Author Barry LaBov

My wife and I once visited a winery where the tour guide met with us and told us what to expect along the tour - what things to look for and what we might get to see along the way. He also gave us a high...

Zappos is a company that’s admired by many for a variety of reasons — their amazing rise to superstardom, their outstanding customer service and their innovative business model. Now they’re continuing th...

My wife and I once visited a winery where the tour guide met with us and told us what to expect along the tour - what things to look for and what we might get to see along the way. He also gave us a high...

It’s a new year, and that means New Year’s resolutions. Great intentions to do good things. But as with business, music, sports and many other things in life, timing is everything. For example, it’s prob...

Harry Gordon Selfridge played by Jeremy Piven on the PBS TV series: Harry Gordon Selfridge was a genius entrepreneur and highly-respected retail magnate in the early 1900s and is now the basis of the televi...

It was a cool autumn afternoon in the Midwest. I received a phone call from my client at a luxury car manufacturer. On the line was "Ken" (in sensitivity to him and his brand, I've changed his name), the...

Entrepreneurs are often viewed as high-risk, gambling daredevils. It sounds great, even exotic, to be described that way. But the truth is, most entrepreneurs are not gamblers at all. I've owned and/o...

I've been running my business for 30 years, but before that, I learned how to run a rock band. No, I wasn't in a famous band. In fact, I often tell people that my songs sold "well under one million copie...