RECENT INC. MAGAZINE COLUMNS BY HOWARD TULLMAN

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The Worst Mistake a Startup Can Make

Nov 17, 2020... Harold Geneen, the longtime boss of ITT Corp., a famous 20th-century conglomerate, was a great wordsmith who said: The only unforgivable sin in business ...

When You Need Inspiration, There's Always Magic in Music 

Nov 10, 2020... Dark days and lonely nights are part of every entrepreneurs journey. We've all been there and--as far as I can tell--these are inescapable, inevitable, ...

Rules for the Next 12 Months: Stay Focused and Simplify 

Nov 03, 2020... As we move toward a post-pandemic world, Ive been suggesting regularly that almost every business will be best served by an approach that focuses ...

Chicago's Curious Exercise in Bashing Its Own Brand 

Oct 27, 2020... In an embarrassing and preemptively apologetic presentation by its $1-a-year chief marketing officer, the city of Chicago presented a new plan to rebrand" itself ...

Have We Already Forgotten Who Wrecked WeWork?

Oct 22, 2020... A while ago, I wrote on this website about my fondest theatrical wish, which was that no one in Hollywood would be stupid enough ...

The Restaurant Business Needs a New Recipe

Oct 20, 2020... Notwithstanding the latest habitual lies by the Superspreader-in-Chief at his contagion campaign events, Covid-19 is endemic--not going anywhere anytime soon. In the real world, ...

Campaign Spending is a Tragic Waste

Oct 13, 2020... I have always hated political campaigns for all manner of reasons, but without doubt the most compelling one -- aside from the egregious exaggerations, ...

Read Any Good Books Lately? Reading Could Help Save Your Business

Oct 06, 2020... One of the vastly underappreciated aspects of Covid-19 incarceration, perhaps as a product of not driving to work or to anywhere else, has been ...

The Real Reason You're Not Ready for the Office

Sep 29, 2020... Are you really ready to rush back to the office? Take a moment to reflect before you answer. Im not asking how desperate you ...

Now's Not the Time for Radical Moves

Sep 22, 2020... Im reading a whole bunch of sage advice from assorted experts"-- generally people who don't have to do it themselves -- on what to ...

Six Key Drivers of a Restarting Economy

Sep 15, 2020... As businesses begin to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic (hopefully sooner rather than later) and try to determine how they can maximize their chances ...

Who's Going to Make the Cut?

Sep 08, 2020... Now is the time to start thinking about how to move your business forward. The process starts by forgetting about the past, because no ...

Are You Addicted to Your Devices? Take This Test

Sep 01, 2020... If you think that you arent emotionally and psychologically connected to your phone, tablet, computer, and cable/internet hookup, you're kidding yourself. Try a quick ...

Keeping the Bullies and Bad Guys Away From Your Kids

Aug 24, 2020... One of the great things about writing a weekly column is the regular feedback and education that I get from readers. I recently wrote ...

How Joe Biden Should Handle a Trump Debate

Aug 18, 2020... How do you debate someone who wont debate? It's a little like trying to negotiate with someone who doesn't know that there's supposed to ...

The New Rules for School

Aug 11, 2020... Who really gives a rats ass about algebra? The only greater waste of time might be geometry, although driver's ed is a close second. ...

All the Problems With Trump's TikTok Fee

Aug 04, 2020... Its actually difficult to believe that the president of the United States would inject himself (no pun intended) into the middle of the Microsoft/TikTok ...

It's a Great Time to Start a Business--in an Office

Aug 04, 2020... Whether youre doing it by chance, happenstance, or choice, now seems like an interesting and attractive time to start a new business. Many of ...

When Will We Really See 5G?

Jul 28, 2020... Got your 5G phone? Didnt think so. It's easy to talk about the eventual arrival of future technologies, but really hard to say when ...