Extended breaks are wonderful things, unless the spouse and kids have other plans. A few years ago, my husband, Gary, instituted a two-month paid sabbatical for anyone who has worked at least five years at Stonyfield Farm.
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In early 2010, Jane Byrant Quinn and Carll Tucker launched a community-based news website. Today they compete with AOL. Here's how they changed the game.
Read More »The Smartest Dumb Thing I Ever Did
Caterina Fake, Chip Conley, Dan Ariely, Susan Gregg Koger, and others on their biggest--and most brilliant--mistakes. Success is never inevitable: Seemingly smart decisions often turn out to be disastrous, and sometimes what appear to be the worst decisions turn out to be pivotal to eventual success.
Read More »Is Private Equity Right For Your Business?
Private equity's been getting a bad rap recently. But for some business owners, it's the best way to get growth capital.
Read More »Generation Flux: Raina Kumra
Raina Kumra is a former documentary filmmaker, digital strategy guru at Wieden+Kennedy, and founder of Light Up Malawi, but is now a federal contractor--the Codirector of Innovation at the federal agency, the Broadcasting Board of Governors. @font-face { font-family: 'FCKaiserCondWebRegular'; src: url('/sites/all/themes/fc_v1/scripts/mod2011/fckaiser-cond-web-regular-webfont.eot'); src: url('/sites/all/themes/fc_v1/scripts/mod2011/fckaiser-cond-web-regular-webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), url('/sites/all/themes/fc_v1/scripts/mod2011/fckaiser-cond-web-regular-webfont.woff') format('woff'), url('/sites/all/themes/fc_v1/scripts/mod2011/fckaiser-cond-web-regular-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'), url('/sites/all/themes/fc_v1/scripts/mod2011/fckaiser-cond-web-regular-webfont.svg# FCKaiserCondWebRegular') format('svg'); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; } .kaiser, .kaiser a {font-family: 'FCKaiserCondWebRegular', Helvetica, sans-serif !important; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height:1; font-size:40px!important;color:#333; text-decoration:underline;} .kaiser a:hover {color:#666;} .kaiser {text-decoration:none;font-size:30px!important;} .sidebox {float:right;border:1px solid #e6e6e6;background-color:#fafafa!important;width:200px;padding:5px;margin:0px 0px 10px 10px;} .sidebox a {color:#e80681;font-weight:bold;} .sidebox p {font-size:13px;} .bottombox {background:#f2f2f2;border:1px solid #d8d8d8;padding:15px;} .bottombox img {display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle;width:50px;height:50px;padding:6px;} .bottombox a {display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle;width:70px;font-size:12px;line-height:1.2em; color:#e8007e;font-weight:bold;} Photo by Brooke Nipar "Fear holds a lot of people back," says Raina Kumra, 34. "I'm skill hoarding
Read More »Is Private Equity on Your Side?
Mitt Romney is being slammed for his work at Bain Capital. But for small business, private equity can work much differently than it does for big public companies.
Read More »A Start-up to Create 23 Million Jobs in America?
Serial entrepreneur Howard Leonhardt talks about his plans to start a new kind of stock exchange that will cater to start-ups and small business. He has invented 21 products for treating heart disease.
Read More »How to Pitch: 6 Things You Must Know
Rule No. 1? Your story is never unique.
Read More »How to Manage Entrepreneurial Personality Disorder
One side of you loves risk; the other side of you can't stand it. Here's how to use your multiple personalities to your advantage. When I was a junior in high school , I was pretty sure I wasn’t ready for college
Read More »Scaling A Business Is Hard
Your start-up may have crossed the threshold to viability.
Read More »Scaling A Business Is Hard
Your start-up may have crossed the threshold to viability. Now, the tough part begins. At the onset of 2012, many start-up executives around the world are sticking their copy of Lean Start-Up on the shelf, leaning back, and bemoaning the fact that they have a new set of challenges ahead of them
Read More »Creating Addictive Games That Actually Do Good
Can digital games change the world (for the better)? This entrepreneur thinks so.
Read More »2011 Company of the Year: Evernote
The Company of the Year is rejecting industry trends, getting customers to pay for something that's free, and reinventing the way we remember. Phil Libin remembers the moment he left childhood behind.
Read More »More Cash for Start-ups?
New legislation could expand crowdfunding options through websites such as Kickstarter and IndieGoGo.
Read More »Gobble Gobble, Cha-Ching!
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