A 28-year-old CEO looks offers some advice to his brash-but-clueless younger self. When you're staring a venture as difficult as building a business, in some ways ignorance is bliss. Being unburdened by any real appreciation of the difficulties you’re getting yourself into can be a great boost to confidence, optimism and energy
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Feed SubscriptionDon’t Be The Spanish Armada: How Fast Is Your Fleet?
In 1588, 130 Spanish ships pointed their bows toward England, intent on invading the country and overthrowing Queen Elizabeth I. But they were unprepared for the battle they instigated.
Read More »Red wine researcher Dr. Dipak K. Das published fake data: UConn
UConn cut off lab's funding after discovering director of cardiovascular research falsified data on more than 100 occasions
Read More »Essential Money Tips for Women Owners
You run your own business, and data show you probably invest more successfully than men. So why is money still so intimidating?
Read More »Memberly Helps You Give Your Day Job The Finger
From coffee to crafts to paywalled blog posts, Memberly customers are building businesses based on predictability. Jesse Thorn produces a web series that teaches men how to dress like grown ups. But he's found a new way to make money off of his site while he's sleeping like a baby.
Read More »Marathon runners don’t face major heart risks, study shows
Marathon runners face odds of 1 cardiac arrest per 184,000 participants, 1 death per 259,000 participants, study showed
Read More »Amazon’s Plagiarism Problem
Amazon's erotica section isn't just rife with tales of lust, incest, violence, and straight-up kink. It's also a hotbed of masked merchants profiting from copyright infringement. And even with anti-piracy legislation looming, Amazon doesn't appear too eager to stop the forbidden author-on-author action
Read More »Video: Lose weight and keep it off
When it comes to dropping your holiday weight, keeping those pounds off can be tough. Dr
Read More »Why Family and Friends Make the Best Business Partners
Conventional wisdom says you shouldn't go into business with friends or family. Why you should ignore this entirely. Conventional wisdom says never to go into business with family or friends.
Read More »Ban on imported OJ: Why FDA acted
Gov't bans imports after traces of illegal fungicide found, even though FDA says the juice is perfectly safe
Read More »5 Healthy Habits for Any Work Schedule
Too busy to work out? Think again.
Read More »B-list celebs hit the high seas
Now is your chance to sign up for the just-announced Kate Gosselin cruise and sail away with the two-time reality-TV star, former “Dancing with the Stars” competitor and celebrity blogger for CouponCabin.com.
Read More »How to Squeeze Creativity From Your Employees
The makers of an Oscar-nominated short film app weigh in on managing uber-creative employees, running a studio like a start-up, and why CEOs should take more business trips. Moonbot Studios, a digital animation and development company based in Shreveport, Louisiana, describes itself as "an interplanetary creative expedition of story and art." If that sounds vague—even a bit nebulous—that's because its founders like to keep thing fluid
Read More »Raising Money? Don’t Get Ripped Off
Before you look for venture capital, you'd better have a great venture lawyer, and be prepared to keep her in the loop. You're looking for a financing round to help give the company much-needed runway to develop its product—but you don't want a large chunk of the investment going to the lawyers
Read More »Entrenched Competitor? Make the Sale Anyway
Here's how to level the playing field when your competitor has the inside track.
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