3 Ways to Keep Your Office Competitive
Keep enthusiasm high among employees and get them personally invested in the company with these three tactics. Read more
Encouraging Process Innovation
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Intuit Founder: 8 Tips to Get Your Mojo Back
Don't let a little success make you complacent. Scott Cook gives his tips for keeping innovation alive at your company. Read more
Innovation Comes from Unexpected Places 
Genevieve Thiers, co-founder of Sittercity, talks about the one customer request that opened an entirely new line of business. Watch video
Getting (Big) Things Done
For too long you've served as Chief Fire Extinguisher. It's time to step back and start working on building your business. Read more
Shake Shack CEO: 'We Want to Be the Anti-Chain Chain'
Can the company achieve global burger domination without becoming a soulless corporation? CEO Randy Garutti explains how he plans to do it. Read more
One Thing Employees Need (But Rarely Get)
Pay, benefits, training, opportunities: All important. But this is more important. Read more
Cool Aha Moment: The Cardboard Bicycle
Engineers told this Israeli entrepreneur that his idea would be impossible to pull off. He soon proved them wrong. Read more
Everyone Agrees: Crowdsourcing Sucks
Are you sure there's wisdom in that crowd? Here's why you should reconsider putting crucial business decisions up for a vote. Read more
Your Most Important Investment
Chances are, you're failing to invest in the most important asset of all. Do these five things and your business will be better for it. Read more
To Design Better Products, Hit the Road
The next time you need inspiration, take a business trip. There's no better source of terrible (and brilliant) design than the travel industry. Read more
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
9 Dumb Ways to Ruin a Meeting
If you must call a meeting, make it count. Don't waste everyone's time with one of these mistakes. Read more
Why Scarcity May Be Your Best Competitive Advantage
When customers have to struggle to get their hands on something, they value it more--and they'll pay more to get it. Read more
Best Entrepreneurship Book Ever Has Nothing to Do With Business
Want inspiration as an entrepreneur? Set aside those books about managing and leadership. This World War II story with a tragic ending might just be the best... Read more
What Employees Really Think During Performance Reviews
Here's the psychological explanation for why most evaluations don't go the way they should. Read more
Crisis Management: 3 Things You Must Do
When the clock is ticking, why the crisis happened doesn't matter. What you do about it is what makes all the difference. Read more
Biggest Lie in Sales Today
Chances are, you've heard this one--many times. Don't want to hear it again? Try these tips. Read more
Win Your Digital Strategy Across Platforms: 5 Steps
Don't just build a website and assume your digital job is done. Consider your desktop, mobile, and tablet presences individually. Read more
Tech Start-up Steals Killer Retail Strategy
You've heard of the try-before-you-buy-model. Now one company has applied it to gadgets--and it's working. Read more
Who Wins: The Opportunist or the Opportunistic?
They sound like the same thing, but these are two very different kinds of entrepreneurs. Here's who wins in the end. Read more
Grow Your Business by Buying Domain Names
Sometimes acquiring another domain is the cheapest way to increase leads and sales. Read more
Make Your Team More Innovative, Instantly
All you need is 10 minutes--and some very thick skin. Read more
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 more
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 more
Kids & Career: 5 Ways to Have It All
A recent Atlantic cover story argues that you can't hold a top job and be a good mom. But I beg to differ. Read more
Red Hat CEO: How Great Leaders Inspire Followers
After a while, even charisma and eloquence fade. What do you do then? Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst explains. Read more
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 more
Is Your Customer a Mac or a PC?
You might want to find out: Orbitz shows higher-priced deals to Mac users because they tend to spend more. But be careful with the data you find. Read more
How to Start a Business Without Really Trying
Threadless co-founder Jake Nickell didn't aim to build a wildly popular online T-shirt shop. But that's what he did--by thinking of the community first and t... Read more
The Only Definition of Success That Matters
To a small business owner, to an employee--to anyone--there is only one way to determine success. Read more
IPO? No Thanks, Say Most Entrepreneurs
The JOBS Act was supposed to help companies under $1 billion in revenue go public and grow. But entrepreneurs say IPOs still don't make sense for them. Read more
One Thing Your Performance Reviews Are Missing
You might be measuring your employees against every metric under the sun... but here's one you're probably forgetting. Read more
How to Make Money in Tech
Even as technology solves problems, it creates new ones. And that's good news for aspiring tech entrepreneurs. Read more
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 more
You Know You're an Entrepreneur If...
Are you really living the entrepreneurial life? Here are a few ways to know for sure. Read more
