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Entrepreneurial Brinkmanship: Lessons Learned from Best Buy and FedEx

In these cases, startup management must often play the game of brinkmanship, pushing events to near disaster Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: James C Wetherbe

RX for Success: Former MinuteClinic CEO Linda Hall Shares her Stories

I'm an associate professor at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management. Read More...

Category: Interviews

Authors: Daniel Forbes and Linda Hall

Colleagues Celebrate a Leader Who Empowered Others

Anderson worked at Best Buy for more than 35 years, serving as CEO (2002-09) and president and chief operating Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Daniel Forbes and James C Wetherbe

Green Giant: Grocer Scott Nash on Organic Growth

EIX's Dave Feldman talks with the founder and CEO of Mom's Organic Market, whose business started in his mother's garage and has grown like a beanstalk.  A self-described former "juvenile Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Dave Feldman

Paychex Founder Tom Golisano's Advice for Innovators

I was in sales and sales management for EAS, a typical payroll processor whose customers were  companies Read More...

Category: Interviews

Authors: Catherine Buday and Jon Eckhardt

Delivering the Goods: An Interview with Best Buy and EIX Founder Dick Schulze

We had an assistant manager who had asked me to arrange the loading and unloading of product and stock Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: James C Wetherbe

How Best Buy Engages Employees in Putting Customers First

But with all the responsibilities entrepreneurs need to manage, how can they ensure that they have a Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Richard Schulze and Kimberly Eddleston

LegalZoom Co-Founder: Trick Yourself to do the Impossible

he runs, the sales team or even in the finance team, may not respond well to the more methodical manager Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Nicholas Vitalari