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The Employment Law You Are Probably Breaking

How you pay your employees is governed by federal law. Violating it is easy, so be careful.  Read more

Why You Should Date 5 Bankers At Once

Don't wait until you need a banker to start looking for one. How to play the field to line up the funding you need.  Read more

Colossal Riches to Rags Entrepreneurial Story

David Siegel, CEO of Westgate Resorts, reveals a few things about why bigger is not necessarily better and how to keep your growing business from crashing.  Read more

How to Be a Media Star

Press coverage can make a huge difference to your company. Here's how to conduct yourself like a pro.  Read more

What's the Advantage of Going Public? 

John Mackey, CEO and founder of Whole Foods, talks about growth and going public.  Watch video

Forget Your Industry's Best Practices

While "best practices" sound ideal, they're not enough to make your business succeed. You need to innovate.  Read more

Canada: The Next Start-up Frontier?

With its new Startup Visa program, Canada's hoping to lure foreign entrepreneurs. But what do start-ups stand to gain by heading north?  Read more

4 Ways To Make Your Workspace More Productive

Researchers have found some utterly surprising ways to minimize distractions and insert subtle signals to help your staff focus.  Read more

10 Questions for Barbara Corcoran

The famed entrepreneur reveals the biggest business myth and what her personal theme song is.  Read more

Why Great CEOs are Unfair

Not all employees perform equally and therefore, they should not all be treated equally. As a CEO, there are time when being unfair is justified.  Read more

Keep Control of Your Start-up Forever

The power that Mark Zuckerberg wields over Facebook has become the stuff of legend. It's also rare to maintain. Here's how to put yourself in the best possib...  Read more

Can You Really Make Money Via Social Media?

Social media may give the illusion of spreading the wealth around, but for the vast majority of entrepreneurs, it's hard to justify the time.  Read more

Most People Don't Recover From Crisis 

John Mackey, CEO and founder of Whole Foods, talks about how to deal with crisis and why it makes or breaks people.  Watch video

Tiger's New Nike Ad...Too Soon?

The new Nike ad proclaims "Winning Takes Care of Everything." But does it? Is this ad too much, too soon?  Read more

Tim Ferriss' 4-Hour Reality Check

Silicon Valley's productivity guru takes a month off in Bali. It might be the most demanding vacation ever.  Read more