October, 2009 - Archive

How to Liberate an Economy
 |  October 30, 2009

Entrepreneurs understand the importance of freedom in the workplace. City Journal | by Guy Sorman | October 21, 2009 Brian Carney and Isaac Getz’s Freedom, Inc. is a timely book. It’s also countercyclical and somewhat counterintuitive. After all, most of today’s writing about economics and business is haunted by the current crisis: nearly every author [...]

Capitalism: A True Love Story
 |  October 21, 2009

Forbes.com | by Steve Forbes | October 19, 2009 How is wealth created? Seemingly a strange question for Forbes readers, but the question is hardly an academic one in the wake of the credit crisis and ensuing global recession. It has profound political implications that will affect our economic future. Clearly, a sizable portion of [...]

How Aaron Patzer of Mint.com Made $170 Million in Two Years
 |  October 13, 2009

Inc.com | by Aaron Patzer | October 2009 Aaron Patzer launched Mint.com as a user-friendly alternative to Quicken and other personal-finance software out there. Little did he know that just two years later, Intuit, which makes Quicken, would fork over $170 million for his website. So how’d he do it?

Fix It – Even If It Ain’t Broke
 |  October 12, 2009

FastCompany | by Kaihan Krippendorff | October 12, 2009 When something works, people grow fixated on it. They stop looking for alternative options. And this fixation creates an opportunity for those willing to reconsider the accepted approach. The company I introduced last week, Rosetta Stone (RST), hasn’t been satisfied with the fact that its products [...]