http://www.startupgarden.com/ en-us 2007-09-28T12:42:59-05:00 http://www.startupgarden.com/mt/archives/000097.html In the current issue of Strategy & Business magazine, I have a lengthy article examining the substance, as well as... tom 2007-09-28T12:42:59-05:00 http://www.startupgarden.com/mt/archives/000096.html Recently a number of articles have argued that it’s easier today for web-based companies to get going. Current tools are... tom 2007-09-25T17:19:15-05:00 http://www.startupgarden.com/mt/archives/000095.html I consider myself part of the New Populist Approach, in which artists no longer rely on the “star-stoking machinery” of... tom 2007-09-13T15:48:52-05:00 http://www.startupgarden.com/mt/archives/000094.html If by chance you are reading this on a computer screen, and therefore have heard of and might even use,... tom 2007-09-12T18:25:20-05:00 http://www.startupgarden.com/mt/archives/000093.html Over the summer I consumed a bunch of books on art theft. (The Rescue Artist by Edward Dolnick is a... tom 2007-09-12T17:28:21-05:00 http://www.startupgarden.com/mt/archives/000092.html Here’s a rave review I gave to Roy Peter Clark’s Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer. This recent... tom 2007-09-11T15:24:51-05:00 http://www.startupgarden.com/mt/archives/000091.html Oops. It’s been quite a while since I posted—been busy completing several very large projects. I’m back, and again resolved... tom 2007-09-10T22:21:15-05:00 http://www.startupgarden.com/mt/archives/000090.html My book The Startup Garden opens by saying, “I owe this book to my friend Gus.” Gus owns Toscanini’s Ice... tom 2007-03-26T22:15:50-05:00 http://www.startupgarden.com/mt/archives/000089.html David Silverman’s Typo: The Last American Typesetter, or, How I Made and Lost $4 million (An Entrepreneur’s Education) is a... tom 2007-03-21T17:34:17-05:00 http://www.startupgarden.com/mt/archives/000088.html At Inc. magazine, where I once worked, it’s always been a foundational belief that readers learn the most important lessons... tom 2007-03-20T18:36:30-05:00 http://www.startupgarden.com/mt/archives/000087.html In the otherwise forgettable movie You’ve Got Mail, Meg Ryan’s character delivers a great comeback to Tom Hank’s character when... tom 2007-03-05T18:07:03-05:00 http://www.startupgarden.com/mt/archives/000086.html My friend Todd Sattersten, who I thank for pushing me to do more writing—and for appreciating the writing I do—has... tom 2006-12-18T10:01:44-05:00 http://www.startupgarden.com/mt/archives/000085.html My new favorite business book of the year is Purpose: The Starting Point of Great Companies by Nikos Mourkogiannis. It... tom 2006-10-20T11:11:44-05:00 http://www.startupgarden.com/mt/archives/000084.html Recently I wrote a long essay on the 800ceoread blog about the unifying themes of the five books nominated for... tom 2006-10-18T19:37:32-05:00 http://www.startupgarden.com/mt/archives/000083.html Ever pick up a book that you love at the beginning, and then, the more you read, the more you... tom 2006-10-17T12:43:12-05:00