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In the book Outliers, author Malcolm Gladwell observes that it takes roughly ten thousand hours of practice to achieve mastery in a field. How does Gladwell arrive at this conclusion? And, if the conclusion is true, how can we leverage...

Nine out of ten startups fail in the first year. Why? More important, what can we do to improve the odds? Entrepreneur Steve Blank might have an answer, expressed in his book The Four Steps to the Epiphany. Key points...

Charlie Rose is an amazing journalist. His interviews are eclectic and rich. During his interview with mountain climber Ed Viesturs, I was struck by the parallels between mountain climbing and business achievement. Managing Risk, Ignoring Critics “People say that I’m...

“Hey Nerd!” It was the night before CocoaConf. I had just walked into the hotel bar. A table full of wise guys (wise as in Stooges, not Sopranos) called out to someone named Nerd. “Hey Nerd!” they shouted again. This...

Note: This review was originally posted at ChicagoRuby.org/book-reviews. Ruby on Rails 3 Tutorial is well suited for beginning Ruby on Rails developers. Advanced developers will find it useful as well. Here’s why: Sometimes, as we become more advanced, we miss...

Note: This article was originally posted on the WisdomGroup blog. WisdomGroup is both a proponent and a user of GMail. Of course, the service is not perfect, as proven during yesterday’s GMail outage. “It’s only affecting a small number of...