Entrepreneurship

by Neil Senturia Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, July 26, 2021 On the day that you start your company, you own 100 percent of the equity. An important issue that you need to deal with at the beginning and going forward is to determine how much that equity is worth and how much of […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, July 19, 2021 by Barbara Bry “Men are the most underused weapon in the battle for gender equality.” — Colleen Ammerman, co-author, “Glass Half-Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work,” and director, Gender Initiative, Harvard Business School. Speaking at the June 23 Zoom program sponsored […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, July 12, 2021 by Neil Senturia This is potpourri week, a heady stew of random craziness. I am a grandfather to several (seven) grandchildren. All four children are happily married and to the best of my knowledge not on drugs or in prison. That suggests that I had some […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, June 28, 2021 by Neil Senturia Power. In scientific terms, it is the rate at which energy is transferred or converted. Power = Work divided by Time, and it is often measured in watts. But in organizational behavior it is about “the ability to get things done against opposition,” […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, June 21, 2021 by Neil Senturia “How you doing?” The verb “are” is missing because this is how the meat butcher in Brooklyn talks to his customers when they come in the door. Linguistic accuracy is irrelevant here. What is critical and significant is that he cares enough to […]

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, June 14, 2021 As a woman who has been in the workforce for decades, I’m tired of reading about the glass ceiling, how few gains women have made, and how more women have left their jobs during COVID-19 because they have disproportionately borne the burden of child care, home […]