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HOROWITZ: The Most Important Quality In An Entrepreneur Is Not Honesty Or...
Ben Horowitz, a founding partner of Silicon Valley powerhouse venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, made an interesting point at the DLD conference yesterday.Horowitz was running through the...
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PHOTOS: Check Out Facebook's Ever-Changing Headquarters (FB)
It's been just over a year since Facebook employees moved into their new home in Menlo Park, Calif., trading digs near Stanford University for a cluster of buildings close to the San Francisco Bay.But...
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The 10 Things Entrepreneurs Waste The Most Time On
If you want to be a successful entrepreneur, then you only need to do one thing: Invent, develop, and market a product or service that customers really need or want. There are, however, a few...
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6 Big Trends That Are Changing The Future Of Corporate Learning
Bersin by Deloitte, a human resources firm, has an interesting report out on the future of learning in organizations. The language in which it’s written is turgid, to put it kindly (“Our new...
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The 4 Biggest Ways Bosses Waste Their Time
Do you feel that you're working longer and longer hours but not having a commensurately large impact on your business?If you answered yes, know that at least you're not alone. That's according to a new...
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Evernote CEO Phil Libin Says There's Only One Good Reason To Start A Company
A question from an aspiring entrepreneur: I am planning to start a business, but to be honest, I wonder if I really would be better off remaining an employee. How much confidence did you have that you...
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12 Essential Questions You Need To Ask Before Launching A Big New Idea
Whether you’re launching a new product or service from within an existing enterprise, or you’re an entrepreneur noodling a new startup idea, I find that that same fundamental set of screening questions...
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Workplace Culture Is More Important Than Anything Else
Companies sink or swim based on their internal culture. One bad hire can have a huge effect on morale, productivity, and ultimately, the bottom line.Brad Feld, co-founder of startup accelerator...
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People Need To Learn To Be Less Creative
Dick Thaler gives out some advice to econ students:My advice for young researchers at the start of their career is… Work on your own ideas, not your advisor’s ideas (or at least in addition to her...
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Why Startups Have To Work Hard To Win Over Employees
When people can devise their own lifestyle, career, and mobility more than at any other time in history, it’s interesting to ask how a startup can support and encourage its employees beyond a...
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4 Types Of Personalities Found in Every Office
Every employer needs to know how to effectively deal with various personality types. In her new book "Personality Style At Work," author Kate Ward introduces the HRDQ Personality Style Model, which...
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Michael Kors And Tory Burch Have A Huge Advantage Over Coach
Handbag company Coach is trying to reinvent itself as a lifestyle brand, complete with clothing, watches and shoes. But there's one troubling aspect to Coach's plan. Unlike competitors Tory Burch and...
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Hire For Compatible Flaws Instead Of Looking For Perfection
Hiring managers look for safe hires. Future employees that won’t rock the boat, have no obvious defects, and are ‘fine’ – but face it, ho-hum hires lead to ho-hum companies.Fear plays too large a role...
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Serial Multitaskers Are Terrible At Multitasking
Workers who boast that they can multitask are actually the worst at doing several things at once and at focusing on single jobs, according to a new study.Serial multitaskers end juggling two activities...
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Leaders Need To Be Intentional About Company Culture
Without intentionally cultivating and nurturing your company’s culture, you’ll get what emerges from neglect.And it won’t be what you or your employees want. Your customers will know that something is...
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Why Pharmaceutical Companies Don't Make Any Money Off Of Flu Shots
It’s been a bad flu season with hospitals in many cities overwhelmed with patients. This is largely a preventable problem. The annual flu vaccine is not perfect but a wider use of the vaccine would...
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7 Signs It's Time To Be Your Own Boss
It seems that everyone wants to be an entrepreneur these days. Everyone wants to be the boss and run their own show. I can certainly understand the motivation. The idea of doing your own thing, of...
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A Cab Driver's Challenge To Get Healthy Changed My Life
There isn’t anyone who is going to tell you it's time to grow up. Well, there is, but you probably won’t listen to them. I don’t mean growing up in the way of paying your bills, or moving out of your...
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Kate Hudson Is Charged With The Task Of Making Ann Taylor Cool Again
Kate Hudson signed on to do another campaign with Ann Taylor. In addition to renewing her contract, Ann Taylor is also letting Hudson design her own clothing collection. The move shows that she's been...
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Renault's CEO Is On A Desperate Mission To Save France
Labor laws protecting workers are sacrosanct in France. Efforts to change them are met by massive protests from unions, who want to protect statutes that make it difficult for companies to fire people...
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