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Why Start-up Culture Is Bad for Creativity

Founders are expected to perform under pressure, iterate on the fly, and fail fast. But is that ethos doing more harm than good?  Read more

How to Motivate Employees? The Best Answer Ever

Effective motivation comes down to one surprising word... which might be why so many leaders fail to do it right.  Read more

6 Ways to Give Back

Success isn't just a reward; it's a responsibility. Celebrity chef Eric Ripert shares six ways any business can make a difference by giving back.  Read more

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 more

Need More Crowdfunders? Try These Lures

The projects that take off on crowdfunding platforms are the ones that offer great rewards. Here are a few ideas to try.  Read more

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 more

How to Ask Better Questions

You may have what sounds like the best idea in the world. But before you do anything else, try to poke as many holes in it as you can.  Read more

Can This Start-up Shake Up the Art World?

Consumers can already rent dresses, cars, and DVDs by the day. Why not fine art?  Read more

6 Habits of Truly Memorable People

How to stick out in the minds of your colleagues and customers--no gimmicks required.  Read more

Have an invention? Launch It With Quirky

A new product development platform known as Quirky allows inventors to share and get help with their inventions.  Read more

The Best (and Hardest) Way to Start a Company

How to live the entrepreneurial dream while minimizing your risks and maximizing your success. (Warning: This ain't easy.)  Read more

Why Better Products Don't Always Win

You may have superior technology or a great feature set, but if your product doesn't create value for the customer, its chance of success is slim.  Read more

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 more

9 Qualities of Remarkable Entrepreneurs

What separates the best from everyone else? (Hint: It's not about the money.)  Read more

Forget Daily Deals: 11 Creative Ways to Boost Sales

Stop giving it away! We asked successful young entrepreneurs to brainstorm creative ways that small businesses can spread word and boost sales without resort...  Read more

How to Find Your Next Great Idea

Sometimes it's smarter to ditch the dream of finding something brand new. Try riding someone else's wave instead.  Read more

One Surprising Way Apple and Google Excel

Sure, they create innovative products. But these companies outdo their competitors in another, very important way.  Read more

What's Wrong With the Lean Start-up

It sounds like straightforward enough advice to build a better business, but the approach has serious flaws.  Read more

5 Laws of Business You’ve Never Heard Of

If Isaac Newton had studied companies, he would have discovered these principles that govern how managers work.  Read more

4 Embarrassing Yahoo Mistakes to Avoid

A CEO with false credentials is only the latest blunder the company has made. Check out the others--and how to avoid them.  Read more

From Def Jam Fan to Hip-Hop Entrepreneur 

Daymond John identified a cultural need for hip-hop fashion, and then grew FUBU into a $350 million (sales) clothing business.  Watch video

How FUBU's Daymond John Does Guerrilla Marketing 

To build momentum for the FUBU clothing brand, Daymond John enlisted rapper LL Cool J.  Watch video

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 more

25 Signs Your Ego Is Out of Control

A healthy dose of self-confidence is a very good thing for an entrepreneur... until it's not.  Read more

7 Deadly Management Sins

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

The Key to Start-up Success? Be Boring

You may not live for accounting or operations details. But ignoring them (ahem, Groupon) will put you in a world of hurt.  Read more

Can Bonnaroo's Creators Build an Epic Foodie Festival?

It's the first year the Great Googamooga festival in Brooklyn puts the spotlight on dozens of local chefs and craft food-and-drink makers. If "food is the ne...  Read more

Forget Hobbies. Business Brings Fulfillment 

The most emotional--and fun--times for Howard Tullman are when he launches new products and businesses.  Watch video

Roll Up Your Sleeves. Lead By Example 

Innovation is as much about invention as it is about process improvements, shortcuts, and better systems.  Watch video

Howard Tullman's Routine at Tribeca Flashpoint Academy 

Tullman likes to see students collaborate and bring media ideas to life. Both are also good for business.  Watch video

3 Things That Could Kill Facebook

Facebook's success as a public company is anything but guaranteed.  Read more

6 Pointers from the Man Who Invented the iPod

Tony Fadell led the team that created the first 18 iterations of the iPod (and the first three of the iPhone). Here he describes his creative process.  Read more

Inside the World’s Biggest Tech Meetup

Not Silicon Valley or Boston. Not New York or Tel Aviv. A city without much reputation for innovation had 1,100+ people RSVP for a two-hour pitch Meetup. Her...  Read more

Timing Your Launch: 4 Rules

The best ideas are worth nothing if you bring them to market too early or too late. Here's how to get the timing just right.  Read more

Set Up an Online Business in Hours

Equipping a website to process credit card payments is hassle. Or it was, until Stripe and its 20-something founders came along.  Read more