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Where to Find Your Next Big Idea

Five strategies to help you come up with a winning business idea.  Read more

Mid-sized Businesses Suffer a Social Media Gap

Why owners are less likely to stick to a social strategy as their businesses grow--and how it hurts them.  Read more

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 more

Silence: The Surprising Way to Achieve a Goal

Have big plans? Here's an easy way to boost your odds for success: Try keeping those plans to yourself.  Read more

How to Take a Stress-Free Vacation

The best way to disconnect from work? Stop trying--it will only make you anxious. Instead, try this plan for minimum stress and maximum relaxation.  Read more

Are You Scaling Too Fast? 

CrowdSpring founders Mike Samson and Ross Kimbarovsky talk about how they scaled too fast, and watched their site nearly collapse.  Watch video

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 more

Are You Using Social Media as a Management Crutch?

A new study reveals that managers think connecting online is a great way to build company culture. Employees aren't so sure.  Read more

Want Happier Employees? Get Rid of the Bosses

Managers, VPs, executives... they all need to go. Here's how one company reorganized itself for maximum employee satisfaction.  Read more

Can Facebook Acquire a Better Mobile Experience?

The now public company has shown that it's not above buying what it can't build. But is that right solution for its biggest problem?  Read more

4 Lessons from Yammer's Success

Microsoft's acquisition proves tech start-ups are still hot. Want to be next? Learn from what David Sacks did right.  Read more

How to Raise Your Kids to Be Entrepreneurs

Five things you can do to prepare your children for the life of an entrepreneur.  Read more

The Only Management Strategy You'll Ever Need

Great leaders don't need to struggle to motivate, inspire, and lead their employees. Here's why.  Read more

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 more

15 Worst Excuses Not to Be an Entrepreneur

Think you don't have enough time? Nice try. Here are the most common reasons people don't take the plunge--and why they don't hold up.  Read more

Is Your Business Too High-Tech?

Just because machines can do things faster and cheaper than your employees doesn't mean they should.  Read more

Build a Product-Driven Company

If you want to manage a hyper-growth company, start with a great product. Here's how.  Read more

Why You Should Hire Like a Rock Band

Hiring tips from a musician-turned-CEO who runs one of the hottest recruiting companies in the gaming industry.  Read more

Best Way to Learn to Be an Entrepreneur?

Should you work for a big company first, or stay as far away from them as possible? Read the debate and weigh in.  Read more

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 more

Design a Company Logo That Stands Out 

Hold a design contest online, says Matt Mickiewicz, co-founder of 99designs. Plus, tips from Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council.  Watch video

Secret Weapon: Your Lucky Underwear?

Maybe it's not such a crazy idea to wear your lucky undies to your next investor pitch. Turns out, they really work.  Read more

Why You Need to Flip Your Org Chart

If you want creative, motivated employees, then hierarchy has no place in your business.  Read more

The Best Way to Make a Decision

Ask yourself this one question... and then forget about what everyone else thinks you should do.  Read more

6 Must-Watch Movies About Entrepreneurs

The drama, the plot turns, the conflict. It's no wonder building a company makes for a good flick.  Read more

What Microsoft Got Wrong on Windows

Want a valuable lesson on branding? Understand what one of the biggest consumer-facing companies has done wrong.  Read more

Innovation Run Amok

Is idea-overload pulling your company in too many different directions? How to tell--and what to do about it.  Read more

5 Best Reasons to Be an Entrepreneur

Sure, being your own boss comes with the territory. But here are some other perks you probably haven't thought of.  Read more

8 Snap Interview Decisions Every Boss Makes

You might interview a job candidate for an hour, but sometimes it's over in minutes.  Read more

Just Because You Can Scale Doesn't Mean You Should

Online platforms allow for almost unlimited scaling. And that's precisely how your business can get into trouble.  Read more

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 more

The Monty Python Guide to Running a Business

Because a little humor never hurts: 10 Monty Python quotes every business owner should know... and use!  Read more

How to Stop Sleeping With Your Smartphone

Always on 24/7? It's not doing you or your company any good. Author and Harvard b-school professor Leslie Perlow on how to break the cycle.  Read more

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 more

Meeker Report: 3 Big Takeaways for Entrepreneurs

When former analyst-turned-VC Mary Meeker delivers her annual take on tech trends, the industry listens. Here's what her latest report means for start-up fou...  Read more