Category management

Overthinking

I guess I concede that if I had to restart this exercise to bring MLB back with the Montreal Expos, I would have asked one of my investment banker friends — or literally the firm we hired to manage the… Continue Reading →

Mercenaries vs Missionaries

While writing my second book on Alexander the Great entitled The Confessions of Alexander the Great: 33 Lessons in Greatness, I was surprised to learn he executed one of his top commanders, Parmenion. I would never endorse anything like that,… Continue Reading →

IDGAF

Servant leadership, a stakeholder mindset & an empathetic management style have served me well. That will never change, but as we have gone from an unknown scrappy startup to an established successful business over twenty years, I acknowledge that “what… Continue Reading →

Trump is No Hitler, but These Parallels Between USA & 1930s Germany are Clear

For the record, I am no Trump hater and even called his first win as early as Jan 2016 & from the onset suggested 2024 was his election to lose. He’s what America views as a leader, a man capable… Continue Reading →

66 Life & Work Lessons To Live By

Interesting quotes and lessons learned along the way. On Success 1/ Entrepreneurship is living a few years of life like most people won’t, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t. 2/ All humans… Continue Reading →

The Paradox of Iran: from Ancient Persia to the Islamic Regime, pt 1.

Iran’s history is rooted in charismatic, visionary leaders who were able to command the attention and loyalty of its people. Today is the birthday of Zarathustra, or Zoroaster or Zartosht, the founder of Zoroastrianism. A religion with one creator but… Continue Reading →

Innovate or Die

Hi There! I hope your Wednesday is going well. Welcome back to another episode of Ask Ash, where I interview WatchMojo Founder & CEO Ashkan Karbasfrooshan and ask him questions on various topics, ranging from covering what is going on… Continue Reading →

What’s Taarof? The Secret To My Leadership Success

Fifteen years after starting a company, I work with the same 4 co-founders – one of whom is my wife. The company has an additional handful of employees who have worked 10 years with the firm. I’ve started to break… Continue Reading →

Do Women Make Better Managers?

Hearst hired Debi Chirichella to replace Troy Young as head of magazines. Given the media company’s underlying audiences it serves, it made sense to go with the best person for the role which in this case was a Hearst veteran who… Continue Reading →

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