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How living at a Zen Buddhist monastery taught you how to be a better entrepreneur

Strategy Driven

The short and most Zen answer is that I did not learn how to be a better entrepreneur by living in a Zen Buddhist monastery. Being an entrepreneur is what taught me to become a better entrepreneur. The challenge on building AI towards that end is that translations can be great and still be significantly changed by reviewers.

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Are CEOs Overhyped and Overpaid?

Harvard Business Review

How much do CEOs actually matter? This is particularly true when it comes to leaders and entrepreneurs. Although such sentiments may not apply to most CEOs, even the anonymous CEO still benefits from the impulse: Most CEOs worldwide earn between 50 and 100 times more than the average worker.

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Why Men Have More Help Getting to the C-Suite

Harvard Business Review

A typical comment came from Mark, a successful serial entrepreneur in the tech sector and CEO at Pfister Strategy Group, Inc., “An overwhelming majority of those I have sponsored in my arena have been male. Rigorous, peer-reviewed research debunks these myths. Women tend to reward loyal relationships.

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