How to Become an Entrepreneur

4 Ways To Take Charge Of Your Woefully Antiquated Learning Gap

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ March 23, 2013 ⋅ 6 comments

Looking around the room, a sparse, modern, white loft in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, I realized I was 20 years older than everyone else. Thankfully, there came a man […]

Business Killers: 8 Lame Mistakes of Small-Business Owners

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ November 20, 2012 ⋅ 3 comments

Our guest contributor, Paul Herman, offers a summary of unintended mistakes for small-business owners to avoid. Enough already with talk of our country’s fiscal cliff. How about the fiscal cliff […]

The New Entrepreneurs: A Bar Is Born

By Sharon O'Day ⋅ September 10, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

This is the first in a series of posts profiling entrepreneurs. Sharon O’Day, a maestro of entrepreneurship herself, is our guest contributor. To remedy the busted economy, older people are […]

The Skill Set That Exceeds The Value Of An MBA

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ August 5, 2012 ⋅ 17 comments

This two-part post features the sage advice of Will Bachman, a management consultant who shared his passion for uber-sharp Excel and Pivot table skills in a conversation with the author. […]

Get Paid Faster: 3 Tools So You Stop Giving It Away

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ July 7, 2012 ⋅ 3 comments

Do you do a million tasks for free, and then wonder why you are not seeing the dollars? Fret no more; I’m gonna help you get paid, and get paid […]

3 Directives to Ensure the Success of Your Career

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ June 12, 2012 ⋅ 13 comments

As she came closer to me on my morning walk, we exchanged smiles and nods. Clearly, she was lost. She pulled out a map, but she had no idea where […]

Using Video to Humanize Your Brand: Two Case Studies Engage The Younger Market Segment

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ June 8, 2012 ⋅ 14 comments

Back in the day, some Dads explained dating, sex and responsible behavior to their sons. Or, a young guy would get advice from his schoolyard buddies re how to ask […]

Improved Tools for Driving Search, Journalism, and Content Strategy

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ May 31, 2012 ⋅ 9 comments

Keywords are out! Kaput! Passé! Semantic search is in. Just as Rosie used a paper towel that was a “quicker picker upper,” digital search has become more exact by using […]

How To Be A Bulldog In A Male-Dominated Industry

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ May 14, 2012 ⋅ 6 comments

When I refer to someone as “Potentate of the Board Room,” do you think of a woman? I would guess not. Because we all know, comparatively speaking, there are really […]

A Wake Up Call: Drawing Inspiration To Act On Your Options

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ April 10, 2012 ⋅ 13 comments

“I sat for 3 days and watched the foot traffic of this neighborhood.” Cynthia DiBartolo was referring to Lower Manhattan, with its financial institutions of long history, and its locus […]