How to Be a Great Radio Guest
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4 Lessons From Nate Silver's Election Predictions
Why do big election predictions matter? They offer key lessons about how to be smart with 'big' data. Read more
9 Tips to Turn an Idea into a Business
Here's a straightforward approach to analyze a product's potential and bring it to market. Read more
24 Things You Can Do With an Extra Hour
Daylight Savings ended and now you have an extra hour every day. Here are 24 things you can do to get the most from that extra hour. Read more
Go National? Not This Fast-Growing Chain
Bojangles' restaurants have a huge regional following among customers and franchisees. It could go national--but it doesn't. Here's why. Read more
How to Achieve Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals
Leadership expert Jim Collins explains what drives some entrepreneurs to relentlessly pursue bold ideas--and succeed where others have failed. Read more
Start-up DNA? Signs Facebook Hasn't Lost It
The social media company recently stopped testing its own Pinterest-like feature. It was a smart move--and one any company can learn from. Read more
6 Reasons Layoffs Are Really Dumb
It seems like smart just-in-time staffing: You hire for big projects and then let people go when they wrap up. But here's why it hurts more than it helps. Read more
Don't Let Your Company Use 'Horses & Bayonets'
How do you measure the success of a military...or a business? Whatever your metric, it's easy to get sidetracked on a given day. Here's how to keep the big p... Read more
The Doomsday Prediction You Should Heed
Whether it's right or wrong, there are good reasons to pay attention to this grim economic prediction. Read more
How to Land a Distributor for Your Product
A distributor can really pump up your sales volume--if you know how to land one. Read more
What the Drive-Through Window Can Teach You
Don't run a fast-food business? It doesn't matter. Any company could stand to improve the efficiency of its operations. Read more
4 Secrets to Get Inside Your Customers' Heads
"Extreme research" can help you build products customers love. Here's how one company does it. Read more
What Groundbreaking Advertisers Know
Video game ads used to follow the same old script. But Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg wanted to shake things up. Here's how he did it. Read more
Killer Motivating Tactic: Break the Time Clock
Bring your company into the 21st century, where work is about goals accomplished, not hours clocked. Your employees will thank you. Read more
How to Scale a Start-up Using Social Media
Online food ordering service Eat24 gets about a million visits a month and will reach $150 million in sales this year. Here's how it happened. Read more
TV Ads: The Secret to Taking a Tech Start-up Mainstream?
Tech start-ups are launching old-school TV campaigns. A return to the dot bomb era? Not quite--but think twice before stealing this strategy. Read more
How Stories Make Customers Fall in Love
Connecting with your customers' highest aspirations will turn them into evangelists for your brand. Here's how to do it. Read more
6 Books for the Well-Rounded Entrepreneur
Starting a business, personal productivity, marketing skills--these good reads cover the essentials an entrepreneur needs to master. Read more
How to Avoid Premature Evacuation
Don't think your start-up idea is going to fly? Don't abandon it yet. You don't know if it's going to work unless you ask your customers. Read more
6 Ways to Delegate More Effectively
For the sake of your company (and your sanity), at some point, you're going to need to let go. Here's how smart owners delegate work effectively. Read more
How to Start a Small Business in a Few Hours
Starting a business is surprisingly simple--you just need to take the first step. Here's how to get through the administrative hurdles faster than you think. Read more
How 3D Printing Helped This Company Get Off the Ground
How do you get from idea to a thousand products--without the costly manufacturing mistakes? A 3D printer became this company's secret weapon. Read more
5 Ways to Send Productivity Through the Roof
Here's how to motivate employees to get more done--no extra money or real effort required. Read more
Want Loyal Customers? Let Them Customize
It used to be, only big businesses could afford to let customers customize their products. But here's how one small operation makes it work. Read more
Business Plans Are a Waste of Time. Here's What to Do Instead
Throw your business plan in the recycling bin. Instead, focus on your team and on getting to market as quickly as you can. Read more
Change the World, One Start-up at a Time
There are lots of big problems in the world that need solving. And that's where entrepreneurs should focus, argues one founder. Read more
How to Master the Art of Perfect Timing
As owner, you are your business's timekeeper. Here's how to tell when you should speed things up--or slow them down. Read more
Do One Thing & Do It Better Than Anyone Else
Become the best darn whatever-you-are that you can be. Set aside your other good ideas. The rest will follow. Read more
8 Qualities of Fearless Entrepreneurs
You know the type: They do things other business owners only dream of doing--and usually succeed. Here's what sets them apart. Read more
Luxury Brands Losing Next Generation of Customers
A marketing study warns that traditional luxury branding strategies fail to woo Millennial shoppers. Read more
The New Rules of Viral Videos
They're getting longer and funnier--and they're barely recognizable as advertisements. Read more
8 Ways to Improve Your 'About Us' Page
Chances are, it's one of the most-visited pages on your site. It's probably also the weakest. Here's how to fix it. Read more
How to Make Huge Decisions
The power of a group is great when you need to get things done. When you need to make a huge decision, not so much. Read more
Entrepreneurs Behaving Badly
Sometimes customers do things that make you want to take extreme actions. But there's no good excuse for going this far. Read more
