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3 Tips for a Healthy Hiring Process

Hiring people who are not the right fit for your company is akin to catching a cold. Here's how to limit the extent of the illness to the rest of the company.  Read more

What Women Entrepreneurs Need Most 

The co-founder of Gilt Groupe says the difference between male entrepreneurs and female ones comes down to something men get that women don't.  Watch video

Help Your Business Get Social: 3 Free Tools

Get a lot of bang for no bucks with these free business-oriented platforms.  Read more

Think Like a 5-Year Old (the Best Leaders Do)

Want to grow your business? Reclaim your child-like sense of wonder, that endless curiosity about the world around you.  Read more

Best Advice I Ever Got: Trevor Sumner

The founder of LocalVox offers a few choice words of wisdom for ambitious self-starters hunting for a mentor.  Read more

3 Secrets to Bill Gates' Extraordinary Success

Contrary to popular belief, the multi-billionaire founder of Microsoft is not a visionary, but an executor. Here's how.  Read more

When Business Gets Boring

You don't enjoy the work anymore, but retirement isn't all that far off. Chin up, or shove off?  Read more

Eli Broad: A Most Unreasonable Man

The business titan behind KB Home and Sun America--also an author, philanthropist and art collector--on the trait that brought him success. Hint: It's not co...  Read more

5 Easy Steps to Get Started on LinkedIn

If your customers are other businesses or have specific industry interests, you might want to give LinkedIn a second look.  Read more

3 Types of Poison Employees

Here are three types of employees that drag your company down, and how you can stop their bad behavior.  Read more

Best Advice I Ever Got: Jesse Kirshbaum

The CEO of New Universal Entertainment Agency takes his cues from the industry greats, including Beverly Jackson and Marc Geiger.  Read more

Loud and Proud

The famous foam finger: Only the roots are humble.  Read more

A Little Crazy, a Little Fun: Building the Right Company Culture

You can't position your company as cutting-edge if your employees think it's run-of-the-mill. How we're giving our company culture a boost.  Read more

Danny Meyer's Rule for Success: Slow Down

After opening Union Square Cafe, it took this famed restaurateur 10 years to open a second. He learned that you can't rush soul.  Read more

Create an Awesome Welcome Email: 7 Tips

That first email is like the all-important first impression on a hot date. Here's how to pique your customers' interest.  Read more

Someone Is Taking Credit For Your Idea! Now What?

Giving credit where credit's due is essential to business success. Unfortunately, it doesn't always happen.  Read more

3 Rules to Work By: Elizabeth Grace Saunders

This time-management whiz says the real reason entrepreneurs feel time-strapped is simple: They honor everyone else's priorities. Here's how to change the wa...  Read more

Man Behind Vibram's FiveFingers Creates a Two-Toe Shoe

Tony Post, the man who popularized Vibram's FiveFingers foot-like shoe, learned a few lessons, raised $5 million, and struck out on his own.  Read more

Why Your Shipping Policy is Losing You Business

If you're a small retailer, you've got it hard enough; don't lose a potential customer because of bad customer service and annoying store policies.  Read more

First-time Managers: Don't Micromanage

If your company culture is all about empowering employees, your managers need to know how to step back and just listen.  Read more

How I Struck Gold on the Red Carpet

David Moritz was a college party-boy who dreamed of being a lawyer. But then a gold-plated idea struck. Here's how he built the company behind the Golden Glo...  Read more

3 Ways to Establish Your Company's Voice

Having a unique personality can help you stand out from your competitors. Here are some tips to spiff up your brand voice.  Read more

Best Advice I Ever Got: Jeff Berger

Jeff Berger, CEO of Doostang.com, didn't care much for school. But these three real-world lessons proved priceless.  Read more

Great Leaders Aren't Just Role Models

Managers, employees, customers, and other entrepreneurs need a lot more than inspiration.  Read more

4 Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs

What special mix of ingredients separates the best business-builders from the rest of the pack? Entrepreneurs from Brightbox share their perspective.  Read more

3 Easy SEO Tools to Improve Your Website

These companies can help take the mystery out of SEO and get your site on its way to ranking higher in Google.  Read more

How to Get and Cultivate Customer Advocates

Instead of climbing onto a rooftop and shouting, why not have everyone on the street singing your praises?  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

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

What to Discuss Before Conceiving a Start-up

Is there a start-up in your family's future? Here's the conversation you need to have, pronto.  Read more

12 Female Entrepreneurs Who Inspired Us in 2012

These young women behind companies including Spanx and Polyvore made it big in 2012. Here's how they made an impression on YEC members.  Read more

2 Women Serial Entrepreneurs Tell All

Susan Leger Ferraro, founder of an early-childhood schools chain, and Laura Fitton, digital business owner, irreverently detail what has helped them most alo...  Read more

The Secret to a Successful Family Succession

You're mistaken if you think that selling your business to a family member will be easier than selling to a stranger.  Read more

Starting Up With Your Family 

For entrepreneur Nina Vaca, there's one way to make working with family easier.  Watch video

The Way I Work: Trina Turk

When it comes to designing her $60 million clothing line, Trina Turk follows her gut. But when it comes to business, she has learned to be methodical.  Read more