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Minda Zetlin


5 Tips for Managing Employees in a Post-PC Era

Make no mistake: Your employees will use their own mobile devices to do their jobs. Here's how to ensure your data stays safe.  Read story

4 Tips to Make the Most of Failure

Don't waste your next failure--follow these steps to make sure you get the most you can out of the experience.  Read story

5 Tips to Spot a Lie

Deception expert and former CIA trainer Janine Driver shares her secrets for uncovering the truth.  Read story

Conquer New Markets in 3 Steps

If you want fast growth, go beyond the comfort zone of your first customer base. Here's how to get started.  Read story

Listening to Complainers Is Bad for Your Brain

Exposure to nonstop negativity actually impairs brain function. Here's how to defend yourself.  Read story

Does Your Content Suck? Here's How to Tell

According to Twitter's co-founders, the Web is awash in bad content. Are you part of the problem?  Read story

5 Reasons People Unfollow You on Twitter

Curb these top five annoying Twitter habits. Your followers will thank you.  Read story

4 Signs You Should Say 'No' to a VC

Investor Brad Feld and entrepreneur Rajat Bhargava share what they've learned about making their 18-year partnership work.  Read story

3 Signs You Aren't Paying Yourself Enough

If you can't take home a proper salary, it's time to take a long, hard look at your business.  Read story

Start-up Task No. 1: Think Global

Planning a global strategy--even before you launch your first product--can help your company grow fast.  Read story

VC McClure to Women: Stop Whining & Start Funding

Silicon Valley provocateur Dave McClure tells women to put their money where their mouth is and become angel investors. But is it really that easy?  Read story

How the Libor Scandal Affects You

Before you claim financial scandal fatigue, there are a few things you ought to know--and some smart ways you can respond.  Read story

4 Secrets for Marketing on Pinterest

Can't spend as much as you'd like to on marketing? Here's how one clothing company uses Pinterest to close the gap.  Read story

4 Dumb Mistakes That Killed Hashable

This promising start-up was supposed to kill business cards. A series of bad decisions killed the company instead.  Read story

The $10 Billion Idea This VC Wants to Fund

What's the next big thing? This VC has an idea--and he's willing to put big money behind it.  Read story

Top 3 Bonehead Moves Entrepreneurs Make

No one said starting a business would be easy. But don't make it harder on yourself with these dumb mistakes.  Read story

5 Ways to Spot Trends Before They Happen

Want to recognize the next big thing before everyone else? Here's how it's done.  Read story

Best Place for a Start-Up? Think Inside the Box

It sounds counterintuitive, but launching your store inside a giant retail chain store could be a smart business move.  Read story

Don't Know What 'Big Data' Is? You're Not Alone

A new survey shows small companies are eager to get big data--even though they're not sure what it is.  Read story

4 Reasons It Pays to Be Clueless

Forget an MBA. Or even business experience. Some of the best entrepreneurs never would have launched if they had known better.  Read story

How to Get Employees Thinking Like Entrepreneurs

The benefits? They have more fun at work and you get great new ideas. Here's how to do it.  Read story

What to Do When Employees Steal Your Ideas

Your staff know your business well--well enough, in fact, to copy it. Here's how one company coped.  Read story

3 Ways Big Data Will Transform Your Company

Greylock Partners' data czar DJ Patil takes a look into the future of data--and what it means for you.  Read story

4 Reasons to Love the Facebook IPO

Contrary to popular opinion, the IPO was good for the company and investors. And it certainly shouldn't scare you from going public.  Read story

4 Tips to Build an Irresistible App

Catalog Spree developed the highest-ranked shopping app for the iPad. Here's how they did it.  Read story

Franchise Your Business: 4 Tips

This neighborhood butcher shop will grow by 30 stores in 2012 for total sales of $70 million. Here's how they did it.  Read story

Build a Product Customers Will Buy: 5 Tips

You can't live without your product--but what about your customers? Five tips to ensure you're selling something people want.  Read story

The Hack That Helped Launch a Company

Start-up Voyager Mobile got hacked--and wound up tripling the media attention for its launch.  Read story

How to Be Happier at Work: 3 Tips

Google's chief happiness officer shares some of the wisdom that has made the company's employees more content and productive.  Read story

Why 5 CEOs Are Better Than 1

Sound like a management nightmare? The CEOs at this company says it's the ideal way to run a business. Here's why.  Read story

Would You Give Up Citizenship for $1 Billion?

Eduardo Saverin turned in his passport ahead of the Facebook IPO. Proof that entrepreneurs are fleeing because of high taxes?  Read story

Best Online Marketing Trick? Go Offline

An online dating service got more than 100,000 sign-ups using posters and fliers. Here's how they did it.  Read story

Customers Not Buying? 4 Smart Business Moves

This entrepreneur launched his business 12 days before 9/11. He survived--and thrived--by adapting his plan on the fly.  Read story

Leverage Big Data in Your Small Business: 5 Tips

Giant corporations use data analysis to fine-tune their marketing. So can you.  Read story

Are Your Prices Too Complicated?

Maybe customers don't care exactly how much you're charging--they just want to know why.  Read story

Should You Shack Up With Your Start-up Team?

You already spend all waking hours with your staff. Moving in together--if you can handle it--could save you serious cash.  Read story

How to Land That All-Important First Customer

No track record? No problem. Here's how one fledgling start-up signed up 40 Fortune 500 companies as customers.  Read story

How to Create a Viral Campaign (Hint: You Can’t)

Whether or not your marketing takes off--and takes on a life of its own--isn't really up to you. But you can set yourself up for success.  Read story

When It's Better Not to Listen to Customers

Customers often have their own ideas about how to build your products. That doesn't mean you should listen to them.  Read story

5 Reasons You Need Finance Talent on Your Start-up Team

It's never too early to bring in someone who knows a lot about money. Here's why.  Read story