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7 Ways to Get Someone's Attention With Social Media

Everyone's reaching out to everyone else on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. If you want a response, you've got to follow these rules.  Read more

When Walmart Gets Mad

Nothing frustrates a retailer like bare shelves. If you fall short on an order, here's how to get out of the big box doghouse.  Read more

Why LinkedIn Endorsements Will Vanish

LinkedIn endorsements trivialize the value of a very useful site.  Read more

7 Habits of the Ultra Wealthy

Is the secret to success hiding in plain sight? Here's what you need to know about getting ahead (that others don't).  Read more

4 Ways to Avoid Becoming a Micromanager

Trying to curb your tendency to micromanage? Here are four tips to help you and your employees stop micromanaging before it starts.  Read more

Using Your Customers to Drive Business

Your network of customers, friends, and family can be your biggest assets in building your business. Contactually CEO Zvi Band gives tips on leveraging exist...  Read more

What's Your True Definition of Success?

Don't let other people determine how you think about success. Define it for yourself.  Read more

The Only 2 Words an Innovator Needs to Know

These two concepts govern the entire process of innovation. Understand the differences between them, and you'll be well on your way to success.  Read more

Challenge: Come Up With a New Idea

You can't get to the top just by imitating great successes from the past.  Read more

How to Be Best in Show at SXSW

With so many companies clawing for attention at conferences, here's how some managed to stand out from the crowd at SXSW.  Read more

7 Things That Set Real Entrepreneurs Apart

Just because you wear a black turtleneck, jeans, and sneakers doesn't make you Steve Jobs. This is what makes an entrepreneur.  Read more

Should You Sue Over Sour Grapes?

When one business rocked an industry's boat--fairly and legally--its competitors played dirty. Is the answer a lawsuit?  Read more

Take a Crooked Path to Growth

Successful companies don't grow in a straight line. Here are three ways growing companies manage their growth through the ups and downs.  Read more

The Deadly Cost of a B-Player

Here's how mediocre employees can take down a business. Don't let it happen to you.  Read more

Doing Business in the Hardest Spots on Earth

In the midst of violence and privation, entrepreneurs just keep on building.  Read more

3 Tips for Women Who Want To Lead

Women who want to lead have their work cut out for them. Here's how to fight unhelpful expectations--and keep your own standards firmly in place.  Read more

Design Your Business Like a Product

Some companies have product design down to a science. These engineering-minded entrepreneurs can apply these same skills to scaling their business.  Read more

The Young Entrepreneur Advantage

While the accelerator and incubator models are nothing new, the enthusiastic involvement of big corporations now jumping into the fray gives college start-up...  Read more

5 Things You Need to Know About Hiring Contractors

If you're using contractors because they are cheaper than employees, you may be in big trouble.  Read more

The Trouble With Social Media

We all know that quantity, not quality, rules social media. But we don't think about what, exactly, that means.  Read more

The Way I Work: Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia

Patagonia's founder still loves to blaze a trail. He takes copious time off, lets employees manage themselves, and tells customers not to buy his products.  Read more

What to Do When Speed and Quality Are At Odds

Sometimes you have to miss a deadline to make sure you maintain what really matters to your customers.  Read more

Rewrite That Boring Job Description

Want to attract the A-players to work for your business? Here's what needs to be in the job description.  Read more

Cornering the Granite Market in Brazil

Importing granite is gamble. Here's how Pacific Shore Stones created a $26 million business by betting on Brazilian granite.  Read more

When Work Becomes Too Personal, It's a Real Problem

When you're emotionally invested in your work, that creates energy and excitement. But you have to learn when to step back.  Read more

VC Kay Koplovitz: 'Tell Them How You're Going to Make Them Money'

What will help women founders seeking start-up financing? A focus on the investor return.  Read more

Whole Foods CEO: A New Way to Think About Capitalism

John Mackey believes capitalism is in the midst of an identity crisis. Here's how he plans to fix it.  Read more

Best Headsets for Calls and Video Chats

Check out a review of three devices that help you do business on the go.  Read more

Elon Musk: 'This Is Real, in Case You Can't Tell'

SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk doesn't want to die before humans set foot on Mars. So he's making it happen.  Read more

MakerBot Founder: The Next Industrial Revolution Is Here

Bre Pettis, the founder of MakerBot, believes we're on the brink of the next industrial revolution in which everyone can become a maker.  Read more

Help Your Employees Get More Done

If you want happy employees, then help them do their jobs faster and better. Here's how.  Read more

South by Southwest: Everything You Need to Know

Geoloqi co-founder and SXSW veteran Amber Case reveals how to have fun and stay sane at Austin's famous festival.  Read more

3 Steps to Keep Growing

Your business is not a start-up anymore. How do you allocate capital and resources to create sustainable growth?  Read more

Digital Franchises: New Spin on an Old Business Model

Brick-and-mortar businesses using franchising to scale. Why shouldn't websites? The founder of OrderUp explains how it's done.  Read more

Why I Feel Sorry for Marissa Mayer's Baby

What sort of message is the Yahoo CEO sending to her employees -- and to the future workforce?  Read more