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Chris Mittelstaedt is the Founder and CEO of The FruitGuys, the industry leader in delivering farm-fresh fruit and vegetables to the American workplace, homes, and schools nationwide. Chris founded The FruitGuys in 1998 as a way to bring healthy brain food to offices in order to boost productivity and improve wellness. Clients range from Fortune 500 corporations to small family-run businesses. Chris is widely recognized as the office-fruit-delivery category creator and has received praise as an innovator from Time, CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg Businessweek, Entrepreneur and PBS. He has been known to attend meetings in a banana suit.


Survival Skills Every Entrepreneur Needs

Technology can make your job easier. But when something goes wrong, you need basic business instincts to back you up.  Read story

How to Resolve a Customer Crisis

Every business makes mistakes. What you do next is the difference between losing customers forever and gaining lifelong fans.  Read story

The Bank Scam That Hit My Business

FruitGuys founder Chris Mittelstaedt explains how hackers got into his company's bank account--and how not to let it happen to you.  Read story

Getting (Big) Things Done

For too long you've served as Chief Fire Extinguisher. It's time to step back and start working on building your business.  Read story

Is This Your Employees' Idea of Service?

When an employee flipped off a key customer, this CEO realized his company had a culture problem. Here's how he fixed it.  Read story

JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon: This Is Leadership?

Since when does a mea culpa deserve praise? JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon shows how low the leadership bar can go.  Read story

7 Deadly Management Sins

How to identify--and root out--your worst human instincts before they infect your team.  Read story

Is Your Business Going Through Puberty?

You know those awkward growing pains? They happen to companies, too. Prepare for the inevitable changes with these tips.  Read story

How Not to Crash & Burn in Business

Running a business is like flying a plane: Lots of decisions to make and zero time to analyze them. Improve your gut instincts with these tips.  Read story

Why the Capital Gains Tax Hurts Entrepreneurs

The capital gains tax has been touted as the brass ring for business owners. But if you self-fund your growth, it's anything but.  Read story

5 Employee Morale Killers

Guaranteed methods to boost attrition and sap employees' motivation.  Read story

Method's 4 Rules for Staying Innovative

Eric Ryan, co-founder of method home products, reveals the four things his company does to keep the creativity flowing.  Read story

Chip Conley: How I Overcome Fear

The founder of Joie de Vivre hotels on his new book, Emotional Equations , and the trick he uses to combat paralyzing anxiety.  Read story

The Stealthiest Start-up Killer

It's the threat you never see coming. In fact, even after you crash and burn you still might not recognize it.  Read story

Competitors Who Bully -- and How to Fight Them

Bigger, wealthier rivals can and will stack the deck against you. And they will involve lawyers. How will you respond?  Read story

How to Manage Entrepreneurial Personality Disorder

One side of you loves risk; the other side of you can't stand it. Here's how to use your multiple personalities to your advantage.  Read story

Disruptive Innovation--One Pair of Glasses at a Time

Want to shake up an entire industry? Use this story as inspiration.  Read story

Best Problem-Solving Tip: Don’t Be Afraid to Break Stuff

There are lots of tools designed to help you come up with innovative solutions. But sometimes the best one is a sledgehammer.  Read story