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I just agreed to a 5-city, 5-day “Practically Radical” tour of Europe in late May: London, Dusseldorf, Berlin, Moscow, Helsinki.

Excited! I’ll keep folks posted as to specific dates and venues.

This morning, I published an essay on HBR.org that I knew would kick up some dust. Basically, I argued that “startup fever” is rapidly becoming startup hysteria, and that you really can have too much of a good thing–even a thing as good as entrepreneurship. Well, as I expected, the debate has begun in full force–and as impassioned as it is, it is also quite polite.

So join the debate and share your perspective. You can find the post here.

A few weeks back, I traveled to New York City to record an in-depth interview about Practically Radical with Christine Romans, host of CNN’s “Your Bottom Line” program. I figured with all the turmoil and tumult in the world–from meltdowns in Japan to rebellions in the Middle East–that interview would never see the light of day.

Well, color me surprised–and thrilled! Here’s a link to my interview with Christine, which aired this weekend. Really good stuff–I appreciate how seriously she took the book, and how much time (7.5 minutes!) she devoted to the segment. Thanks, Christine!

My new favorite quote…

“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.” Eleanor Roosevelt

No, that’s not me! I’m doing an interview on California’s KKZZ-AM at 1:20 pm today. The host of the program is “Billy the Brain.” You can listen online.

Look for me on CNN, talking with the great Christine Romans about Practically Radical and personal branding. The 4 PM hour this Saturday–rebroadcast Monday am as well.

I’m doing a Webinar at 11 am next Wednesday, March 9, with the folks at G5 Leadership. My friends at TomPeters.com have some free passes if you wish to participate. Register via the Tom Peters Web site, which you can find here. If you get a free pass, I promise my insights will be worth what you paid for them!

The folks at Polar Unlimited, who run the Read it for Me series of business-book webinars, have created an 11-minute “video summary” of Practically Radical. It’s really fun, and does a nice job of highlighting many of the key ideas and case studies  in the book. You need to use the password practicallyrad to view it. You can see the video here.

Normally, I’m not super-eager to share videos of me doing talks—either the lighting is bad, or the sound quality is bad, or maybe I’m having a bad day. But last month, I did a “book breakfast” in Providence RI with friends at the Business Innovation Factory, and BIF shot a video of my remarks. It’s really a high-quality video in terms of production values, and I was feeling my oats that morning, despite the raging snowstorm outside.