I have had an e-reader for several years now; my husband bought me a Sony Reader a while ago, when it was the market share leader, and it has held up well. Some of the other faculty members here in China have new-ish Kindles and Nooks, and they made a few mistakes that I learned… [Read More]
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Article in Entrepreneur on setting prices
If you are so inclined, check out my story in Entrepreneur about setting prices without running into antitrust issues.
Paying for College: Not Everyone Should Go, But . . .
Higher education is expensive. The cost is especially high for people who attend for a while, then drop out. They incur the costs but not the benefits, and it’s got to be demoralizing, too. Not everyone should go to college. Certainly, not everyone should go to college at age 18. I believe this. Still, it… [Read More]
There is no secret ingredient.
This photo shows a Taoist temple on Qingcheng Mountain, the birthplace of Po the Kung-Fu Panda. Kung-Fu Panda is big here in Chengdu, since Po is a native son, and I’m told that he is typical of people of Chengdu: friendly, loves to eat, interested in peace and not war. Ever since I saw the… [Read More]
Questioning Conventional Wisdom on China and Entrepreneurism
While I am in Chengdu, I am trying to talk to anyone I can who is part of this new economy here. One person I talked to asked me what my article was going to be about, and I told him that I didn’t know because I hadn’t talked to enough people yet. But this… [Read More]
