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Wayne Embree, a vice president at the Oklahoma City nonprofit incubator i2E, offers five tips for entrepreneurs who want to make the most of small- and medium-sized markets.

Whirling lumps of cold space rock could one day help power our economy. Really.

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If you're looking to improve your own team's skills, you need to ask your clients for ways you can improve.

What fast-growing companies need is strategic thinking--not strategic planning. Here are three things smaller companies can do to develop an adaptive, opportunistic approach to strategy.

The community you build at work is just as important as anything else you do. A case in point. I debated sharing this story here because of how recently these events had taken place.

A former fighter pilot explains how to use military discipline to increase your sales figures. There are real similarities between flying combat missions and going on sales calls, according to former fighter pilot Rob "Waldo" Wingman , author of the bestseller Never Fly Solo: Lead with Courage, Build Trusting Partnerships, and Reach New Heights in Business . As he explained it to me a while back: "Both jobs require short-term mission success and long-term victory, both require specialized training, and both demand an ability to perform under stress." Here are Wingman's 10 steps for "flying" your next sales "mission." Phase 1: Preparation 1.

To some, it's a nightmare scenario: a cramped space & no way to escape. But it's still one of the best networking spots you'll find

Four easy-to-master traits from great leaders such as John F. Kennedy, Sam Budnyk, and Gene Kranz. It is often said that hindsight is 20/20.

Most people think about apps running on their smartphones, but we're seeing more and more web services launching app "stores" that allow you to beef up your account. LinkedIn's list of apps is relatively small compared to other popular marketplaces, but what the site lacks in quantity it makes up in quality

Joie de Vivre Hotels founder explains how your customers, your employees, and even your investors have the same five needs. Deliver on them and you cant lose.

When you have the chutzpah to ask a more seasoned leader for help, you reap unbelievable rewards. Here's a dirty little secret of the business world: Most people are either too shy, embarrassed, or something else altogether to ask a more experienced businessperson for help. That's a big mistake

From "Chinatown" to "Flight of the Conchords," the director of "The Muppets" reveals all of the secret references he snuck into his first feature film. After a warm and Fozzie (wocka, wocka!) welcome in theaters over Thanksgiving, The Muppets are now a certifiable hit, poised to top the box office

Floppy Starfish Bot Soft-shelled robots have popped up from time to time, but none perhaps have been as amazing as this new innovation from Harvard . It's a super-floppy starfish-esque robot that can crawl, maneuver, and wiggle its way along the ground...and can also squirm its way into tight spaces and even through tiny holes. Just like the worms of your squirmiest nightmares! Enjoy! [youtube QpnLj-rzjIo] The robot is just five inches long, pneumatically powered and was designed to replicate the motions of a real sea creature

Half a century after Northwest Airlines Flight 4422 slammed into the side of 4,950-meter Mount Sanford in eastern Alaska's Wrangell Mountains, killing all 30 men on board, commercial pilots Kevin McGregor and Marc Millican found the wreckage embedded in a glacier. After searching fruitlessly for the debris from the air, McGregor and Millican undertook several arduous treks on foot on the glacier