Leadership and Managing


Recent Leadership and Managing Videos

Happiness Generates Revenue 

Serial entrepreneur Ted Leonsis asks entrepreneurs to question their definition of success.  Watch video

How Thrillist Co-Founder Adam Rich Learned to Cope With Highs and Lows 

First-time entrepreneur Adam Rich describes a time when leading Thrillist, his men's lifestyle site, seemed too emotionally fraught to sustain.  Watch video

5 Steps to Being a Happier Entrepreneur 

Serial entrepreneur Ted Leonsis talks about how you can increase productivity by being a happier person.  Watch video

If You're Happy, You're More Likely to Succeed 

Serial entrepreneur Ted Leonsis talks about teaching his kids the difference and relationship between happiness and success.  Watch video

'If You Don't Do Politics, You Shouldn't Be CEO' 

To build a business, great ideas and charisma only go so far, says Samuel Bacharach, Cornell professor of labor management. You must be adept at politics.  Watch video

How to Price Your Product or Service 

Strategic advice from John Katzman, co-founder of 2tor and founder of the Princeton Review, and Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council.  Watch video

How Jules Kroll Ignored Naysayers & Started a Rating Agency 

When credit rating agencies came under fire for their role in the 2008 financial crisis, Jules Kroll, the corporate-investigations pioneer, saw a business op...  Watch video

Bring Purpose & Profit Together 

Naked Pizza founder Robbie Vitrano talks about building a business based on community feedback.  Watch video

How Do You Fit into the Marketplace? 

Naked Pizza founder Robbie Vitrano says today's marketplace demands profitability and responsible behavior from businesses.  Watch video

Start-up Founders: Anatomy of a Good Team 

Dan Ratner, co-founder of Sittercity, talks about the individual strengths he and co-founder Genevieve Thiers bring to their business.  Watch video

Be a Part of Something Bigger Than Yourself 

Dawn Halfaker, founder of software company Halfaker and Associates, answers questions about leadership, military service, and building a company.  Watch video

Your Start-up Can't Be Your Only Passion 

Genevieve Thiers, co-founder of Sittercity, talks about why it's important for her to have her artistic pursuits outside of the office.  Watch video

Starting Up & Finding a Vision 

Dan Ratner, co-founder of Sittercity, talks about how child literacy formed his passion for his start-up.  Watch video

Your Company Should Be a Vehicle for Your Passion 

Entrepreneur Dawn Halfaker talks about her unique approach to starting her software company, Halfaker & Associates.  Watch video

My Life As a Soldier & Entrepreneur 

Dawn Halfaker, CEO of Halfaker and Associates, woke up in the hospital after being critically wounded in the Iraq war. But she says that was her new beginning.  Watch video

How We Got Smarter & Better Than the Big Guys 

Entrepreneur Dawn Halfaker talks about the advantages smaller companies have to respond to a changing economy.  Watch video

Are Women Still Hitting a Glass Ceiling? 

Entrepreneur Dawn Halfaker compares the gender divisions of the battlefield to those in business world.  Watch video

Start-up Founders: Learn to Enjoy the Little Moments 

Dan Ratner, co-founder of Sittercity, talks about one of the most rewarding moments of his career.  Watch video

Entrepreneurs: What Do You Do Outside of Work? 

Dan Ratner, co-founder of Sittercity, talks about his passions outside of his baby-sitting service start-up.  Watch video

Start-up Life Is Easier With a Co-Founder 

Genevieve Thiers, co-founder of Sittercity, talks about the benefits of sharing the experience of starting a business.  Watch video

Build Something You Would Actually Use 

Genevieve Thiers and Dan Ratner, founders of Sittercity, talk about keeping their baby-sitting service something they themselves would use as parents.  Watch video

There's No Going Back 

Sittercity co-founder Genevieve Thiers talks about how entrepreneurship has changed her outlook on life.  Watch video

How We Pick Each Other Up 

Dan Ratner, co-founder of Sittercity, talks about the ups and downs of co-founding a business.  Watch video

Making Sure There's An Army 

Dan Ratner, co-founder of Sittercity, says he feels responsible for his co-founders' well-being.  Watch video

What's the Best Part of Running a Start-up? 

Dan Ratner and Genevieve Thiers, founders of Sittercity, say passionate employees are just one part of the perks to running a start-up.  Watch video

Opera Trained Me for Entrepreneurship 

Genevieve Thiers, co-founder of Sittercity, talks about how performing in front of a crowd helped her convince customers to use her service.  Watch video

Grind, Hustle & Payoff 

Serial entrepreneur Genevieve Thiers started Sittercity, a website to find babysitters, in 2001, and runs it with her husband, Dan Ratner. Since then, they'v...  Watch video

"Every Day Is a Roller Coaster Ride" 

Genevieve Thiers and Dan Ratner love the entrepreneur adventure, so they have created three companies. The biggest is Sittercity.  Watch video

Raising Nearly $30 Million in Venture Capital 

With venture financing and guerrilla marketing, Genevieve Thiers and Dan Ratner are making Sittercity into a household name.  Watch video

Outside Work, Opera & Illiteracy 

Genevieve Thiers and Dan Ratner have a full life outside of work at Sittercity. Thiers is an opera singer, and Ratner co-founded Open Books, a non-profit tha...  Watch video