Running a Business


Recent Running a Business Articles

What Will Your Leadership Obituary Be?

Your leadership will be fully evaluated once you're no longer in a leadership role. What will your colleagues say?  Read more

A Billion Dollars, Through Acquisitions and Perseverance

Patrick Grady, founder and chairman of Rearden Commerce, talks about his company's $1 billion valuation.  Read more

Top 5 Business Books of 2012

The best (and bestselling) business books of this year were mostly about exposing corruption.  Read more

5 Ways to Make Your Business Better in 2013

If you want to take your business further this year, here's what you need to focus on.  Read more

How to Thrive (at a Big Company) After Acquisition

Can a mission-driven enterprise accelerate impact within a larger corporation?  Read more

The "Real Valuation" Is About Having Fun

Ronen Shilo, founder of software company Conduit, talks about what his company's recent $1 billion valuations means--and doesn't mean--to him.  Read more

My First Year in Business--The 2 Most Important Lessons 

In his first year as an entrepreneur, hospitality mogul Danny Meyer did not know how to read a profit and loss statement, and other stories.  Watch video

Tricks for Navigating Business Travel

Infographic: Fly smarter with our guide to the best and worst airlines and airports.  Read more

10 Surprising Marketing Predictions For 2013

Get ahead of the curve on fast-moving, under-the-radar developments with these fresh ideas and trends to watch in the new year.  Read more

2013 Trend: Plastic Will Be Passé

Without credit cards, getting paid will get a lot quicker, easier, and cheaper.  Read more

Growth With No Capital? No Problem

Small businesses can overcome limited resources by following three basic steps.  Read more

The Man to Reckon With if You Want to Do Business in India

The U.S. officially can't make up its mind whether India's most growth-friendly minister is a statesman or a demagogue. Businesses have already decided.  Read more

Tech Trends: New Tools for Networking on the Road

Check out services that help make road trips more social--and budget-friendly.  Read more

5 Things Not to Do in the New Year

Getting rid of old habits and old ways of thinking is just as important as committing to new ones.  Read more

How to Know If a New Strategy Will Work

No matter how good your team is, a flawed strategy is hard to implement.  Read more

One Test Every Entrepreneur Must Take

Why you decide to start a business of your own matters almost as much as what kind of business you start.  Read more

Forget Resolutions: Review Your Biggest Mistakes Instead

Every year I make mistakes. But since mistakes are learning, it's worth reviewing them to find out what you learned this year.  Read more

Where Social Media Will Take Us in 2013

These four trends show just has fast technology and social media are evolving -- and how you need to respond.  Read more

Meet the Latest Start-up to Take on Space

Golden Spike, a start-up founded by the former chief of NASA's space and earth science programs, has plans to reach the moon by 2020.  Read more

Why New Year's Resolutions Don't Work

Making warm and fuzzy promises to yourself doesn't work. Here's what does.  Read more

How to Close the Big Sale

When the numbers get big, the risk factor--for everyone--grows.  Read more

Do Entrepreneurs Destroy Businesses?

Entrepreneurs are calculated risk takers, but do they have the right skills to manage a sustainable business?  Read more

Turning Screens Into a Television

Aereo, a New York City start-up, can broadcast live television to your iPad or a laptop. That is, unless a big lawsuit shuts the company down.  Read more

5 Ways to Tell If Your New Business Prospect Is Worth It

How to determine which prospects are a fit for your organization.  Read more

Think the Fiscal Cliff is a Big Deal? Think Again.

Everyone's talking about the fiscal cliff. Please. Let's talk about small business' real problems.  Read more