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Best Advice I Ever Got: Andrew Bachman
The president of Scambook.com reveals why honest self-assessment is the key to launching a Web-based business, and other great advice he's received. Read more
Hire Like Google: 5 Ways
Small businesses can't match the likes of Google in budget or branding. But you can steal this search-giant recruiter's best tips on snagging top talent. Read more
Don't Promote from Within: 5 Reasons
Looking outside your company for new hires can be the best strategy--even for those on the inside. Read more
Start-up Marketing: An Essential Road Map
How to spread the word when you're new to an industry, don't have a big budget, and have few people to help you do it. Read more
The 9 Elements of Highly Effective Employee Praise
Step 1: Lose the Employee-of-the-Month program. (No one cares about it.) Here's the recognition your staff really deserves. Read more
Why the Best Product Doesn't Always Win
Entrepreneurs often think only the best product will let them succeed. But sometimes 'best' isn't what your customers really want. Read more
The Secret to Mastering Patience
Patience requires absolute control over your thoughts, words, and deeds. Here's how you can ace it. Read more
Why 'Idea' Should Be a Verb
Ideas without action aren't ideas--they're regrets. Read more
Note to Tech Start-ups: Cool Products Aren’t Enough
A hot mobile app that gets attention does not a company make. A better way: Build what people want and find a way to make it pay. Read more
Can This Company Become the New Disney?
Rovio, the maker of the wildly popular Angry Birds game, has stolen a few pages from Disney's playbook. And it just might work. Read more
4 Ways Big Data Can Trick You
Analyzing heaps of data can give you an edge... or make you fall flat on your face. It all depends on how you use the results. Read more
The Difference Every Boss Can Make
How seemingly insignificant moments can have a lasting impact on your employees' lives. Read more
Turn a Hunch Into a Strategy
A low-cost, low-effort way to test your instincts--and prove a meaningful insight--before it's too late. Read more
When Trademark Enforcement Goes Too Far
You can always enforce your trademarks, but should you? Here are three tips to help you decide when it's worth it. Read more
8 Things Great Consultants Say
You may not want to hear some of these things--but your project will be better for it. Read more
How to Land an Amazing Mentor: 5 Tips
Karmaloop CEO Greg Selkoe on how he found two mentors who taught him most of what he knows now about running a $130 million company. Read more
Need an Idea for a Killer New Business? Try This.
DocStoc CEO Jason Nazar needed a new product idea that might help grow the business. He got it--in a week. Here's how. Read more
How Behance Brings Order to Crazy Creatives
Behance founders Scott Belsky and Matias Corea want to fulfill a broad creative industry need--for better organization--with web tools, events, even notebooks. Read more
How to Build a Great Team With Imperfect People
Your goal isn’t to ensure every employee is great; it's to ensure that collectively they'll be great. (There’s a big difference.) Read more
How to Cultivate Collective Intelligence
Unleash your worker bees. The power of swarms and cooperation to attack business problems. Read more
Why Premature Hype Kills Start-ups
If your beta product isn't ready for prime time, the last thing you need is attention from the media. Read more
Why the Capital Gains Tax Hurts Entrepreneurs
The capital gains tax has been touted as the brass ring for business owners. But if you self-fund your growth, it's anything but. Read more
Reid Hoffman Wants You to Invest His Money
The LinkedIn co-founder is lending $1 million to struggling entrepreneurs around the world and you can help decide who gets it. Read more
Selling Your Product at a Loss Can Be Good for Business
Killing an unprofitable product isn’t always the best path. Here are four scenarios where sustaining a poor performer can help the business grow. Read more
How to Settle Employee Squabbles
The last thing you want to do is seem like you're taking sides. Here's how to handle interpersonal problems more gracefully. Read more
To Be a Better Entrepreneur, Look to the Past
Sure, all entrepreneurs look to the future - but I've learned that the best ones don't overlook the past. Read more
6 Ways to Measure the Success of Any Project
Want to go from the beginning to the end of a project more efficiently? Make sure your team understands what success should look like. Read more
4 Principles Apple's Chief Designer Lives By
Jonathan Ive opens up about what makes Apple's design process work. Here's how to make it work at your company too. Read more
3 Ways to Reignite Innovation in Your Business
If your growth has stalled, encouraging innovation on the front line will make all the difference. Read more
7 Tricks for Every Founder’s Back Pocket
Why serial entrepreneur Seth Epstein says, among other things, that start-up founders should streak. Read more
Don't Build Products. Build Platforms.
Google, Facebook, and Apple all went from single products to entire ecosystems. Five reasons why you should be just as ambitious. Read more
6 Ways BlackBerry Can Become Relevant Again
Are there any die-hard "CrackBerry" fans anymore? What RIM must do to win back the business crowd. Read more
You're Not as 'Green' as You Think
Chances are, your company is just a lightweight when it comes to being eco-friendly. Want to go hardcore? Here's what it takes. Read more
Where Pinterest Will Go From Here
Pinterest co-founder Ben Silbermann explains why the social network updated its profile pages, and future plans for more extensive changes. Read more
