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7 Winning Business Lessons From Super Bowl XLVII

Did you pick up on some powerful teaching moments in Superbowl 2013? Here are seven highlights and takeaways.  Read more

8 Ways Happy People Are Different From Everyone Else

Want to be happier? Steal a page from the perennial optimist's playbook.  Read more

3 Ways to Manage Your Impatience

Are you frustrated with your own impatience and the pace of others? Here are three ways to cope and make time your friend.  Read more

6 Symptoms of a Self-Made Saboteur

Some leaders will sub-consciously create an environment in which others will fail, solely so they can ride to the rescue and "fix it."  Read more

3 Steps to Turn Around a Failing Company

"Turnaround King" Grant Cardone says you may think you know what's ailing your company--but you're almost certainly wrong.  Read more

The 2 Things My Father's Bankruptcy Taught Me 

"It really took me a long time to separate me from my dad," confides Union Square founder Danny Meyer.  Watch video

How Dating Someone Hot Helps Your Business (Really)

Entrepreneurs can't be fearful. Exercises to help overcome your fears, from asking out that hot chick (or guy) to bungee jumping. Hey, it's for the business.  Read more

'Why Did I Stay In When Everything Was Pointing Me to Get Out?' 

Stephen McDonnell, founder of Applegate, an organic meat producer, explains what happened after the original bacon smokehouse he bought burned down in 1988.  Watch video

Advice From a Prominent Start-Up CEO: Try to Fail

Encourage failure, says serial entrepreneur Kim Kovacs. That's how you succeed.  Read more

When Company Leaders Go Astray

Not all press is good press. Just ask McAfee. What should a company do when its leader, founder or endorser goes off the rails?  Read more

5 Tips for Dealing With Holiday Stress

For entrepreneurs, the holiday season can be harrowing. Follow these stress relieving tips to deal with yuletide anxiety.  Read more

Keep Your Team Together Through Tough Times

Every business has setbacks. These three steps can help you create an atmosphere of trust and collaboration to navigate past the rough patches.  Read more

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 more

3 Signs It's Time to Quit Your Day Job

You can't choose a path to entrepreneurship - it chooses you. Here are three signs that it's time to leave your corporate job and start chasing your dream.  Read more

The 3 Real Reasons for Business Success

Success does not come from innovative products, strong finances and long work hours.  Read more

12 Ways to Make Today More Joyful

Does life and work seem drab? Here are 12 ways to shake things up, avoid mediocrity and feel great everyday.  Read more

5 Reasons People Fail (& What to Do Instead)

These barriers to success are easy to overcome, but only when you know they're there.  Read more

Going to Prison Made Me a Better CEO

No, I didn't go as a criminal; I went to teach the inmates about leadership. But they wound up teaching me.  Read more

Excel at What Does Not Come Naturally: 7 Ways to Lead Better

It may seem counterintuitive, but you don't only want to lead with your strengths. Here's why and what you can do about it.  Read more

How to Save a Dying Company

Vital Network Systems was losing half a million dollars every month. Here are three key steps that helped turn the company around.  Read more

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 more

The Difference Between Success and Significance

Life After the Inc. 500: When Oie Osterkamp's run at success ended with the demise of his company Job Strategies, he found greater significance from helping ...  Read more

How to Resolve a Customer Crisis

Every business makes mistakes. What you do next is the difference between losing customers forever and gaining lifelong fans.  Read more

How to Not Fail Like It's 2001

The tech bubble bust offered an infinite number of lessons for entrepreneurs. But there's one in particular that many have failed to grasp.  Read more

10 Business Clichés That Prove You're Lazy

Recognize any of the platitudes on this list? Here's why you should stop using them--now.  Read more

3 Fears You Can Easily Conquer

They kill ideas and keep many promising entrepreneurs from realizing their dreams. Here's how to put a stop to those nagging fears.  Read more

11 Ways You Allow Your Life to Suck

Is your personal or professional life unsatisfying? Here's how you--more than anything else--might be holding yourself back.  Read more

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 more

What a Serial Entrepreneur Can't Resist 

When Jose Ferreira's first company failed, he thought he would never start another one. But then he launched Knewton, which makes online education tools.  Watch video

How to Get Your Swagger Back

Confidence is everything in a start-up. Here's how to give yours a boost when it feels as if nothing is going your way.  Read more

Don't Accept 'No' For An Answer

Eric Albee, CEO of Aromatic Fusion, a fragrance product company, was denied an extension on his line of credit. So he found a different way to take on his fi...  Read more

Don't Be Afraid to Ditch Your Business Model

When your original business plan goes awry (and it will ...) embrace change. It may save your start-up.  Read more

Make Personal Failure Worthwhile: 3 Ways

Everyone fails but are you taking on true accountability? Don't fool yourself into believing that no one noticed.  Read more

Enjoy Starting Up. It's the Best Part of Running a Business 

Mike Samson and Ross Kimbarovsky, co-founders of CrowdSpring, say the daily grind has become less intense over time-- and less fun.  Watch video

4 Lessons From a CEO Dad

Blinds.com founder (and dad of three) Jay Steinfeld gives fatherly advice for success in life and business.  Read more