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Doctors and Empathy

Doctors and Empathy

In a brilliant and visceral essay published in this month’s Atlantic, Meghan O’Rourke takes us through the current state of doctors, empathy and the American health care system that has not only complicated how patients receive care but also how doctors become fulfilled in their professions.  Although many doctors enter the profession to become healers, teachers and care givers, too ma... »

Culture and Your People

Culture and Your People

Container Store CEO Kip Tindell was one of the Inc. 5000 Awards Gala keynote speakers this year with a powerful message for business owners both large and small.  Conscious capitalism, as he calls it, is building a business where everyone around you thrives.  Employees, customers, vendors, share holders and the community.  It’s possible and Tindell is proving the point.  With 3 year growth o... »

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Peter Thiel, founder of PayPal in 1998 and first outside investor in Facebook and other brilliant startups through his venture capital firm, and his student Blake Masters have expanded their notes from Peter’s class in Stanford Law on what it takes to make meaningful and valuable startup companies and see them transform the world.  If it sounds like a big promise, Thiel’s concepts and ... »