Introduction Last week, CNN aired a special entitled “Black in America – Part 2” profiling the lives of different African-Americans all around the nation. I watched with anticipation as the CNN crew was profiling an organization in which I am affiliated, Management Leadership for Tomorrow (www.ml4t.org). MLT is a program that helps aspiring minority business school applicants attain their dream of attending a top notch business school. Out of all the underrepresented minorities at Cornell’s business school, well over half went through the rigorous MLT program. I was on Facebook giving regular status updates about the nostalgia I was feeling from going ...
Introduction I have had great conversations with many potential entrepreneurs this summer. Two questions are asked to me more than any other. The first question is “Where do I start if I want to create my own company?” The second question is “How do you find time to run your company and also attend business school?” I will answer both of these questions in this article as well as explain the power of creating a cloud company which is the next evolution in web entrepreneurship. It can be difficult at times to run a company and go to school, but it is ...
Last weekend, I had the wonderful opportunity to go home to Louisville and attend the Kentucky Derby. Growing up, I was not allowed to participate in many of the Derby festivities. My father was a Major with the Louisville Metro Police Department and was often over security for the city’s Derby festivities. Because of this task, he was subjected to a lot of foolishness through the years during Derby in order to serve and protect the city’s patrons. Therefore, he insulated me from most of the damaging behavior that comes with having an extra 200,000 people in the Louisville metro ...
KIPP and the Grameen Bank
I have recently read two inspirational biographies about social reforms in two different societies. The first was “Work Hard. Be Nice,” which is about the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) charter schools. Started by Dave Levin and Mike Feinberg fifteen years ago, KIPP has grown from one classroom of Hispanic 4th Read more...
Introduction
Last week, CNN aired a special entitled “Black in America – Part 2” profiling the lives of different African-Americans all around the nation. I watched with anticipation as the CNN crew was profiling an organization in which I am affiliated, Management Leadership for Tomorrow (www.ml4t.org). MLT is a program that helps aspiring minority business school Read more...
Introduction
I have had great conversations with many potential entrepreneurs this summer. Two questions are asked to me more than any other. The first question is “Where do I start if I want to create my own company?” The second question is “How do you find time to run your company and also attend business school?” Read more...
I remember it like it was yesterday. I’m sitting in Perkins Restaurant as we finished our Friday morning bible study class in Louisville, KY. With me was Carl Brazley, my closest and most creative mentor. We were about to start one of our usual mentoring sessions that we held about once per month. This session Read more...
Last weekend, I had the wonderful opportunity to go home to Louisville and attend the Kentucky Derby. Growing up, I was not allowed to participate in many of the Derby festivities. My father was a Major with the Louisville Metro Police Department and was often over security for the city’s Derby festivities. Because of this Read more...
Kevlar is a material that is five times stronger, but is lighter and more flexible than steel on an equal weight basis. It is used in many products ranging from bulletproof vests and cables to sports and audio equipment. It has been around for over 40 years and more uses are being discovered for this Read more...
The 2009 year is underway and it’s shaping up to be a great one. I’ve talked to many of my friends and I’ve heard THOUSANDS (Ok. I’m exaggerating) of New Year’s resolutions. Everything from losing 20 pounds, to being in bed by a certain time, to making straight A’s on their transcripts, to finding satisfying Read more...
Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into Read more...
From the EG conference: Productivity guru Tim Ferriss’ fun, encouraging anecdotes show how one simple question — “What’s the worst that could happen?” — is all you need to learn to do anything.
George James is a Marriage and Family Therapist at the Council for Relationship’s University City Office. He specializes in working with couples and the wounds in their relationship.
