A pair of experts on start-up life challenge the conventional notion that other career paths are far safer than starting your own business. To be an entrepreneur you need to be bold, the usual thinking goes.
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Feed SubscriptionShould You Upgrade to an Ultrabook?
They're tiny, powerful, and just might inspire tech envy in everyone around you. But before you buy, check out the pros and cons. Much ado was made at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show over Intel’s so-called “ultrabooks.” Still not sure what those are?
Read More »Start-up on a Budget: 14 Cheap Tools
Starting a business and trying to keep costs down? Use these expert tips to find resources that can cut your overhead. As a small business owner, you already know that “fast,” “easy” and “cheap” are magic words.
Read More »7 Undeniable Rules of Employee Pay
To you, their salaries are just a line item in the budget.
Read More »The Best Way to Be Memorable
How will people remember you long after you've found success?
Read More »Are Your Workers Conning You?
Think your team is devoted and loyal? These harrowing tales might make you think twice before overlooking your employee's bad behavior. Last week, I posted a gallery describing the 6 ways that employees manipulate their bosses
Read More »Inside Facebook’s S-1: What Investors Are Saying
We dug into the IPO filing. Is Facebook really worth $100 billion? What does it mean for capital markets?
Read More »3 Steps to Winning over Your Employees
Be a little vulnerable, show a little interest in your employees' lives and listen to what they think. It's basic, human stuff. Which is the whole point
Read More »Record For Most Records Reported In A Single Story Goes To This Story, On RecordSetter
How does a tiny upstart in the feats industry disrupt Big Record? With face rakes, a hot pink monkey suit, unicycles, hula hoops, and a Rola Bola, of course! Go inside RecordSetter.com's latest smash.
Read More »Video: Lumpectomy surgeries lead to repeats
The journal of the American Medical Association found that nearly a quarter of the women who got a lumpectomy went back for more surgery. But as Elaine Quijano reports, a study found those extra procedures may be unnecessary.
Read More »Lumpectomies can lead to repeat surgeries
About one-quarter of women who get a lumpectomy go back for a second one later, sometimes unnecessarily, study finds
Read More »What’s New – February 2012
Happy FEBRUARY Everybody! ************** This Edition of the Philippe Matthews Show’s “What’s New” is brought to you by: Carmelo Di Fazio Blanco; author of Who Came Up With the Crisis – http://amzn.to/pDlrNh ************** MEET PHILIPPE’S PERSONAL BEST! “If you want to ...
Read More »Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Convertible Is a Testament to American Muscle
It seems that the horsepower wars are far from over. On the same day that GM unveiled the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Convertible at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Ford pulled the wraps off its 650 hp 2013 Shelby GT500—out-showing the Camaro ZL1 by a whopping 70 hp.
Read More »La Maison du Chocolat’s Seductive Valentine’s Treats
This Valentine’s Day, La Maison du Chocolat is thinking outside the heart-shaped box with four new chocolate confections handcrafted with exotic fruits, spices, and cocoa beans from around the world.
Read More »Ghurka Debuts New Flagship
One look at Ghurka’s new flagship store on Fifth Avenue at 59th Street, and it’s clear the 30-year-old tried-and-true, classic leather-goods company has evolved into a more contemporary brand. At the center of store is a racy motorcycle used as a prop for the expansive line of leather accessories, from ...
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