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It was at Borders Books on Chicago’s State Street where women and men were lined up literally around the corner to get a glimpse at the Money-Making Maven, Suze Orman. Signing autographs, smiling at strangers and shaking every hand that reached out to her made a successful book signing on The Road to Wealth.

If your team is spinning these stories, beware: Your reps either can't or won't do their jobs well. This post will probably make a lot of salespeople upset or angry. It reveals the "trade secrets" of the sales profession--the lies that salespeople tell their bosses in order to smooth things over.

Employees need to know how they are doing--especially (but not only) if they're underperforming. What may seem like common sense sometimes gets overlooked when it comes to managing people.

Each day thousands of small and midsize companies make big, one-shot bets--and fail. We don’t hear about most of them, just as we don’t hear about people who lose the lottery; they aren’t front-page news

These common assumptions can be toxic to the success of any new venture. Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from the recently published book, The Startup Owner’s Manual , written by entrepreneurs-turned-educators Steve Blank and Bob Dorf. Come back each week for more how-tos from this 608-page guide

Prospective business buyers wont simply take you on your word.

Does your company need just a bit more capital to scale and make it to profitability? Or is it just a money pit? How to tell

Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week, Spigit, helps companies curate employee ideas and feedback to create a better product or service. As applications for the 2012 Inc.

Entrepreneurs are often incurable optimists. But if your optimism is clouding your vision, small problems can turn into business-threatening issues.

Don't assume a socially conscious angel will be a soft touch. To win their money, you've got to get a lot of things right.

The bill passed in a landslide vote in the House earlier this month, but is stalling in the Senate. Here's the latest.

The bill passed in a landslide vote in the House earlier this month, but is stalling in the Senate. Here's the latest. The saga continues: On Tuesday evening, the Senate denied the democratic proposal to the JOBS Act, 55 to 44, five votes short of a necessary majority, delaying the ultimate vote by at least another day.

The bill passed in a landslide vote in the House earlier this month, but is stalling in the Senate. Here's the latest. The saga continues: On Tuesday evening, the Senate denied the democratic proposal to the JOBS Act, 55 to 44, five votes short of a necessary majority, delaying the ultimate vote by at least another day.

The bill passed in a landslide vote in the House earlier this month, but is stalling in the Senate. Here's the latest. The saga continues: On Tuesday evening, the Senate denied the democratic proposal to the JOBS Act, 55 to 44, five votes short of a necessary majority, delaying the ultimate vote by at least another day

The bill passed in a landslide vote in the House earlier this month, but is stalling in the Senate.