By A.J. MacQuarrie Please don’t roll your eyes because yes, I’m going to talk about millennials for a moment here. I know, I know, you are sick and tired of hearing about us. But I want to talk specifically about millennial leadership. What does that even mean? It sounds...

By A.J. MacQuarrie  Bankruptcy is considered the ultimate failure in business. When it’s referenced in our culture — in movies, television shows, or the news — there’s a stigma that gets attached. Those going through this perceived nightmare are shown in the worst possible light:...

By A.J. MacQuarrie  You often hear stories of super successful entrepreneurs who wake up at 4 a.m. and, by the time you’ve hit the snooze button for the gazillionth time, they’ve already conquered the world. It’s easy to become discouraged by those kinds of people and develop...

By A.J. MacQuarrie  How one founder turned personal tragedy into entrepreneurial triumph. Building your own business is never easy, but at no time is it more challenging than when personal tragedy strikes. All of a sudden, focusing on your business seems impossible. Things you may long...

By A.J. MacQuarrie More than 15 million U.S. high school students head to school every fall, and many  of them will become entrepreneurs, building their own futures, creating wealth and doing what they love. Entrepreneurship is respected, fun and dynamic (now more than ever before)....

By A.J. MacQuarrie    For some bosses, millennial employees are a maddening source of frustrations over their stereotypical habits and unconventional approaches to workplace expectations. But what drives those traditional bosses crazy is also what can make millennials great bosses...

By A.J. MacQuarrie If you’re an employee, here’s how your day goes: Get up; Go to work at someone else’s business; Work for someone else’s business; Go to lunch and try not to think about someone else’s business; Go back to work for someone else’s business; Make money for someone...

By A.J. MacQuarrie Recent films like “The Founder” and books such as “Ray and Joan” have spotlighted Ray Kroc, one of the great business leaders of his time. Among the many lessons that Kroc’s experience holds for this era’s entrepreneurs is the business model he created for...

By A.J. MacQuarrie News reports that Wisconsin vending machine company Three Square Market will microchip employees are burning up social media today, and rightly so. The implanted $300 RFID microchips would let employees, perhaps desperate for a quick mid-afternoon Snickers bar,...

By A.J. MacQuarrie It's likely that you've seen this meme pop up in your Facebook feed from time to time: A mugshot of Winston Churchill, with his characteristic bow tie and cigar, rallying readers to "Never, never, never give up." Well, Churchill never said that. What he...