Jim Shulman on Entrepreneur Story Slam

A few months ago a colleague asked me to attend one of his story slams, which involve people coming up on stage (or to the front of a group) and, well, telling stories. For one reason or another I hadn’t been able to make the slams, but thanks to some prodding from...

Jim Shulman on Lost in Translation

I belong to a number of online discussions groups that are not necessarily exclusively Anglophone. Sometimes I’ll come across an interesting description that’s in Korean, or German, or Japanese. Enter the simple solution of using Babelfish or Google translation where,...

Jim Shulman on Lessons from my Father

This Friday my father turns 89–which is an utterly amazing achievement. He’s confronted a wide variety of health issues over the past five years, ranging from hypoglycemia to broken bones, yet like the Energizer bunny keeps thumping away. While our conversations...

Jim Shulman on Entrepreneurs

What makes a great (or even moderately successful) entrepreneur? We’ve all seen the large-type business book cliches about drive, determination, and curiosity, but I find these behaviors are less characteristics than effects. In working with entrepreneurs for more...

Jim Shulman on the Hebrew School Dog

Today I drove by my old synagogue and Hebrew school, now a Baptist church and day care center.  I remembered what, inadvertently, was the most important lesson I learned in my ten years of religious education imprisonment.  Imprisonment is about right.  By the fifth...

Jim Shulman on Five Lessons from Five Friends

This past weekend my parents celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary which, given their health of the past few years, is nothing short of remarkable. It gave me some pause, too, when I considered what I’d learned from them–particularly patience and...