Do More Faster: 10 Best Apps & Tools
Five-time entrepreneur Frank Addante lists the digital gems that help him be organized and save time. Read more
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What does your brand stand for? Probably a lot less than you think. Here's why you need to rethink it. Read more
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Once you realize you've made a bad hire, don't get mired in regret. Instead, focus on what to do next. Read more
Beware the Achievement Trap
Just because you believe you should achieve something doesn't mean you will. Here are four ways to avoid this common trap. Read more
How to Cultivate Truly Loyal Customers
Every business wants loyal customers--but loyalty comes in many different flavors. Read more
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You're already using QuickBooks. Check out five ways to get more mileage out of it. Read more
4 Problem-Solving Analytics Tools
Buried deep in your data are all kinds of clues you need to strengthen your business. Here's how to uncover them. Read more
How to Scale Your Start-up
You've identified a problem worth solving and created a viable product that meets customers' needs, but how do you accelerate growth with limited resources? Read more
Why You Need to Choose New Heroes
It's great to have role models you admire--unless they're holding you back from reaching your true potential. Read more
11 Ways to Sleep Better at Night
You're a 24-7 entrepreneur. But you need to get some shut-eye. Here's how to make the sleep you do get a whole lot better. Read more
Is Your Start-up Built to Survive?
During and in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, a certain kind of start-up thrived. Here's why--and what you should learn from it. Read more
The Entrepreneur's Creed
Start-up founders follow their own code of laws. Here are nine of their commandments. Read more
Leadership Lessons: Petraeus & the Value of Failure
If you never fail, you come to believe you are invincible. And that, of course, is the problem. Read more
6 TED Talks Every Entrepreneur Should Watch
A handful of sage speakers lay out research and advice business owners everywhere should heed. Read more
Do What You Love? Screw That
Want to be happy? Don't build a business based on something you love doing. Read more
How to Bulletproof Your Company Culture
Growth often comes at a cost: Acquisitions and fast hiring decisions can wreak havoc on your company culture. Here's how not to let it happen. Read more
Division of Labor: What to Do When Owners & Employees Disagree
If employees and managers have different perspectives, who's right, and how do you know? Read more
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Great bosses do these things. The rest don't--because these simple gestures would never occur to them. Read more
Hire Top Candidates in 21 Days or Less. Here's How
When you spot talent, accelerate your hiring process--right away. Read more
Ex-Boss's Confession: 'Analytics Saved My Career'
The company had a vision of where it needed to go--but no map to get there. Here's how a little data saved the day. Read more
How to Build a Company You Can Sell: 4 Rules
A seasoned entrepreneur offers his best tips to get to an exit. A good first step: Give up the idea that you're building the next Facebook. Read more
Break: The Most Important Part of Breakthrough
Patterns and rules can be good. But sometimes you need to break them to create a breakthrough business. Read more
WikiHow's Recipe for Success
The so-called 'hybrid' company looks like a nonprofit, makes money like a business, and serves the community like a government. Read more
8 Things Remarkably Successful People Do
The most successful people in business work differently. See what they do--and why it works. Read more
Build the Best Team Possible (Drycleaning Matters, But Not Why You Think)
Start by asking a potential hire his life's goals--and then draw a roadmap of how those can be achieved working for you. Read more
10 Leadership Practices to Stop Today
If you want to be the best in your industry, you have to get rid of your outdated management style. Read more
Want to Be More Effective? Try a Mental Detox
Follow these four tips to get back on top of your mental game. Read more
How to Be a Great Radio Guest
You may be a great speaker. But do you know how to shine on the radio? Read more
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
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Here's a straightforward approach to analyze a product's potential and bring it to market. Read more
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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
JJ Ramberg: 'Have You Done the Best Job Possible?' 
Want to set high expectations? Ask employees to assess their own work before they submit it, says JJ Ramberg, host of MSNBC's Your Business. Watch video
5 Deadliest Marketing Sins
Sometimes your marketing messages can do more harm than good. Are you guilty of any of these mistakes? Read more
3 Reasons Your Start-up Should Tackle Really Big Problems
It's certainly not an easy entrepreneurial path, but one VC says there's never been a better time to pursue big ideas that solve thorny problems. Read more
