Dr. ESP During the height of the Occupy Wall Street movement, many opponents argued that the participants were un-American. They did not believe in capitalism. And reveled in the drop in stock values associated with the 2008 recession. On the morning of November 30, 2011, I saw a headline on CNBC.COM titled “Hedge Funds Drop Stocks.” In … Read more
When I retired as the Cintas Professor of Entrepreneurship at Miami University in December 2011, one reason for the decision was a desire to explore questions and issues without the pressures of academic deadlines and requirements. In my final lecture, I provided the following examples. What is the correlation between Congressional inaction and the increase … Read more
In 2005, the entrepreneurship program at Miami University became independent of the Marketing Department in the Farmer School of Business. This new status included identification of entrepreneurship courses with their own three-letter prefix. The obvious choice was ENT. Except that prefix was already used by the Engineering Technology program. So we chose ESP, inspired by … Read more
The growing inability of the U.S. Congress to act on any issue correlates with an increase in the number of women elected to the Senate and House of Representatives. As we know, correlation does not equal causation. During a discussion of this observation, I implored my female students not to “shoot the messenger.” But was … Read more
Life is full of possibilities. The extent to which we experience these possibilities depends greatly on the extent to which we identify and act on opportunities. And our ability to see and exploit an opportunity is directly proportional to our openness to question and challenge the biases and assumptions that currently shape our world view. … Read more