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How to Land a Celebrity Co-founder

The founders of celebrity-backed businesses like Shoedazzle and BeachMint share their secrets for landing a celebrity co-founder.  Read more

2 Best Ways to Divide Your Work Day

Why business owners should divide their time into "in" days and "out" days to supercharge their productivity.  Read more

5 Steps to Creating a Great Company Culture

Unhappy employees? Customers not returning? You can change all of that in five simple steps.  Read more

Never Rush a Business Decision

If a potential partner pressures you to hurry up and decide, don't.  Read more

How to Think Globally

Business smarts are not enough. The best global leaders are also political gurus and experts in dealing with the nonrational.  Read more

Make Sure to Utilize Good Employees Correctly 

Indigo Triplett, a human resources consultant, recommends you shift your hiring strategy after start-up phase.  Watch video

The Return of Writing

A couple of high-profile business leaders insist their teams flex their atrophying writing muscles.  Read more

13 Ways to Fix Your Worst Meetings

Meetings get a bum rap, especially from Gen-Y founders. What are the youngest entrepreneurs actually doing behind closed conference doors?  Read more

On Tour With the Boss

Bruce Springsteen's Wrecking Ball tour couldn't keep rocking without a crew of entrepreneurial companies. Here are four of them.  Read more

A Surprising Reason to Expand Overseas

You'd be surprised how important geography can be when it's time to sell your company.  Read more

'A Company That Starts in Crisis Gets a Head Start' 

GoodData founder Roman Stanek explains what happened when he started to seek financing on September 15, 2008, the same day Lehman Brothers collapsed.  Watch video

Buying a Brand Without Going Bust

What entrepreneurs can learn from the hubbub over Twinkies, Sno Balls, and Wonder Bread.  Read more

Why You Should Not Take Venture Capital 

Naveen Jain, entrepreneur and futurist, takes sides in the fundamental conflict of interest between founders and "vulture" capital.  Watch video

Looking for Investors? Try City Hall

City officials in New York City, Philadelphia, and Portland, Oregon, launch their own venture capital funds to attract start-ups.  Read more

Be Irresistible to Investors: 3 Steps

Don't overcomplicate your pitch to investors. You'll have more success with a business case that can be clearly stated in under a minute.  Read more

How I Did It: Rick Smolan

An old-school gonzo photojournalist tells the story of leaping from a career in magazines to a venture involving large-scale documentation of human life -- i...  Read more

World's Easiest Way to Be Much Healthier: Stand Up

Standing up more is scientifically proven to have huge health benefits, but in our digital world it's not as simple as it sounds. Here's how to make the swit...  Read more

Best Advice I Ever Got: Allison Lami Sawyer

The co-founder of Rebellion Photonics, doesn't traffic in 'advice'--at least, not the kind usually doled out to women in business. For her, the criticisms ar...  Read more

Quiz: The Craziest Business Stories of 2012

We hope you didn't miss these stories! Test your knowledge of the weirdest business news of 2012.  Read more

Why Small Business Sales Have Dried Up

With the economy experiencing slow but steady growth, why is the business-for-sale marketplace still sluggish?  Read more

Get Real: Venture Capitalists Are Awesome

Yeah, yeah. You've heard why VCs are awful, greedy people. But, really, when you think about it, they aren't that bad.  Read more

Bringing Zumba to the People | Company of the Year

How three sisters designed, marketed, and expanded their own fitness business, Chicago Latin Fitness. And it all started with Zumba.  Read more

What the Facebook-Zynga Split Means for Game Developers

Facebook and Zynga will now go their own ways, leveling the playing field for start-up game developers.  Read more

Hey, Mitt Romney: Time to Act Like an Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurs' advice for the former GOP nominee? Get out of the beach house, find your passions, nurture your relationships, and keep busy!  Read more

How to Hire Techies: Silicon Valley Insiders Explain

Veterans of some of the world's hottest start-ups explain how to recruit the best tech talent to your company.  Read more