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Congratulations to Aung San Suu Kyi. An incredibly inspiring leader. She endured 15 years of house arrest and decades of hardship under the Myanmar Military Government, and this week she[...]

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If you’re trying to figure out what to measure in your business, use the Pirate Metrics: “AARRR!” Whether you have a website, an app, a retail store or a service[...]

Perseverance Agility Tolerance Intricacy Empathy Nimbleness Care Endurance P.A.T.I.E.N.C.E. is a multi-dimensional mix of flexibility and steadfastness. Keep the balance and know that however tough things get, provided you’re patient,[...]

What’s the price when you fail? This week, Elon Musk watched as his latest attempt at landing his Space X Falcon 9 rocket went wrong, ice froze one of the[...]

Do you have the #1 most important ingredient in entrepreneurs? Paul Graham is co-founder of the entrepreneur incubator, Y Combinator (Its start-ups – including AirBnb & Dropbox – are now[...]

Happy Martin Luther King Day! When Kathleen told me today was Martin Luther King day, I thought “Not a lot of modern figures get their own national holiday.” So I[...]