Advice From The Most Innovative Leaders

Advice From The Most Innovative Leaders

Ten Ways to Recession Proof Your Career

Ten Ways to Recession Proof Your Career: Beyond compensation and job security, there are lots of other reasons why mommas should encourage their babies to grow up to be...

How To Have A More Positive Relationship With Your Aging Parent

How To Have A More Positive Relationship With Your Aging Parent:
If you have ever dealt with a difficult aging parent this is for you.

Anticipate Your Company's Biggest Hurdles

Anticipate Your Company's Biggest Hurdles: By preparing for obstacles such as low cash reserves, high customer acquisition costs, and burnout, your business can improve it's chance of surviving

How To Effectively Investigate A Stock

How To Effectively Investigate A Stock

26 Lessons from a 26 Year Old CEO

26 Lessons from a 26 Year Old CEO:
On April 25th I turned 26, and a few weeks later my web marketing agency turned two. What started as a single person mini-business, has turned into a 27 person global web marketing firm in just two short years. I?ve been immensely grateful for the opportunities life has presented me with. And, as I look forward to the future, it would only be fair to look back as well.

Creativity Sells.

Creativity Sells.:
Things I hear:

Do You Have A Fear Of Selling?

Do You Have A Fear Of Selling?:
5 Important Questions To Ask Yourself

Fix your meetings. Now.

Fix your meetings. Now.: "Meetings don't have to be tedious. Try this format for better results."

Four Morals From MySpace's Fall

Four Morals From MySpace's Fall: "

What can we learn from the disintegration of MySpace ? just five years ago a media darling and now in the tech industry?s dustbin?  It would be easy to blame the fall on inept management, except that the company?s leaders clearly were not dumb.  Rather, the seeds of demise were"

Thank You Adobe. My Bank Account Will Soon Be Grateful.

Thank You Adobe. My Bank Account Will Soon Be Grateful.: "
Small business owners are certainly unique in many different ways.  But there is one thing that we all have in common.  We hate late-paying customers and despise those who stiff us.  Ask any retired business owner you meet.  He might not be able to remember the names of all his grandchildren.  But he will, with pinpoint accuracy, list every single one of those customers who stiffed him over the past forty years.    This is a fact."

A Launch With Content Will Rocket Startup Growth

A Launch With Content Will Rocket Startup Growth:
Your marketing launch is the most important element of startup success these days, to get customer attention in this world of information overload. Yet it is the one element that too many entrepreneurs focus on only as an afterthought. Everyone assumes their product or service is so great that ?word-of-mouth? will carry the day for them."

Learning To Love Change In The Workplace

Learning To Love Change In The Workplace: "I heard once that the Chinese character for the word “change” was a combination of two other characters: chaos and opportunity. Now, don’t quote me on this. I have no idea of if it’s correct. But in theory, it makes sense."

How to Give Back Most Effectively

How to Give Back Most Effectively: "A conversation with Tom Tierney, Chairman and co-founder of Bridgespan."

CloudFlare Makes The Web Faster, Safer

CloudFlare Makes The Web Faster, Safer: "If you have a web site two of your biggest problems are that it's too slow and it's too vulnerable to attacks from computer geeks with ill intent. Attacks against web sites including PBS, CIA, Sony and Nintendo, have made web site owners cringe at the thought of knowing they’re never safe. Wouldn't it be nice if there was an inexpensive way to solve those twin problems?"

The Ins and Outs of Workplace Burnout

The Ins and Outs of Workplace Burnout: "As almost everyone who’s had a career knows, burnout can be a real bear. And research shows it’s becoming more commonplace these days. But what many may not know is that there are actually three different types of burnout from which one can suffer. Fortunately, researchers have just discovered the risk factors for each. Knowing how burnout works can prevent it from happening, or help you “de-burn,” if it’s already set in. Organizational psychologist Richard Wexler helps us key in."

How Do You Change An Organizational Culture?

How Do You Change An Organizational Culture?: "
Changing an organization?s culture is one of the most difficult leadership challenges. That?s because an organization?s culture comprises an interlocking set of goals, roles, processes, values, communications practices, attitudes and assumptions."

Five Strategies For Outperforming In A Rough Economy

Five Strategies For Outperforming In A Rough Economy: "Written By Craig Doud"

Selling Your Business? Taxes Are Key

Selling Your Business? Taxes Are Key: "Business owners often talk of selling out to retire, move away, capitalize on a hot market or simply do something else.  Right now, sales of small businesses are up.  And sales mean taxes.  See Sales of Small Firms Are Up.  Big or small, if you have a business, taxes should influence---or even control---how you sell.  "

When Your Bank Won't Make a Business Loan

When Your Bank Won't Make a Business Loan: "Study alternative financing sources such as angel investing groups, crowdfunding sites, and microfinance organizations, then prepare to prove you're worth betting on"