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We’ve talked about this before: music has value. Potentially, a lot of value. And now, Apple is seizing their share. But Apple and its...

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When Scott Borchetta walked on stage last week in Nashville to accept an award from the industry association MusicBiz, he had a message...

Let me begin this article by saying that hiking is nothing new to me. I know, I know, as The Bard himself so eloquently put it: "The lady...

Let’s step back from business for a second. We will get back to it, but just for a second: Think about the last time someone said “It’s...

We all do it. Just as we all eat, sleep, and complain about politicians, we also are all guilty of at one time or another checking our...

- Elana Duffy There is a point in our business lives where we can all set aside our pre-supposed differences and get along. Reaching that...

- Elana Duffy Serve your customers well and they will serve you in return. That concept sounds so easy, right? Two run-ins lately have...

- Frank Luby Two of the most frightening business headlines over the last three weeks both involved the state of California and a couple...

- Paul Mooney Creative writing is not something reserved only for those dreaming of selling their first literary masterpiece to the world...

- Stacey Ebert Companies have many similarities to schools, only now we are all grown up. Jobs replace assignments, bosses replace...

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- Frank Luby The Economist welcomed us to 2015 with a handful of intriguing articles on the future of work. In “Workers On Tap”, they...

- Paul Mooney Let me begin by directing you to the earlier post from Present Tense partner Elana Duffy highlighting the good business...

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- Stacey Ebert Professional development can be a trial. No one wants to sit through monotone presentations or worse, click-through online...

Paul Mooney As someone who spent four years as an officer in the Marines, I'm no stranger to large, complex operations. Weeks, months...