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• David Packard
• One half of the Hewlett and Packard partnership whose eponymous company has dominated the PC and printer markets, Packard brought administrative nous and engineering prowess to the combo.
• See more in: Hewlett-Packard, computing, PCs, profiles

• Carly Fiorina
• Oestrogen levels in the Fortune 500 have dropped substantially since Carly Fiorina was ousted as Hewlett-Packard CEO. Which is a shame, because she was doing so well.
• See more in: Carly Fiorina, businesswomen, women in business, Hewlett Packard, profiles

• Steve Jobs
• James Bond, Bill Gates, Tom Jones, James Dean – people with two-syllable names are clearly go-getting achievers with a sense of urgency; they don't need names that slow them down.
• See more in: Steve Jobs, Apple, iPod, computing, profiles

• Verbal gaffes
• A catalogue of verbal gaffes by people who really should know better.
• See more in: gaffes, quotes, humour

• The value of business values
• How adherence to your business's principles will see you through the tough times. By Eric Garner, MD of online management training company Manage Train Learn.
• See more in: Values, core values, things that matter, live the values, preserve the values, John Wooden, John Maxwell, things that count

• Michael Dell
• Sayings are always rather agrarian and could be updated. Thanks to Dell, which enabled people to tailor PCs to their specific needs, 'horses for courses' could have a technological update. Suggestions on an SAE...
• See more in: Michael Dell, computing, PCs, profiles

• Martha Stewart
• What Oprah did for American women's insecurities and emotional scars Martha did for their cooking, baking and upholstery. Temporarily a billionaire, Martha Stewart made housewifery lucrative.
• See more in: Martha Stewart, businesswomen, women in business, television, magazines, cooking, decor, garden, profiles

• Katharine Graham
• She abdicated her vast, inherited wealth, but apart from helping to bring down the Nixon government, taking on the male-dominated publishing establishment, and winning the Pulitzer Prize it had little motivational effect.
• See more in: Katharine Graham, publishing, Pulitzer Prize, journalism, businesswomen, women in business, Watergate, profiles

• Coco Chanel
• With a name like Coco, it should come as no surprise that Chanel was a cabaret singer before she blurred the distinctions between male and female fashion.
• See more in: Coco Chanel, Chanel, cosmetics, beauty, women in business, businesswomen, profiles

• Dame Marjorie Scardino
• She broke the 'glass ceiling', but alas, it was soon repaired. Eleven years on, Scardino is still the only female representative in the FTSE-100 gentleman's club.
• See more in: Scardino, publishing, Pearson, FTSE 100, businesswomen, women in business, profiles

• Relocate to... Scotland
• The Scottish Executive has been enourmously successful in luring hi-tech foreign investment to the country, partly because of Scotland's high skill levels.
• See more in: relocate, Scotland, country, economy, guides, overseas

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