Recently I found out how energizing it can be to reach out to a kindred entrepreneur to talk shop and ponder possibilities.

FORBES: Keeping My Eye On The Ball

Meetings or correspondence may be consistent (a weekly coffee meeting to talk shop) and frequent (an ongoing email dialogue about a variety of issues).

FORBES: Finding the Ideal Entrepreneur Mentor

When entering a shop, should the user take off their headphones to talk to a sales assistant?

BBC: Has the iPod made us anti-social?

At least China, the host of the ASEM talk-shop, has overcome its initial reluctance to put impending financial collapse on the agenda.

ECONOMIST: Asia and the crisis

The two often met at a coffee shop on Lexington Avenue in the years before Bernard Madoff's arrest to talk about markets and technology.

WSJ: Mark Madoff and the Fraud's Burden

Former Smith Barney advisor Lori Van Dusen sat with Mindy Diamond to talk about her latest career move: starting her own independent shop with Focus Financial Partners.

FORBES: Going Independent: Wirehouse Superstar Goes Solo

Yesterday I had a chance to sit down with Wade at the NBA Store in Midtown Manhattan to discuss the magnitude of this event, the book, his career and just talk shop about parenting.

FORBES: Dwyane Wade Puts Basketball And Fatherhood Into Perspective