Keith Dickey
Keith Dickey discusses how he went from a PhD in archaeology to a job on Wall Street to becoming an entrepreneur by opening a gourmet cheese and wine shop in Concord, NH.
Scott Cleland, Chairman of NetCompetition.org, a net neutrality forum funded by broadband companies, discusses Google’s rising power and what he sees as the ominous implications of it.
In a nation often obsessed by the notion of personal privacy, especially as it relates to health care, what are entrepreneurs to do when they face serious health questions? When the outcome of an executive’s medical situation may affect employees, investors, business partners, or customers, should the individual share information. If so, how much?
Infatuation and antipathy make very poor business partners. One cannot divorce decision-making from emotions entirely, but one must endeavor to limit the influence of the heart over the head. How many times have we all made choices in the heat of the moment that we later regret — in business or otherwise? Take, for instance,…
This morning, I found myself thinking about 19th century Prussian field marshal Helmuth von Moltke the Elder. Well, not about him so much as something he is credited with saying (and that is among my favorite observations applicable to business): “no battle plan survives contact with the enemy.” That’s a bit how I feel about…
Ideas are a dime a dozen. I know because I have paper and electronic file folders filled with ideas that I have come up with over the years for potential new products, services, and companies. Good ideas aren’t much more valuable. While some of the ideas on my lists seem clearly doomed, most seem to…
I have found myself this week spending a lot of time thinking about what is in store in the future. I have been pondering this question from a number of different angles, including business, product, marketing, technology, and more. I’ve even been considering where I’m headed personally when it comes to things like running (do…