Make Sure to Utilize Good Employees Correctly 
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Make Sure to Utilize Good Employees Correctly
Why You Need to Market to Your Employees
Marketing a new brand and product internally to your employees could be more important than what your customers will ultimately see. Read more
A Surprising Reason to Expand Overseas
You'd be surprised how important geography can be when it's time to sell your company. Read more
Zumba: Loud & Proud | Company of the Year
Zumbawear, like Zumba-everything-else, aims to help instructors make money. And it's selling 3 million items of clothing this year. Read more
How I Did It: Rick Smolan
An old-school gonzo photojournalist tells the story of leaping from a career in magazines to a venture involving large-scale documentation of human life -- i... Read more
How Big Can a Zumba Business Get? | Company of the Year
Z Club NY expects to produce revenue of $350,000 next year, which puts it near the pinnacle of Zumba businesses. Here's how it became the black label of Zumb... Read more
'Vision Without Execution Is Hallucination'
When you're clear in your company purpose--your "why," as leadership author Simon Sinek puts it--your strategic direction becomes self-evident. Watch video
'Zumba Is a Huge Opportunity'
Z Club NY, one of several thousand standalone Zumba start-ups, expects to hit revenue of $350,000 next year. But it's still a work in progress. Watch video
Preserve Your Company's Culture As You Grow: 5 Steps
What's the hardest part of managing a growing workforce? Maintaining company culture. But you can do it, just like Southwest Airlines, Whole Foods--and Beryl... Read more
How We Hired 17,000 People in 3 Years
Acquisitions don't have to be a human resource nightmare. The top job creator in America pulls them off seamlessly. Here's how. Read more
5 Signs You're Sucking as an Entrepreneur
How to tell if your start-up is on the wrong track Read more
How to Grow? Don't Gun the Accelerator
Growth is not a race. Instead, think strategically about how to create a sustainable growth trajectory. Read more
Want to Grow Fast? Then Slow Down
There's an art to maintaining a rapid growth trajectory. Ironically, you may have more success by taking things slowly. Read more
How John Borthwick Tries to Reinvent Digg
Earlier this year, John Borthwick's Betaworks acquired the lagging social news website Digg. Here he talks about how Digg became a start-up again. Watch video
Creatively Kill the Competition: 5 Tips
Vying to emerge ahead of your rivals? Here's what you need to know. Watch video
A Better Way to Finance a Start-up? Venture Debt
Growing companies can get much-needed capital without giving up equity or control through venture debt. Read more
How to Turn a Commodity into a Unique Business
Here's how one founder turned popcorn--yes, popcorn--into a multi-million dollar company. Read more
Ray Kurzweil: 'Users Should Be Passionately Involved in Every Stage of an Invention'
Inventor Ray Kurzweil talks about how he created the first print-to-speech reading machine so blind people would use it. Also an author, Kurzweil's most rece... Watch video
The Case Against Holiday Sales
This time of year, your competitors slash prices to reel in the holiday shoppers. Here's why that's not a game you should play. Read more
Is It Time to Sell Your Company?
You've built a valuable company that's attractive to potential buyers. How do you cash in without selling out? Read more
Are Small-Business Owners Jealous of Tech Start-ups?
Cities are scrambling to create technology hubs to lure talent. But when government programs put financial resources into job creation, certain small-busines... Read more
JJ Ramberg: Turn No Into Yes
Even when a customer says no is the final answer, you can turn that around. JJ Ramberg, host of MSNBC's Your Business, explains how. Watch video
One Thing I Wish I Knew Before Going Global
OtterBox's CEO talks about a lesson he learned the hard way after expanding his business overseas. Read more
My Wildly Outlandish Holiday Strategy
Wild Creations's founder shares his company's plan to maximize the holiday season. Read more
Big Business Wolves Pose in Small Biz Clothes
As federal agencies count every penny, big firms scoop up contracts meant for entrepreneurs. Read more
Living and Working in South Africa
What challenges does a businessperson face living in South Africa? Avondale's Bill Stewart shares his story of a year abroad in Johannesburg. Read more
High Fashion with Native Roots
Indigenous founder Scott Leonard blazes a trail from hardscrabble Andes villages to Saks and Bloomingdale's. Read more
Invincible Ball Brings Joy to Kids (& Lions)
Soccer balls from the One World Futbol Project stand up to life in a refugee camp. Read more
Grow Your Company as Big as Zappos.com: 7 Tips From Tony Hsieh
Tony Hsieh, serial entrepreneur and CEO of Zappos.com, offers leadership advice for fast-growing companies. Read more
What Should My Marketing Goal Be?
Brian Halligan, founder of HubSpot, answers questions about marketing in the new digital age. Watch video
Going Global: It's Not If, But When
For many companies the complex and daunting task of operating globally is inevitable. Read more
Don't Put Your Customers at Risk
In the wake of the deadly meningitis contamination, your business needs to keep its supply chain squeaky clean. It's not enough to blindly trust your supplie... Read more
How to Restart Your Business's Engine
A growing business will eventually hit a growth plateau. Here are four steps to power through the plateau and put your business on a new growth trajectory. Read more
Dealing with a Midlife Crisis - for Your Business
Ask yourself these seven questions to determine if your business has reach a plateau and you don't know what to do next. Read more
Tell Stories & You'll Boost Sales (Because of How Human Brains Are Wired)
Storytelling appeals to how the brain processes information. Here's five ways to make that work for your business. Read more
