Veteran AdVenturers

Age is no barrier to adVenturing. Tom Lackey, 89, continued to embrace adventure late into life, in his case as a way past the grief of losing his wife to a heart attack 10 years ago. Mr. Lackey took up wing-walking. Last summer, he strapped his feet to the top of a single-engine biplane, like the daredevils of aviation's early days, and flew across the English Channel at 160 miles per hour, with nothing between him and the wild blue yonder but goggles and layers of clothing to fight the wind...

E=R

Knowing that entrepreneurs are the best economic stimulus for any economy, the Kauffman Foundation's "E=R" campaign is driving home this simple equation: Entrepreneurs Equal Recovery. Take a trip to the Real Clear Markets website and learn more, as well as finding many opportunities.

Making a Profit and Making a Difference

Social entrepreneurs take the best of social activism and business enterprise and stir them together seamlessly. The numbers of new ventures is staggering. Social entrepreneurs—enterprising individuals who apply business practices to solving societal problems, such as pollution, poor nutrition, and poverty—are now 30,000 strong and growing, according to B Lab, a nonprofit organization (my company WorkSavvy is a founder member) that certifies these purpose-driven companies. Together, they represe...

Convergence in Business

Nothing ever stays the same. However much we want life to go on as normal, it never does. Business forecasting is often soothsaying as much as science, no matter how hard management science tries to prove the opposite. Using scientific research-based principles to improve an organization's ability to make rational business management decisions may be a useful discipline, but on its own spells trouble. The Neuromarketing Blog is published and authored by Roger Dooley. It is well worth followin...

Opt In Now

Opt In Now is a new microfinance organization that enables people to make loans direct to entrepreneurs in the developing world. When you give your money to OptInNow, they call that "funding a loan" to empower entrepreneurs. With greater support in hand businesses grow. Entrepreneurs hire others in the community, allowing them to provide for their individual families, affecting change where it is needed most. They look for people with the passion to make a difference and a vision for success. Th...