Business Explained by Stever

If we redirected our obsession with tracking ownership into making a bigger pie, how much more could we do with our lives?

Wells Fargo is presenting what sounds like great results even while building up a system almost guaranteed to collapse if the real estate market begins to fall.

You’ve probably heard that Lee Raymond, ex-CEO of Exxon, was given a half-billion-dollar retirement package that amounts to about $144,000/day for his great work. You go, Lee.
It always amazes me to deal at lower levels of organizations where, as Leona Helmsley would likely say, “only the Little People get paid for doing work.” For the [...]

I have several important projects on my “to do” list. Instead, I’m typing on my BLOG. I’m making phone calls for my business school reunion. Everything except what I “should” be doing. Just the thought of the projects leaves me dizzy. But why?
When I have a hundred tiny, no-thought things to do, I can just [...]

My friend Andy Wibbels just published a book on BLOGging that’s already made it to #1 on some of the Amazon lists. Check him out at: http://andywibbels.com/post/1093

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I just received my copy of Fortune. It’s Fortune 500 time once again. I often hear businesspeople speak of landing the Fortune 500 as clients. Browsing the list, I suddenly realize why.
The Fortune 500, culturally, simply have so much money that they’ve lost all perspective on value. In startups—the world I’m from—every penny counts. You [...]

Ok, I admit it. I spent 17 years as as engineer before going to business school and becoming a dyed-in-the-wool non-techie. It’s hard to remember the years as a programmer, rather like trying to remember early childhood. My brain was just too different back then. My brain of today won’t process that way any more.
Today [...]

Last night (April 7, 2006) we were watching Scott McClellan in the White House press room responding to an onslaught of questions from reporters about leaks, classified information, and whether President Bush has declassified information for his party’s political gain (versus for the good and safety of the country).
Scott was a masterpiece of composure and [...]