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Turnaround specialist Glen Blickenstaff, in the last of five articles, explains how to turn a failing company into a breakout success. This week he offers a five step process to maintain momentum. There has been a lot of talk about CEO skill sets

Chances are there's not many differences between your business and your competitors. Some creativity can add value and uniqueness to your venture, brand, or product.

You can't grow your company if your private pep talks include these fictions.

As the owner and COO of Sugarleaf Vineyards , the years spent creating and managing every aspect of the brand and watching it become nationally recognized was exhilarating.

Are you cut out to make the sale?

Used to be, you had to give up either savings or flexibility to create a tax-deferred nest egg. Not any more

Self-esteem is a loaded word these days. But when you're the boss, it's actually a sign of mental health

On a recent evening in midtown Manhattan, while sipping Krug Champagne in the Petrossian

Triumphs Inside the Watch Industry’s Eastward LeanSIHH (Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie), the most luxury oriented of the annual Swiss watch shows, has always been a tantalizing experience for the few high-end collectors lucky enough to get through the door.

Working overtime doesn't increase your output. It makes you stupid.

The social media analytics company Bluefin Labs figures out what people are saying about TV on social media--now they'll try to figure out why they're saying it. Pretend, for a moment, that popularity can be quantified.

Bradford Shellhammer and Jason Goldberg explain how their unloved social network for gay men became a design daily deal site with 1.6 million members.

If you are what you eat, can you eat yourself unhappy? Experts seem to think so

Google's new Public Alerts are a continuation of the role Google took in the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami in 2011. However, instead of simply providing ad-hoc portals to collated and relevant data post-disaster, Google's Crisis Response Team, a new release says , will work to "surface emergency information through the online tools you use every day, when that information is relevant and useful." Meaning if there's a hurricane headed your way, Google will make sure you know it somehow. But how much of this is about altruism?

Start-ups on a shoestring might not have the money for a public-relations agency or even a PR pro. Here are seven steps to do-it-yourself PR.