, 2008 at 9:16 PM

I love listening to a good story…especially ones about entrepreneurs and their path to eventual success. The woman or man who turned nothing into something, who did it quickly, and without the help of others, AKA the ...READ»

BAD APPLE | Comment

Are You The Bad Apple?

BY Mark Stelzner
Relevancy Score: 71
Mon Jan 5, 2009 at 3:34 PM

Very early in my career I was working on a team project that had fairly broad implications for my firm. There were seven of us in total and we typically convened via phone two to three times a week. We began with a quick roll ...READ»

MADE TO STICK | 4 comments

Corporate Creation Myths, and Why We Need Them

BY Clay Dillow
Relevancy Score: 38
Mon Jun 22, 2009 at 2:07 PM

Why do Americans need to attach creation myths to everything, including the origins of our most visible business ventures? We idealize the lone inventor over the company man, the garage over the office space. We tell the story of ...READ»

CAREER DEVELOPMENT | Comment

One American Life

BY Laurence Shatkin
Relevancy Score: 34
Thu Mar 19, 2009 at 12:17 PM

I’m a big fan of Chicago Public Radio’s program “This American Life,” with Ira Glass. If I miss the broadcast on Sunday (WHYY, Philadelphia), I listen to the podcast later in the week. This week’s program, “Wrong Side ...READ»

ONLINE BUSINESS | 3 comments

Why Brown Students See Green

BY Ron Lieber
Relevancy Score: 16
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:05 AM

Take a course at Startup U. Recent graduates of Brown founded CDNow, Nantucket Nectars, and Motley Fool. What's their secret? a 67-year-old professor who shows them the entrepreneurial ropes.READ»