CEO LEARNINGS - by Thomas M. Loarie

Why Are Leading U.S. And Non-U.S. MBA Programs Adopting Lean LaunchPad for Teaching Entrepreneurship?

Authors Steve Blank's and Bob Dorf's The Startup Owner's Manual, The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company captures the lean start-up techniques Blank has been showcasing in his Lean LaunchPad (LLP) program at the University of California at Berkeley's (UCB) Haas Business School. Read more »

In Memoriam: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters

In the remarkable book entitled, There Is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters, author Claire Berlinski has given me one of the most enjoyable reads of the past year. Read more »

The Business World Can Suck Us Spiritually Dry If We Let It

Book review: The Inspired Leader, by Dr.Richard Blackaby.   When was the last time you heard your pastor preach on difficult workplace issues and scriptural insights that could be applied to resolving them?  Rarely, if ever, is my guess. Read more »

BOOK REVIEW: Coach, by Michael Lewis

It is nearly Spring and time to turn our attention to America’s favorite pastime – baseball. One of my all-time favorite books on baseball is Michael Lewis’s Coach. Read more »

Book Review: "Breaking Through: Catholic Women Speak for Themselves" by Helen Alvare

This book is by and for women who take their faith seriously, and honestly grapple with today’s hot button women’s issues Read more »

BOOK REVIEW: Kevin Lowry’s (Coming Home Network) “Faith at Work: Finding Purpose Beyond the Paycheck”

The Coming Home Network’s COO, Kevin Lowry, has captured his business and family life experience and integrated it with his conversion experience to give us Faith at Work: Finding Purpose Beyond the Paycheck. Read more »

“What if I Have This Baby?”… and the Birth of Finnegan Thomas (Book Review: Unplanned)

Having just lived through a “high-risk” pregnancy with my daughter-in-law during her first pregnancy, Unplanned had special meaning. Her contractions began at 23 weeks and water broke at 25 weeks. Read more »

Hewitt Tells Napa Institute Audience “To Give Caesar Nothing of Ourselves”

August 2, 2012—Napa, CA—(CATHOLIC BUSINESS JOURNAL) - Nationally syndicated radio host Hugh Hewitt urged participants at the closing dinner Saturday night, July 28, of the Second Annual Napa Institute to “give Caesar nothing of ourselves.” He went on to say that while patriotism is a virtue, and love of country is an honorable thing, God made us for more than the world.” We b Read more »

REPORTING LIVE: Bishop Morlino: “Secularism has Triggered the Flight of Truth, Beauty and Goodness”

July 29, 2012—Napa, CA—(CATHOLIC BUSINESS JOURNAL) Bishop Robert Morlino, speaking on “The Constitution, Human Nature, and Religious Freedom,” linked beauty and goodness to the truth of human freedom. He then laid bare the role that secularism has played, and continues to play, in destroying this natural linkage. Read more »

REPORTING LIVE: Philantropist Calls to Remove All Catholic School Principals & Religious Ed Teachers Who are Not Truly Catholic

July 29, 2012—Napa, CA—(CATHOLIC BUSINESS JOURNAL) Educator, philanthropist and entrepreneur Frank J. Hanna, challenged Catholic bishops and lay leaders at the Second Annual Napa Institute to rid Catholic schools of principals and religious education teachers who are not authentically Catholic. Read more »

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