OWNER'S MANUAL  

Jeff Haden learned much of what he knows about business and technology as he worked his way up in the manufacturing industry from forklift driver to manager of a 250-employee book plant. Everything else he picks up from ghostwriting books for some of the smartest innovators and leaders he knows in business. He has written more than 30 non-fiction books, including four Business and Investing titles that reached #1 on Amazon's bestseller list. He'd tell you which ones, but then he'd have to kill you. @jeff_haden


4 Extreme Habits of Highly Successful Remote Teams

To make a virtual office function well, you may need to take some extreme measures. These companies did--and they're better off for it.  Read story

Is This the Perfect Way to Hire?

You don't ask for resumes and you skip the traditional job posting. One founder says this four-step process trumps everything else she's tried.  Read story

4 Things Our Start-up Got Totally Wrong

While building a killer app for the hospitality industry, Monscierge hit more than a few classic start-up hurdles. Here's how it survived.  Read story

3 Metrics You Aren't Tracking--But Should

If your people are your most important asset, why aren't you spending more time optimizing their talent? Here's how to do it.  Read story

5 Ways to Screw Up Employee Incentives

Here are the most common ways that carrot you're dangling can backfire.  Read story

Male VCs Miss the Point of Why Female Founders Matter

For a lot of reasons, fewer female founders get VC funding. Here's why investors who aren't trying to shift the stats are making a huge mistake.  Read story

How We Identified Our Real Customers

PostNet started out as a consumer rent-a-mailbox service. Years later, the company realized providing small business services was the sweet spot.  Read story

4 Ways to Keep Online Shoppers Coming Back for More

Expert Lars Albright says rewards are the key to getting your customers hooked. Check out why.  Read story

The 'Spinal Tap' Guide to Business

Entrepreneurial wisdom from a mockumentary? You betcha. Read on for 10 golden nuggets you won't find elsewhere.  Read story

How to Conduct the Perfect Job Interview

The stakes are simply too high for anything less. Here's your complete guide to interviewing the right way.  Read story

14 Simple Ways to Get Considerably More Done

Don't think it's possible because you're already working in overdrive? Here's a new way to look at your to-do list.  Read story

Compared to This, Your Mission Statement Sucks

The mission statement at this company might possibly be the one by which all others should be judged.  Read story

How to Get Through the Entrepreneur's Middle Mile

In between the initial rush of your launch and the ultimate culmination of your success lies a long, tough road. Stay the course with these tips.  Read story

7 Ways to Create an Awesome LinkedIn Group

If this guy can build a thriving group on industrial water treatment (no, really), you can be master of your own niche on LinkedIn.  Read story

8 Ways to Be a Truly Memorable Boss

Employees don't leave jobs; they leave bad bosses--and even mediocre ones. Don't be that kind of boss.  Read story

Bad Day? 8 Ways to Feel Better About Yourself

If trying to think yourself into a better mood fails, try doing something instead. Here are eight ideas.  Read story

7 Things Marketers Should Know About Tumblr

As the 32nd most popular website in the world, Tumblr is a big opportunity. But you can't approach it as you would other marketing strategies.  Read story

The Bootstrapper's Bargain

When Gleb Budman and his team launched Backblaze, they promised customers unlimited backup storage for $5 a month. Crazy?  Read story

How to Make Next Tax Season Less Painful

Where accounting headaches are concerned, take the right medicine for a long-term cure.  Read story

Inside a Completely Transparent Company

At Buffer, employees know everything about everyone else: how much they make, what their equity is worth--even how much they sleep.  Read story

10 Essential Online Tools You Should Be Using

Check out a slew of apps to streamline a range of functions, including project management, customer service, social media, and email.  Read story

What's Your Mission?

If you don't know what your mission is, all the charm in the world won't inspire people to follow you.  Read story

Still Partners (in Life and Business) After 20 Years

Thinking about starting a business with your significant other? Read this first.  Read story

6 Non-Business Books That Will Make You Smarter

Need a new approach to how you view your business? Try reading the books most other businesspeople aren't reading.  Read story

8 Things You Should Not Do Every Day

It's for your own good. Cut these things out of your day and you'll see gains in productivity--not to mention happiness.  Read story

Easy Ways to Up Your Social Media Game

Sprout Social CEO Justyn Howard explains what it takes to truly engage customers--and build better relationships via social media.  Read story

4 Ways to Get a New Employee Off to the Perfect Start

That interview you had right before you made the job offer? It's not enough. Here are four things you must do on a new hire's first day.  Read story

9 Habits of People Who Build Extraordinary Relationships

The most extraordinary professional relationships are built by ordinary actions like these.  Read story

A Job Listing Should Be Like a Love Letter

You're not looking for generic employees. So why are you writing generic job listings?  Read story

An App to Bring the Supply Chain into the 21st Century

It's a simple idea: a 3D search tool for industrial parts. But it could have huge implications for a process that has been costly, inefficient, and opaque.  Read story

Why Going 'Green' Won't Be Optional in the Future

The Honest Company co-founder Christopher Gavigan explains why cleaner, greener products won't be a competitive edge--they'll be the cost of entry soon.  Read story

The Secret to Getting More (and Better) Sleep

What if you could make better decisions, remember more, and get more done? It's possible, but you need more sleep. Here's how to get it.  Read story

8 Most Common Complaints About the Boss

What are you doing that really drives your employees crazy? You might want to give this list a close read.  Read story

Most Contentious 4-Letter Words in the Office?

Try bringing up these two words at your next meeting: One of the most surprising--and polarizing--debates may ensue.  Read story

8 Promises You Should Make Every Day

Make a difference--at work, in your personal life, and in the lives of others. Say these vows to yourself daily--and then follow through.  Read story

The Stuff Strong Relationships Are Made Of

The best way to get help is to give it. But there's one other step that's just as crucial to building strong working relationships.  Read story

Google's 10 Best Mobile Apps

Ten apps you should be using--or, at the very least, learning from.  Read story

8 Business Principles That Never Go Out of Style

Want trendy, flavor-of-the-month management ideas? You won't find 'em on this list.  Read story

Best Way to Start, Well, Anything

The road to success starts with asking--and answering--one simple question.  Read story

14 Revealing Interview Questions

Smart entrepreneurs from a variety of industries share the interview questions that tell them everything they need to know about a candidate.  Read story