While discussing inventions, Thomas Edison’s associate, Walter S. Mallory, once said to him, “Isn’t it a shame that with the tremendous amount of work you have done, you haven’t been able to get any ...

I’ve made more mistakes than most people in business. In fact, I’d bet money—a lot of money—that I’ve screwed up worse than you have. How about losing a $100,000,000 portfolio? Yet despite these ...

Would you be shocked if the leader of a billion-dollar global enterprise bemoaned his company’s lack of failure? A few years ago, when his business was booming and profits were high, I heard just that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. According to David Brooks, founder of Contractor Rhino—a company dedicated to helping home service and trade contractors build ...