Ever wonder why most folks take off from work on Labor Day? Doesn’t it seem like Labor Day would be the one day in the year that people would labor? According to the U.S. Department of Labor, “[t]he first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. [...]

If my two short years as an entrepreneur have persuaded me of anything, it is this: there is a danger in too much education.
All education has an end goal in mind, some application where it is meant to bear fruit. The problem is that most academic learning doesn’t do this.  It’s designed to give you [...]

A friend of mine is having a ceremony tomorrow for his 13 year-old son, encouraging him – now that he is thirteen — to begin to think and act as a man.  He sent out an email inviting some of his friend to send in an encouraging word for his son that he can then cut and paste [...]

There is a movement afoot, but it is not new.  It’s actually been happening for quite a while, but it is picking up momentum given the current state of the economy and it can be summed up as follows: there is a movement towards “simple” or “good enough”, call it the “flight to simplicity” if [...]

There is a movement afoot, but it is not new.  It’s actually been happening for quite a while, but it is picking up momentum given the current state of the economy and it can be summed up as follows: there is a movement towards “simple” or “good enough”, call it the “flight to simplicity” if [...]

A Nation’s Money: God’s Test for Justice
The Bible ties a nation’s monetary policy to the concept of justice. To God, the two are inseparable. You see how just a society is by examining the foundational nature of its money.
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just [...]

This is an interesting research report on entrepreneurship in America. Although it leaves God out of the equation, there are some insightful nuggets in this scholarly research report based upon detailed surveys of 549 company founders in a variety of industries, including aerospace and defense, computer and electronics, health care, and services. [...]

Back in March I had the delight of attending a New Venture Academy boot camp, hosted by Wade Myers and video recorded by Franklin Springs Family Media. Based on my experience at the event seeing the high caliber of material with which we were presented along with the high production quality from the Franklin Springs [...]

I’ve only dipped my toe in the Social Media waters (New Venture Lab and a related LinkedIn group) and I have actually been fairly resistant to expanding any of my own personal efforts on social media (I do not Tweet on Twitter, I do not have a Facebook page, I do not have a MySpace [...]

Every entrepreneur likes to catch a wave and ride the crest as long as possible.  As I am fond of saying “a rising tide lifts all boats.”  Given that, when you are looking for ideas for a business, look for favorable macro trends – one of our 50 concepts in our Venture Analysis (criteria # 6) for [...]