Sad? Step Away From That Balance Sheet
When you're feeling blue is definitely not the time to make financial decisions about your business, says a new study. Read story
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Older Entrepreneurs Get a Bum Rap
One prominent VC has publically announced his preference for young entrepreneurs, but do the facts support this bias for fresh-faced founders? Read story
Stop Making Your Employees Work Holidays
Does ever earlier seasonal madness tempt you to keep your doors open during holidays? An MIT professor explains why that's probably a bad idea. Read story
Lessons From a Bad Exit
A few years after its founding Match.com was sold for just a small fraction of its actual worth. What did one member of the original start-up team learn from... Read story
How to Be Happier Today
Well being is better achieved with small, defined actions rather than grand goals, new research out of Stanford and Harvard Business School finds. Read story
Is Tax Evasion Ever OK?
A British researcher stirs debate by arguing that informal work is often a stepping stone to starting a business. Should governments get real about the fact? Read story
3 Tips for Coming Up With Start-up Ideas
At Y Combinator, Paul Graham has seen some of the best start-up ideas of the past few years. Now he shares where they usually come from. Read story
One Way the Government Stinks at Start-Up Formation
Significantly fewer start-ups are launched by immigrants today than in 2005. Author and entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa explains how it happened. Read story
Help Your Employees Be Fearless
A recent survey reveals employees are afraid at work. Yes, even yours. Here's what you can do about it. Read story
A Simple Trick for Being More Memorable
Want to make sure that investor you met at a conference or networking event remembers you? Try this. Read story
When You Should Hit 'Send'
An e-mail marketing firm digs through more than 20 million messages to figure out when is the best time to send marketing e-mails. Read story
The Secret to Great Customer Research
Are founders incapable of doing great UX? A pair of Silicon Valley veterans debate whether start-ups should outsource user-experience research. Read story
HomeAway Co-Founder: Why I Hire Failures
An epic fail early in his career taught HomeAway co-founder Brian Sharples that it's a good idea to hire folks who have a healthy familiarity with failure. Read story
3 Mistakes You Need to Avoid When Starting Up
Founders look back at the biggest slip-ups they made when starting their companies--so you can avoid their mistakes. Read story
Stop Burning Out Your Employees
A new study finds that the live-fast, die-young model of overworking employees doesn't pay off--even in the short term. Try these alternative ways to motivat... Read story
Negative Thoughts? Put Them to Good Use
Ignore all those motivational speakers that say you need to stay positive to be successful. Turns out, those with a more pessimistic outlook have certain adv... Read story
Shift in Opinions on Working-While-Parenting
A Wharton professor finds that over the past 20 years the opinions of men and women on working parenthood and the division of responsibilities are converging. Read story
It's the Time for Personal Strategic Planning
You don't just need to review your company's trajectory and priorities; close the year with a review of your personal strategy as well. Read story
Hurricane Sandy's Crisis-Management Lessons for Business
Salvage something good from the frakenstorm by learning from the competent government response to improve your crisis management skills. Read story
Fix How You Ask For Feedback
Want to improve your product, speech, or website? Stop asking people whether they like it. Read story
You Should Love Your Business's Difficulties
Is running your own business difficult? Of course. Here's why that struggle can be a good thing. Read story
Beware of the Dangers of Over-Networking
The co-founder of Wistia offers four reasons you should beware of devoting too much time to networking. Read story
How is a Start-up Like a Religion?
An unorthodox analysis of start-ups using the ideas of anthropology reveals what religion can teach small firms about team-building. Read story
Create a Better To-Do List
The standard to-do list might not be as innocuous as it seems. Here's how to fix yours--and actually get the important stuff done. Read story
3 Ways to Get Paid Faster
Cash-flow is key for small businesses. Improving yours could be as simple as changing a bit of wording on your invoices. Here's how. Read story
CEOs Should Do Customer Service
Rupert Murdoch causes a stir by directly helping a disgruntled customer via Twitter. Should business owners follow suit? Read story
Can't Stand a Co-Worker? 3 Tips
Keep your office nemesis from throwing you off your game using these tricks. Read story
How to Make Yourself Into CEO Material
Venture capitalist Ben Horowitz argues that CEOs are made, not born. Here's how he thinks you can hone your entrepreneurial skill set. Read story
How to Bust a Bad Mood
Woke up on the wrong side of the bed? Psychologists suggest a simple fix. Read story
4 Productivity Hacks From Start-up CEOs
A question on Quora about how CEOs increase their productivity spurs a host of fascinating ideas from start-up founders. Read story
Want Big Change? Embrace Chaos
Hard work and careful planning are great, but what you really need to make big changes in your life--or your business--is a moment of chaos and a bit of cour... Read story
Bored? Blame Yourself (and Your Gadgets)
A new study links boredom not to the environment surrounding you. Rather, it's your inability to focus. Here's why. Read story
Don't Hire the Best Person for the Job
According to one expert's counter-intuitive advice, here's who you should hire instead. Read story
This Is Crazy: Research Urges Workplace Flirting
A new study out of UC Berkeley sounds like it's straight out of the 1950s--suggesting women use their "charms" when negotiating. And it's not kidding. Read story
Which Comes First, Work or Passion?
Think passion precedes hard work when it comes to building a successful career? It might not be so simple. Read story
No Joke: 70% of Your Employees Are Job Hunting
A new survey offers tough medicine for bosses. How can you thrive in a grass-is-always-greener world? Read story
4 Tips to Get Really Busy People to Read Your Emails
The founder of 42Floors offers a crash course in e-mail etiquette for entrepreneurs reaching out to high-profile contacts. Read story
Women Executives: Key to Start-up Success?
New research shows that start-ups with female executives are more likely to succeed than those with all-male leadership teams. Read story
4 Tips for Simpler Customer Service
It all boils down to a few simple fixes on your website, says the iDoneThis team. Here are their tips to help you spend less time on customer support. Read story
Can You Solve America's Problems?
Are you a brilliant, entrepreneurial troublemaker? A fellowship program that pairs business people with local government to actually get stuff done wants to ... Read story
