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15 Ideas for Keeping Your Employees Happy

How motivated are your workers? We asked 15 successful young entrepreneurs to share secrets to sparking happiness and company loyalty around the office.

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5 Smart Moves to Steal from the Tech Industry

Strategies every start-up and small business can take from Apple, Facebook, Google, and other leaders in high tech. Looking to model your startup or small business after the tech industry's titans? It's not just about cutting-edge technology

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Learning From Mistakes At Facebook

Brandee Barker, former head of the communications team at Facebook, had her hands full with missteps during the launch of the news feed and Beacon. Here's how she managed. [twistage 2957275f8cf01] For more bite-sized bits of wisdom on leadership and strategies for success, explore our ongoing video series at

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Make Sure Your UX Architecture Is Rock Solid

To maximize user experience, you have to get going on the absolute right foot, advises John Wiseman, VP of marketing and partnerships at Thrillist. [twistage 6fd3aab935b91] For more bite-sized bits of wisdom on leadership and strategies for success, explore our ongoing video series at

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Flashback: A Young Michael Dell Talks Growth Strategies

In a 1995 interview, the mastermind behind Dell Computer reveals how he went from dorm room to industry leader. In 1995, I spent an hour talking to Michael Dell, founder of Dell Computer, about how he built his company from a startup in his dorm room into one of the largest PC manufacturers in the world

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Video: Autism diagnoses soaring

The Centers for Disease Control estimates 1 out of every 88 American children has been diagnosed with a disorder on the autism spectrum, reports Michelle Miller.

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Fair Labor Group Finds Harsh Conditions At Apple Supplier Foxconn, Big Changes Promised

Chinese manufacturer Foxconn has promised big changes to its practices after a far-reaching inspection by the Fair Labor Association, The New York Times reports . The FLA found widespread abuses at Foxconn's supplier factories, which produce electronics for corporate tech giants such as Apple, Amazon, and HP. In a survey of 35,000 Foxconn employees, roughly two-thirds said their wages did not "meet their basic needs." The labor audit also found that some employees worked well beyond 60-hour weeks for days on end, in violation of Chinese law.

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Tyler Cowen Shares His New Rules For Mindful Foodies

Go grocery shopping with a top economist. The best food doctrine may be no doctrine at all. In his new book, An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies, Tyler Cowen argues that while Americans will pay a pretty penny to eat well, expensive food isn't always the best.

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Counterterrorism Czar: China’s Hacked Every Major U.S. Firm

Legendary spook Richard A. Clarke's gone on the record claiming Chinese hackers have infiltrated every major American corporation. He warns that the effects for American innovation--and especially corporate R&D--will be brutal

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Why Turning The Wheel Won’t Be Enough To Change The Direction Of Your Career

DJ Patil knows a thing or two about changing up his career. As a veteran of eBay, LinkedIn, and the Department of Defense, Patil says switching gears takes more than a turn of the wheel. [twistage 54e7a0db2169b] For more bite-sized bits of wisdom on leadership and strategies for success, explore our ongoing video series at

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Has Innovation Lost Its Meaning? Percolate’s Noah Brier On Its True Definition

"For better or worse, the word 'innovation' has come to represent so much that it seems to have lost most of its meaning," says Noah Brier, cofounder of Percolate , a company that helps brands create content on a social scale. So a few years ago, Brier decided to read some of the early writings of Josef Schumpter, the first person to really talk about innovation in the field. "Reading his stuff really opened my eyes, as he had a very specific definition of innovation: The commercialization of an invention," says Brier.

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