5 Steps to Being a Happier Entrepreneur 
Serial entrepreneur Ted Leonsis talks about how you can increase productivity by being a happier person. Watch video
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5 Steps to Being a Happier Entrepreneur
Under-Appreciated Business Tool: Dreams
Spending time pondering your dreams isn't just for philosophers. It's actually a hard-nosed business necessity for entrepreneurs, argues one business school ... Read more
Employees Doing Personal Chores at Work? Let Them!
Research shows business owners are increasingly relaxed about employees doing personal tasks during the workday. Here's why that's the right approach. Read more
A Love Story: Start-ups & Ultimate Frisbee
Founders, engineers, and designers have wrested control of Ultimate Frisbee from jocks and made it their own. I got in the game to explore. Read more
Your Start-up Can't Be Your Only Passion
Genevieve Thiers, co-founder of Sittercity, talks about why it's important for her to have her artistic pursuits outside of the office. Watch video
Pay Your Employees to Work Less. Huh?
One company gives its team hefty bonuses...for getting away from the office and unplugging. How did we ever reach this point? Read more
Entrepreneurs: What Do You Do Outside of Work?
Dan Ratner, co-founder of Sittercity, talks about his passions outside of his baby-sitting service start-up. Watch video
11 Ways You Allow Your Life to Suck
Is your personal or professional life unsatisfying? Here's how you--more than anything else--might be holding yourself back. Read more
Build Something You Would Actually Use
Genevieve Thiers and Dan Ratner, founders of Sittercity, talk about keeping their baby-sitting service something they themselves would use as parents. Watch video
Opera Trained Me for Entrepreneurship
Genevieve Thiers, co-founder of Sittercity, talks about how performing in front of a crowd helped her convince customers to use her service. Watch video
Grind, Hustle & Payoff
Serial entrepreneur Genevieve Thiers started Sittercity, a website to find babysitters, in 2001, and runs it with her husband, Dan Ratner. Since then, they'v... Watch video
"Every Day Is a Roller Coaster Ride"
Genevieve Thiers and Dan Ratner love the entrepreneur adventure, so they have created three companies. The biggest is Sittercity. Watch video
Raising Nearly $30 Million in Venture Capital
With venture financing and guerrilla marketing, Genevieve Thiers and Dan Ratner are making Sittercity into a household name. Watch video
Outside Work, Opera & Illiteracy
Genevieve Thiers and Dan Ratner have a full life outside of work at Sittercity. Thiers is an opera singer, and Ratner co-founded Open Books, a non-profit tha... Watch video
Summer: To Chill Out or Work Harder?
You might feel tempted to mellow the pace at work in the summer. Should you resist the urge or follow your instincts? Read more
5 Ways to Make Your Own Happiness
Achieving happiness in business and life can be a challenge if you don't declare freedom from these five things. Read more
Your Most Important Investment
Chances are, you're failing to invest in the most important asset of all. Do these five things and your business will be better for it. Read more
When Family Takes a Back Seat to Your Employees
For the entrepreneur's spouse, it can be hard not to see employees as rivals. Read more
Only Do What You Do Best
Entrepreneur Eboo Patel doesn't try to do everything at his non-profit, Interfaith Youth Core. He only does what he loves. Watch video
Balancing Work & Life Is a Skill
Work-life balance can be a struggle, entrepreneur Eboo Patel talks about the strengths of his better half. Watch video
How Do You Have Fun?
Entrepreneur Eboo Patel, founder of the non-profit Interfaith Youth Core, talks about how 'fun' changes as he has become more successful. Watch video
Kids & Career: 5 Ways to Have It All
A recent Atlantic cover story argues that you can't hold a top job and be a good mom. But I beg to differ. Read more
The Only Definition of Success That Matters
To a small business owner, to an employee--to anyone--there is only one way to determine success. Read more
Stressed? Don't Take a Vacation
Getting away may seem like the perfect solution to chronic stress, but the author of a new book says the counterintuitive truth is you're better off staying ... Read more
'Why I Will Never Be a Victim'
After a vicious attack, Save the Date founder Jennifer Gilbert not only moved on, she also built a $30 million business. Read more
