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Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:57:31 GMT Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:04:26 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/management/luke-johnson http://im.media.ft.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.gif http://www.ft.com/management/luke-johnson http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c9dbe08-5654-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product Few self-made men or women actually do it on their own – usually they have a talented team of supporters behind them, writes Luke Johnson Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:57:31 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c9dbe08-5654-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product 2c9dbe08-5654-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e0d5f476-50eb-11e1-8cdb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product Too many people who think about launching a start-up don’t take the plunge because they suffer from an irrational fear of failure, writes Luke Johnson Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:12:12 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e0d5f476-50eb-11e1-8cdb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product e0d5f476-50eb-11e1-8cdb-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/095bbc08-4b62-11e1-b980-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product If societies want to stimulate enterprise, they need to applaud risk-takers and cheer on positive role models, writes Luke Johnson Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:41:07 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/095bbc08-4b62-11e1-b980-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product 095bbc08-4b62-11e1-b980-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f925c5d8-45d3-11e1-93f1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product Many of the onslaughts against the buy-out barons stem from envy or are politically motivated, writes Luke Johnson Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:21:20 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f925c5d8-45d3-11e1-93f1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product f925c5d8-45d3-11e1-93f1-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed26cf16-4056-11e1-82f6-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product Judging risk is as much an art as a science, and external influences will often decide whether a venture succeeds or fails, writes Luke Johnson Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:27:06 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed26cf16-4056-11e1-82f6-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product ed26cf16-4056-11e1-82f6-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9fcaa8ec-3ac9-11e1-be4b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product The duty of the successful entrepreneur is to evolve in tandem with dynamic capitalism and not mourn past glories, writes Luke Johnson Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:37:06 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9fcaa8ec-3ac9-11e1-be4b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product 9fcaa8ec-3ac9-11e1-be4b-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0a2a0936-3560-11e1-a4ab-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product I have received some very poor guidance over the years from various sources. Here are my greatest – or worst – hits, writes Luke Johnson Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:12:51 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0a2a0936-3560-11e1-a4ab-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product 0a2a0936-3560-11e1-a4ab-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d40918ac-3072-11e1-b96f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product Many successful entrepreneurs have found that apparent disadvantages have turned out to be assets, writes Luke Johnson Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:27:53 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d40918ac-3072-11e1-b96f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product d40918ac-3072-11e1-b96f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0f2d26b4-2a2c-11e1-8f04-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product The best experience during his three years at Oxford was starting a business, which had nothing to do with his physiology degree, says Luke Johnson Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:31:37 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0f2d26b4-2a2c-11e1-8f04-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product 0f2d26b4-2a2c-11e1-8f04-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b3e2da34-24d5-11e1-bfb3-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product When lawmakers pass legislation the primary focus should be on ways to stem the brain drain and boost opportunities for work, writes Luke Johnson Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:06:26 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b3e2da34-24d5-11e1-bfb3-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product b3e2da34-24d5-11e1-bfb3-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/df650ff4-1f2d-11e1-ab49-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product There are many positives for business and investors springing out of these difficult times, writes Luke Johnson Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:06:57 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/df650ff4-1f2d-11e1-ab49-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product df650ff4-1f2d-11e1-ab49-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/277bef3a-19b9-11e1-9888-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product More practitioners in business should be out there describing their experiences and giving their opinions – it might correct anticapitalist misinformation Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:44:01 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/277bef3a-19b9-11e1-9888-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product 277bef3a-19b9-11e1-9888-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/384ce93e-143e-11e1-85c7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product Entrepreneurs can find that selling the business they started fails to bring the sense of reward they were expecting, writes Luke Johnson Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:56:40 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/384ce93e-143e-11e1-85c7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product 384ce93e-143e-11e1-85c7-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aa8656e4-0eb1-11e1-b83c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product Metro’s ambitious plans are just what the oligopoly of banks needs to improve offerings to the public and small business, writes Luke Johnson Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:42:03 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aa8656e4-0eb1-11e1-b83c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product aa8656e4-0eb1-11e1-b83c-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/64ec93de-095f-11e1-a20c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product Luke Johnson offers a list of suggestions that might boost morale among those entrepreneurs who are finding it tough in the downturn Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:12:52 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/64ec93de-095f-11e1-a20c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product 64ec93de-095f-11e1-a20c-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/19a6d9da-03e6-11e1-98bc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product Free markets are all well and good, but societies must support local businesses and defend against wholesale offshoring, writes Luke Johnson Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:51:46 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/19a6d9da-03e6-11e1-98bc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product 19a6d9da-03e6-11e1-98bc-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5dfe1400-0089-11e1-ba33-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product Remove employment barriers and animal spirits will flow and opportunities for gainful work will surely increase Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:42:14 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5dfe1400-0089-11e1-ba33-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product 5dfe1400-0089-11e1-ba33-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/853b7df2-fe34-11e0-a1eb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product Too many people in public life are suspicious of business and slant their commentary to demonise wealth creators, writes Luke Johnson Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:38:50 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/853b7df2-fe34-11e0-a1eb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product 853b7df2-fe34-11e0-a1eb-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/09417d98-f969-11e0-8e7e-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/management_luke-johnson/feed//product Large public companies have more in common with government than with entrepreneurs and start-ups – and often do not generate jobs but destroy them, writes Luke Johnson Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:52:14 GMT 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