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How Paul Allen and Bill Gates landed on the idea for Microsoft after cycling through many other startup ideas
TechHow Paul Allen and Bill Gates landed on the idea for Microsoft after cycling through many other startup ideas
By Bill GatesFebruary 4, 2025
"The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century: Why (Almost) Everything We Are Told About Business Is Wrong," by John Kay.
LeadershipTrump 2.0 will see corporations tempted by shareholder primacy even more. Sustainable success still comes from broader goals
By John KayJanuary 15, 2025
Quasi-religious beliefs have ended 200 years of European growth, author argues
CommentaryQuasi-religious beliefs have ended 200 years of European growth, author argues
By Jon MoynihanDecember 3, 2024
Ashton Kutcher and David Sacks
FinanceHow celebrities became VCs and VCs became celebrities  
By Tatiana KoffmanNovember 7, 2024
How a ‘halfway-pendulum’ approach to stakeholder capitalism helped Japan’s stock market reverse decades of losses
FinanceHow a ‘halfway-pendulum’ approach to stakeholder capitalism helped Japan’s stock market reverse decades of losses
By Jusuke J. J. Ikegami, Harbir Singh and Michael UseemOctober 24, 2024
Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings
SuccessNetflix beating Blockbuster once seemed unthinkable—but this way of looking at the world makes it obvious
By Judah TaubOctober 22, 2024
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos
LeadershipSeth Godin: Jeff Bezos built Amazon with a strategy based on embracing change
By Seth GodinOctober 21, 2024
How the behavioral economics of Uber drivers reveal what really drives the workforce
SuccessHow the behavioral economics of Uber drivers reveal what really drives the workforce
By Stephan MeierOctober 17, 2024
Jeff Bezos created a culture at Amazon of appreciating the input—including the idea for Amazon Prime—of people at all levels of the corporate hierarchy.
LeadershipJeff Bezos’s ‘truth telling’ culture led to big ideas like Amazon Prime
By Brian SolisOctober 17, 2024
You can’t have 5 priorities—even Steve Jobs and Bob Iger couldn’t
LeadershipYou can’t have 5 priorities—even Steve Jobs and Bob Iger couldn’t
By Willie PietersenOctober 14, 2024
Priya Parrish
FinanceWhy ESG assets are heading toward $50 trillion despite attacks on ‘woke capitalism’
By Priya ParrishOctober 10, 2024
America’s long overdue pivot on immigration: Regaining control of the borders—and boosting H-1B visas
PoliticsAmerica’s long overdue pivot on immigration: Regaining control of the borders—and boosting H-1B visas
By Gary ShapiroOctober 10, 2024
Big Ag and Big Energy were once as unchallenged as Big Tech is today—but impressive Davids have shown how to compete with these Goliaths 
RetailBig Ag and Big Energy were once as unchallenged as Big Tech is today—but impressive Davids have shown how to compete with these Goliaths 
By Mark WeinsteinOctober 8, 2024
Satya Nadella returned Microsoft to the top by showing humility as CEO. Here’s how it’s done
SuccessSatya Nadella returned Microsoft to the top by showing humility as CEO. Here’s how it’s done
By Michael MorrisSeptember 30, 2024
Shot of a young businessman looking displeased while using a computer at his work desk
LifePerfectionism is not healthy or sustainable. Here’s what to strive for instead
By Mary E. AndersonSeptember 24, 2024
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