Employees, not customers, are your organization’s most important stakeholders. Contrary to how it sometimes feels, the customer can’t be your primary focus because the house will fall if you don’t have a strong foundation. And when the bricks are tumbling down, the customers will be long gone anyway. Focus on...

Until your company reaches around a million dollars in sales per year, you could go under almost any day.  I mean, of course, every business is different. You’re not likely going to need a million dollars to run a naturopathy office or a handmade furniture studio for the long haul. ...

As the founder of a public relations agency that’s been promoting books for more than two decades, I’ve marketed dozens of titles that have become perennial business bestsellers — and fundamentally changed the way we work. Whether written by Peter Drucker, Stephen Covey, Marcus Buckingham, or Ken Blanchard, these books...

VCs have been in the investing game for decades… And for the most part, they're pretty good at it. They've been essential in scaling a multitude of companies that have vastly improved our lives. At this point in time, they're an integral part of the ecosystem. But with the way...

At a party in rural Virginia, I listened as three military retirees carried on about the horrors of government and taxes, never stopping to think that every penny they earned came from government taxes. What is dumbing so many people down? This could be the question of our age, to...

As of March 2, 2023, Gina Rinehart was the wealthiest man in Australia, with an estimated net worth of 29.1 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Andrew Forrest (No. 2, $21.1 billion), Harry Triguboff (No. 3, $13.4 billion); and Anthony Pratt (No. 4, $11.4  billion). Mike Cannon-Brookes is the fifth-richest person in Australia, with a whopping...

As of March 2, 2023, Georg Stumpf was the wealthiest man in Austria, with an estimated net worth of 7.9 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Helmut Sohmen (No. 2, $5.8 billion),  Rene Benko (No. 3, $5.2 billion); and Johann Graf (No. 4, $4.8 billion). Wolfgang Leitner is the fifth-richest person in Austria, with a...

As of March 2, 2023, Jorge Paulo Lemann was the wealthiest man in Brazil, with an estimated net worth of 15.5 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Marcel Herrmann Telles (No. 2, $10.4 billion), Eduardo Saverin (No. 3, $9.9 billion); and Carlos Alberto Sicupira (No. 4, $8.5 billion). Safra Siblings is the...

As of March 2, 2023, David Thomson was the wealthiest man in Canada, with an estimated net worth of 54.8 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Jim Pattison  (No. 2, $11.0 billion), David Cheriton (No. 3, $9.2 billion); and Anthony Von Mandl  (No. 4, $8.7 billion). Joseph Tsai is the fifth-richest person in Canada,...