Looking for some inspiration to jump start your business in the New Year? Look no further than "Moby Dick," says this BusinessWeek article. That's right, Herman Melville's tale of a whaling voyage can help you run your business better.
"It's the story of an entrepreneur who violates the trust of all the constituencies that support him…financial backers, employees, and customers. It's the original story of how not to do it," Scott Meadow, a clinical professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, told BusinessWeek.
Hearing that kind of makes all those self-help business books seem a lot less exciting, doesn't it? So as the holidays set in and you get some downtime, find creative ways to get inspired for your business—and then take those lesson back to the office in 2007.
