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Surprise Negativity Buster: Rituals

Creating small, secular rituals can help you clear your brain and get rid of negative thoughts, according to scientists.  Read more

The $30 Million Kid: 17-Year-Old Sells Company to Yahoo

Nick D'Aloisio started company at 15. This week, he sold it for a pretty penny to one of the biggest tech companies in the world. Not bad.  Read more

Do Customers Love You? 5 Questions to Ask

Want to be as adored by customers as Virgin Airlines? Get a solid foundation in place by thinking through this set of important questions.  Read more

A Job Listing Should Be Like a Love Letter

You're not looking for generic employees. So why are you writing generic job listings?  Read more

What the Rolling Stones Can Teach You About Business

The force that drives sexagenarian Mick Jagger just might be the reason you're an entrepreneur.  Read more

The Next 3 Biggest Things in Tech

The president of VC firm Intel Capital reveals the three biggest areas for growth and innovation in the technology industry.  Read more

Is An Incubator Right For Your Start-up?

Some have ulterior motives. Some have money problems. What to watch for.  Read more

5 Lessons From 361 Start-ups

After watching hundreds of start-ups pass through MassChallenge's accelerator program, John Harthorne has a few words for founders who want to stand out from...  Read more

Never Say 'I Don't Have Time' Again

You're probably deluding yourself about how you use your time. Here's one radical way to force yourself to get real.  Read more

Single Most-Common Error Made on Start-up Tax Returns

An Ernst & Young partner explains why you don't want a do-it-yourself approach to tax return prep this year (even if you're bootstrapping).  Read more

Cory Booker: Start-ups Will Define America's Future

The Newark mayor and video-site founder spent the past week hanging out with hackers, founders, and tech geeks. Here's why.  Read more

The Secret to Being Fearless

You know you're supposed to embrace failure and practice empathy as an entrepreneur, so why do you still struggle to do it?  Read more

When Family Ties Lead to Growing Pains

The younger generation is taking over, but the founding father is averse to their growth strategy. Is an outside investor the answer?  Read more

New Crowdfunding Site Aims to Understand Manufacturing

For backers of crowd-funded physical products, the mantra has always been 'buyer-beware.' Here's how a new crowdfunding site, Crowd Supply, seeks to fix that...  Read more

3 Reasons Start-ups Should Consider Crowdfunding

Do you have a great idea but intimidated by the difficulties of getting started? Here are three ways crowdfunding can help you.  Read more

3 Tips to Fight Right

When it comes to conflict at work getting to a Goldilocks moment - not too much, not too little - is hard. Here's how to get your team to debate productively.  Read more

Life is Good Founder Bert Jacobs: 'We Wanted Control of Our Baby' 

To take the Life is Good brand beyond t-shirts, Bert Jacobs and his co-founder brother had to borrow $16.5 million to buy out contracts with t-shirt licensees.  Watch video

How to Send Investors Running for Their Lives

Got a crucial meeting with potential investors? Here's how to guarantee you'll walk out empty-handed.  Read more

5 Things You Need to Know Before Fundraising

Know these five details before entering any fundraising pitch, especially if you are a social entrepreneur.  Read more

How March Madness Can Make Your Office More Productive

A young entrepreneur finds a way to turn the annual college basketball frenzy into a productivity and skills booster.  Read more

Stumbling Towards Revenue: The Case of 3 Hot Web Companies

Foursquare, Pinterest, and Tumblr have plenty of users; now they need to make money. Here's how they plan to do it--and why it may be a challenge.  Read more

Want to Grow Your Business? Figure Out What You Suck At

Stop telling yourself that no one can do things as well as you can. You're wrong, and it's impeding your growth.  Read more

World's Easiest Way to Get Rid of Stress

Can't retire to a peaceful mountain cabin? You can still reduce the toll stress takes on your health by simply rethinking it.  Read more

Dangerous Ways Your Virtues as a Leader Can Backfire

Your values and virtues have come to define your leadership ability. That's outstanding. But it can also have a dark side.  Read more

4 Places to Find Big Ideas

Need to stop fighting fires and find time to think deeply? Here are four activities that can help even the busiest people make space in their schedule for bi...  Read more

3 Things You Don't Know About Sales

Ideas are great, but no start-up can survive without sales--and a mastery of the psychology behind selling. (Hint: manipulation skills are not required.)  Read more

Does Collaboration Actually Hurt Productivity?

In some offices the insistence on collaboration is forcing people to take creative measures to focus. What's the new etiquette when it comes to connection vs...  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

Big Speech Coming Up? You're Practicing Wrong

If you want to know how you really look to investors, it's time to record yourself.  Read more

Are You Running a Zombie Start-up?

Y Combinator grad Referly may have been racking up active users, but here's how its co-founder Danielle Morrill decided it was a zombie start-up anyway.  Read more

5 Tips for Surviving the Shark Tank

If you get an opportunity to pitch your business to investors, following these five principles will help you secure funding for your growth.  Read more

Fielding Raise Requests: You're Doing It Wrong

Having a conversation about increased compensation isn't just tricky for the employee doing the asking. The Founder of GetRaised explains what many bosses ge...  Read more

Inside an $8.6 Million Kickstarter Project

Julie Uhrman, founder of the Ouya game console, tells South by Southwest the challenges--and power--that come with having 63,000 backers.  Read more

Are You a Small Start-up? Better Sleep With The Enemy

In order to grow, sometimes you need to partner with your competition.  Read more

The Idea That Lured WebEx's Founder Back into Start-ups

After a multi-billion dollar exit and a six year break, WebEx co-founder Subrah Iyar is back in the game with a new mobile app.  Read more