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JC Penney CEO Ron Johnson Made A Critical Mistake When He Refused To Move To...
When Ron Johnson took over JC Penney, the company was already in deep trouble, hemorrhaging sales and losing market share.Now, a year into his tenure, things aren't looking up and there are legitimate...
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Smartphones Are Killing Impulse Purchases At Checkout
Shoppers used to browse magazines or select gum while they were waiting in line to check out at the grocery. Today, they browse their smartphones instead. Half of Americans owning smartphones has...
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HubSpot's Awesome Presentation Shows How To Create A 21st Century Culture
The workplace is changing at rapid pace— it's mobile, decentralized, and flexible. "The biggest problem most companies have is that they operate much like a company from 50 years ago — despite the fact...
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Why Fast Food Fails At Breakfast
Breakfast is a hot topic in the fast food world.Juggernaut McDonald's has managed to get the formula right, dominating competitors like Burger King and Wendy's in the morning.“Breakfast is not going to...
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What You Need To Learn From Groupon's Unprofitable Business Model
A little more than two years ago, Groupon was the apple of the startup community’s eye. It had turned down a $6 billion acquisition offer from Google and was headed for a remarkable IPO. Today, no one...
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40 Percent Of Americans Will Be Freelancers By 2020
It's the entrepreneur-age and everyone wants to work for themselves or have enough flexibility in their schedules that it feels as though they're working for themselves.By 2020, more than 40 percent of...
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Why Sharing Is The Best Way To Measure A Web Site's Value
This article is sponsored by ShareThis.When advertisers decide where to run campaigns, they may look at web sites that fit a certain demographic or psychographic — 33-year-old men who root for the...
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There's Another Reason Disillusioned Lululemon Shoppers Are Going To...
Yoga-wear retailer Lululemon is facing more problems than its too-sheer luon pants. There's also the matter of the competition. While Nike, Under Armour, and Adidas are trying to get in on the game,...
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DirecTV CEO Michael White Gets A 200% Raise
DirecTV CEO Michael White’s $18 million package for 2012 gives him a 200%+ raise. That may raise some eyebrows among DirecTV shareholders who will also vote on whether to require the company to split...
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The 6 Stages Of Failure And How To Overcome Them
“What’s gone and what’s past help Should be past grief.” - William Shakespeare, The Winter’s TaleWe give abundant advice to founders about how to make startups succeed, yet we offer few models about...
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What 19 Extremely Successful People Were Doing At Age 25
Some people know what they want to do from an early age and focus on it relentlessly.Others reinvent themselves, changing careers and industries until they find something that works.Billionaire Mark...
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How McDonald's Uses 'Anti-Veto Vote' Menu Items To Lure Customers
Restaurants are social places. Most folks don't like eating solo, so they try to drag friends along with them. And, as we all know, people don't have the same eating preferences.But eateries have a...
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Extremely Smart Poor Kids In America Are Falling Through The Cracks
There are a large amount of high achieving, highly intelligent American students who are simply missed by the country's best schools, despite the fact that many would like to have them. A new paper...
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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Had A Heated Exchange With An Anti-Gay Marriage...
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has made it clear that his company supports same-sex marriage, and at the coffee titan's annual meeting in Seattle, he had a heated exchange with a shareholder who...
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Small Businesses Shouldn't Be Too Quick To Adopt Algorithms And Robots
A year after I started CD Baby, when it was still just me in my bedroom, the CEO and VP of a hugely-funded Silicon Valley online music company contacted me, saying they wanted to fly out to New York to...
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The Whole Concept Of 'Feminine' Traits At The Office Is Bogus
It seems like everyone is trying to argue about whether feminine traits are a strength or weakness for executives.Sheryl Sandberg says in her controversial book that women should embrace their...
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Bill Gates Is Offering $100K To Whoever Can Make A 'Next Generation' Condom
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is offering $100,000 to anyone who can make a condom people actually like to use - a "next-generation" condom.The feel of latex prophylactics has been central to...
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People Are Getting Married Later, And That's Great For Women
Men and women are getting married later than ever before, pushing 30 by the time they walk down the aisle. The Brookings Institution put together a report on the current state of marriage in the U.S.,...
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ENTREPRENEUR: Soon Everyone Will Be Able To Afford A 'LifeEdited' Apartment
Graham Hill, founder of minimalist design firm LifeEdited, recieved a lot of attention for his recent Op-Ed in The New York Times encouraging readers to pare down their lives and rid themselves of the...
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How To Use Guilt To Become More Productive
Unless you're a better person than me – and I reluctantly concede such people may exist – there are probably several things on your to-do list, or on your mind, that you feel guilty about not having...
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