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Recent Articles about Columbia Business School

Top On-The-Job Stress Points For Managers

Chart depicting stress points for managers.  Read more

Seat of the Pants

Everyone says that before you launch a company, you've got to write a business plan. So how come so many Inc 500 CEOs skipped that sober exercise?  Read more

Columbia Grad Wins $100,000 in Seed Capital

A Columbia Business School graduate this week was awarded $100,000 in seed funding to develop a line of biodegradable plates, cups, and bowls, school offi...  Read more

To Lead or Not to Lead?

Power Plays by John O. Whitney and Tina Packer Simon and Schuster, 2000, 316 pages, $26 A number of recent bu...  Read more

Gone Global

Why expanding overseas is your ticket to new markets, new ideas, and a world of adventure.  Read more

How to Handle Budget Disputes

The way you divvy up your resources can cause tension between departments. Here are tips to help you keep your entire team on the same page.  Read more

Getting to No

Y2 Marketing is extra-picky about its customers---so picky that its sales staff often won't take yes for an answer.  Read more

What Start-ups Can Learn from the Big Brands

Creating a successful start-up includes many factors, from delivering a great product or service to proper financial and legal planning.  But one of ...  Read more

The Sugar Made Him Do It

Siggi Hilmarsson, founder of Siggi's Skyr yogurt, discusses his trial-and-error process of starting up, the American diet, and the importance of sleep.  Read more

Goldman, Buffett to Aid Small Business

Two icons of bull-market Corporate America team up to finance and support 10,000 small businesses.  Read more

Managing: Outsourcing to Save Money?

Be careful, or your plan may backfire  Read more

The Theory Economy

How is it that the markets can value a company at $11 million when its total cash holdings are over $35 million?  Read more

The Theory Economy

How is it that the markets can value a company at $11 million when its total cash holdings are over $35 million?  Read more

So many standards to follow, so little payoff

Companies have spent a lot of money to comply with ISO's popular management standards. Now, many wonder why they bothered.  Read more

Recruiting Secrets of the Smartest Companies Around

An ever-tightening job market calls for rigorous, creative recruiting techniques. Here are some of the good-old-fashioned ways to find workers, plus some new...  Read more

Training Young Salespeople

A program at MIT offers a window into the minds of Gen-Y sales reps  Read more

How to Use EBITDA to Value Your Company

It's not the only number potential buyers look at, but EBITDA will give you a solid idea of how they'll start evaluating your business.  Read more

Martha Stewart's 10 Biggest Management Mistakes

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSLO) has been profitable in only one of the past eight years. So where did Stewart go wrong?  Read more

Ideas For Sale

Is the world ready for an eBay of ideas?  Read more

Ideas For Sale

Is the world ready for an eBay of ideas?  Read more

Case Study: How to Reinvent a Failing Start-up

Flocabulary burned through $50,000—and had nearly nothing to show for it. Was it time to throw in the towel?  Read more