While skill, motivation, and some money are essential for starting up any new business, the part that luck plays is often vastly underestimated, writes Paul Graham.
Actually the best model would be to say that the outcome is the product of skill, determination, and luck. No matter how much skill and determination you have, if [...]

If reading corporate annual reports or mission statements isn’t your thing, perhaps seeing them presented as poetry would make them a tad more palatable?
Corpoetics is a collection of “found” poetry from the websites of well-known brands and corporations. I visited various company websites, found the closest thing to a Corporate Overview, then set about rearranging [...]

Henriette Weber is on a mission to make companies behave like rock bands. I think rockband’ism is something I could become enthusiastic about…
Now when I say rockbands – I don’t mean the puke-y, drunky, nasty stuff that some people would highlight is also a part of rockbands. Therefore I have created my own word “rockband’ism”. [...]

Japanese temple building company Kongo Gumi was established in 578AD and ceased trading in 2007, after being overwhelmed by debt, and an apparent downturn in the temple building industry.
Aside from the inauspicious final chapter however, what was the key to remaining in business for almost a millennium and a half?
Other than favourable economic and [...]