Business owners have more to gain from the GOP primary process than entertainment--in fact, there are a number of valuable leadership lessons that have been illustrated in recent weeks.READ»
Making the decision to choose and pursue a different path, is easy; making the transition is, without a doubt, the hardest part. There are a few things you should keep in mind if you want to succeed in making a professional transition.READ»
Is simply being small and new a recipe for creative thinking, and if so, what happens when a startup gets bigger, and older (presumably everyone’s goal)? Here are three ways to define what’s working at the startup level, and cement those principles as a company grows.READ»
If we prioritize business growth, we are almost always prioritizing transactions rather than relationships. We compensate sales teams much more highly than we compensate customer service or marketing teams. This is wrong. Anyone can bring in a customer once--but what does it take to keep that customer and unlock his value?READ»
There are better things to do with time and money than produce content no one will read or see. "Content marketing" is king, but not if you create the wrong content, or bad content. READ»
Is it unfair to say that women bring different skills to business than men? Jean Brittingham says it's not, and that women's way of approaching problems and collaboration are what we need to re-orient business for the future.READ»
Entrepreneurs come from all over the world, but most share an innate passion for questioning the constraints of ideology and discipline, and identifying practical solutions to problems by combining ingenuity, resourcefulness, and dogged determination. READ»
From Santiago to Seoul, Shanghai to Sao Paolo, there are startup outposts and events for entrepreneurs connected through social media and best practices. And everywhere it is the same: smart, wonderful people with good ideas and a massive case of Silicon Valley envy. What’s missing in these cities that causes local entrepreneurs to feel so inferior?READ»
The founder of entrepreneurship education program ThinkImpact decided to buy out his nonprofit and start a for-profit company with the same brand. Here's what he learned along the way. READ»
Startup culture is increasingly moving from the U.S. and the U.K. to the developing world. Nothing is a better example of this new cultural universality than Le Web, this week's tech conference in Paris, where 3,500 people from 60 countries have come to see each other and worship at the altar of innovation.READ»
The global labor force is finding its own means of production on web platforms like Fiverr that sponsor individual startups and a freelance culture. READ»
Assuming that you have built a sustainable and profitable model, investing in your business will typically lead to returns far superior than those you could earn through financial markets.
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Burdened by decades of recession and the near-collapse of auto manufacturing, Michigan’s recovery is at the forefront of native son Rick DeVos's mind. After launching ArtPrize, the world’s largest social art experiment, he's applying its concepts to a business incubator called 5x5, with the idea that small investments in early-stage funding can be big game changers. READ»
A constant sense of urgency is an omnipresent feature of the high-tech entrepreneur’s life. But people often confuse the pace of innovation with the pace of change. What has clearly accelerated is the pace of change. But is this pace producing better stuff...or just more stuff?READ»
You may feel like a maverick when launching a new business, but there are plenty of people coming along for the startup ride: your friends, family, business partners, investors, cofounders, employees, and more. And they’ve all got two cents to add. Here's what they'll inevitably say--and how you should react. READ»
San Francisco's Rock Health is helping healthcare startups find their way in an industry that is notoriously difficult to enter; its first class of startups show an impressive range. READ»
Times are tough for many businesses at the moment. So if you‘re struggling, you aren’t alone. However, if you are going to lead your team and your organization back to prosperity, it’s important that you don’t succumb to a mindset of negativity.READ»
