The Choice You Shouldn't Force Employees to Make
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Start-up NatureBox just raised $2 million in seed financing. Here's their story. Read more
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Aside from a holiday party, there are lots of creative, inexpensive ways to bring your "office family" together. Read more
Respect: The Only Way to Balance Family & Business 
Pinnacle Technical Resources CEO Nina Vaca talks about this one value that makes working with family easy. Watch video
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
'I Grew Up Watching My Parents Fail Over & Over Again'
Pinnacle Technical Resources CEO Nina Vaca grew up watching her entrepreneur parents fail repeatedly but learned what it takes to build a business. Watch video
Why You Need to Market to Your Employees
Marketing a new brand and product internally to your employees could be more important than what your customers will ultimately see. 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
The Secret (& Benefit) to Working With Family
Pinnacle Technical Resources CEO Nina Vaca says that working with family is easy. She works with her brother, sister, and husband, while running a fast-growt... Watch video
How I Did It: Rick Smolan
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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
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How to Land a Customer for Life
Here's how one recent experience cemented my loyalty to a chocolate company. Read more
Older Entrepreneurs Get a Bum Rap
One prominent VC has publically announced his preference for young entrepreneurs, but do the facts support this bias for fresh-faced founders? Read more
5 Reasons Chobani Rules | Company of the Year Runner-Up
Chobani grew 2,662% over the past three years and has revenue of about $1 billion. The numbers tell only part of the story of why this Greek-yogurt maker is ... Read more
Best Advice I Ever Got: Chris Mirabile
Hotlist co-founder Chris Mirabile isn't new to the start-up world, but building his latest venture tested his mettle. These pieces of advice saw him through it. Read more
Airbnb Is Changing Travel | Company of the Year Runner-Up
Can you believe the home-rental site that lists properties in 30,000 cities across 192 countries once had trouble raising $20,000? Now it is valued at $2.5 b... Read more
12 Ways to Unwind During the Busy Holiday Season
For start-ups, especially in the retail space, now is the time to ramp-up sales--not to relax. But that doesn't mean your team can't find time for a little h... Read more
When You Should Hit 'Send'
An e-mail marketing firm digs through more than 20 million messages to figure out when is the best time to send marketing e-mails. Read more
Suster Blasts 'Entrepreneurshit,' But Still Misses the Game
Former entrepreneur Mark Suster drops a much-deserved bomb on those who glamorize start-ups. But even he wouldn't mind another go. Read more
3 Start-up Secrets From Jerry Maguire
The founder and CEO of ShadesDaddy.com learned a thing or two about business from the (fictional) Dicky Fox. Here are Pablo Palatnik's favorite pieces of sta... Read more
2 Tools That Turn Customers Into Cheerleaders
Incentivizing current customers to buy more and bring in new business is a huge opportunity you can't miss. Read more
Take Coffee Grounds. Add Spores. See Success Sprout.
With their popular mushroom kits, Back to the Roots' founders Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez are restoring the connection between people and food. Read more
Honoring the Champions of Do-Good-ism
Business icons, including Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, turned out this week to celebrate the Social Venture Network's inaugural Hall of Fame. Read more
3 Mistakes You Need to Avoid When Starting Up
Founders look back at the biggest slip-ups they made when starting their companies--so you can avoid their mistakes. Read more
