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The Truest Startup Advice You'll Ever Read, From Founders Who Have Actually...
It's incredibly hard to start a company.Fortunately, a lot of smart people have done it before, and they have sound advice to share with budding entrepreneurs.We pulled the best quotes from recent blog...
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You May Have To Choose Between A Happy Life And A Meaningful Life
As psychologists zero in on the key to a good life, it's becoming clear that there are two distinct paths.A forthcoming paper by Roy Baumeister, Kathleen Vohs, Jennifer Aaker, and Emily Garbinsky in...
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Chart: Here's How Many Kickstarter Projects Are Successfully Funded
More and more people are posting projects on Kickstarter, hoping to get their business ideas funded by peers.But that doesn't mean their ideas are finding any more success on the crowdfunding site.In...
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What Managers Should Do When Employees Lose Motivation
To be a good manager, you need to be able to identify changes in your employees' work ethics — especially if they seem to exhibit a lack in motivation.In our interview with Tim Muma, host of...
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An Exec Tells Us 3 Ways Women Leadership Benefits A Company
There can be advantages in being a women leader in a male-dominated industry.Rebecca Rockafellar, general manager of iStockphoto, thinks so."I was asking some colleagues to help me crystallize what...
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Ron Johnson Has Yet Another New Plan To Save JCPenney
Things have gotten so bad at JCPenney that analysts are now worried about a cash crisis. Ron Johnson has been CEO for almost a year now, and the retailer isn't doing well. Sales are down, customers are...
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This CEO Motivates His Employees By Sharing Company Secrets
Data Analytics company SumAll takes a bold approach to motivating its employees, revealing everyone's salaries, how much everyone has invested, and involving all levels in decision making. We spoke to...
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2 Ladies With 37 Grandkids Get Big Startup Money From Mark Cuban
It's never too late to be an entrepreneur. In last week's episode of "Shark Tank", two grandmothers from Yelm, Washington landed a $250,000 investment from Mark Cuban and Barbara Corcoran for their Ice...
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Startup Founders Will Never Rely On The Government To Succeed
With the U.S. election just passed, it’s time to turn to the hard work of solving the nation’s problems and restoring a sense of economic promise.Fittingly, November includes both National...
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LinkedIn CEO: 'I Never Wanted To Be A CEO Because It's Hard'
Of all of the social networks, LinkedIn's the one that's very much on a roll. It blew away expectations for third quarter earnings, is adding two members per second, and is changing the way companies...
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Don't Complain About The 'Skills Gap' If You Won't Pay Or Train Anybody
Despite stubbornly high unemployment, there are still as many as 3 million open jobs in the United States. For all of the talk of a manufacturing renaissance, companies are having trouble finding...
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Why You Should Never Celebrate After Winning The Deal
Recently I wrote a blog post about how I hated losing, but I embrace it as a way to learn, improve and increase my win rates.You’re Most Vulnerable Right After You’ve Won the DealOne of the things I...
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'Ego Depletion' Explains Why We Make Bad Choices When We're Stressed Out
From your own experience, are you more likely to finish half a pizza by yourself on a) Friday night after a long work week or b) Sunday evening after a restful weekend? The answer that most people will...
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A Lot Can Go Wrong If Your Startup's Not Prepared For Success
In the very busy field of startup advice, something that often gets missed is what to do once things really start to take off.According to Verne Harnish, the founder and CEO of strategic planning and...
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A 16-Year-Old Just Crafted One Of The World's Best Email Pitches
This morning when I opened my work email, there were about 600 unread messages.Near the top of the stack was an email from a mysterious person named Xavier. I had never heard of him before. More...
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10 Leadership Rules That Are No Longer Relevant
You might not feel it day-to-day, but business management is in a major transition. The old days of command-and-control leadership are fading in favor of what might be better termed a trust-and-track...
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Money Has Much Less To Do With Happiness Than We Think
How individuals motivate themselves and how happiness works is a huge question for researchers. Often, their focus is on people's internal mindset.A recent NBER working paper from John Helliwell of the...
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China Is Buying Robots Like There's No Tomorrow
In China, there's no better time to be a robot. Pictures from last week's International Industry Fair in Shanghai show them duelling with lightsabers, playing ping pong and dancing in lion costumes....
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Just Over The Ocean, A Startup Is Unsettling Male Urinators Everywhere
Just over the ocean, Captive Media is unsettling male urinators everywhere.The England-based media startup has raised $700,000 for its technology, which turns on and off when a man starts and stops...
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14 Ways To Dramatically Increase Productivity
Many of us struggle to check everything off our to-do lists.Harvard lecturer Robert Pozen, in his latest book, "Extreme Productivity," outlines the keys to getting things done. "The key to productivity...
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