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Are you relevant? (Are you sure?) Here are the top warning signs you may be alienating your customers. It seems the more market intelligence top executives possess, the less in touch they are with their target audiences

You won't convince investors, customers or employees that you can change the world unless you convince yourself first. How on earth do you do that

It's been more than 100 years since 15,000 women marched through the streets of New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay, and voting rights,

In the 21st century, Girl Scouts from all over the world can get together in the virtual realm to do good and learn skills for success. Here's how CEO Ana Maria Chavez is helping organize new digital troops. When Ana Maria Chavez was a 10-year-old growing up in Eagle, Arizona, her friend came to her one day and told her that her mother was starting a Girl Scout troop and that she wanted Ana Maria to join

What does a pet product start-up have in common with a Girl Scout selling cookies? They can both teach you about mobile payments.

Meet Sen Sugano, Director of Business Development at the dinner-with-strangers startup.

Take it from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. People with body art are generally not only creative, but also bold and decisive. They could be among your best hires

Take it from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. People with body art are generally not only creative, but also bold and decisive

Most of us have something to pitch. You may be pitching your startup to a VC to secure funding

Every business runs into deadbeat customers.

In 2011, only 20% of leaders in private companies worldwide are women. Meanwhile, heavily male-dominated industries like banking and utilities face the toughest challenges in a generation

The auteur behind "Thumbsucker" and the newly released "Beginners" has perfected the art of making capitalism look beautiful, earning money off of corporate commercial work to support uncompromisingly artistic independent films. Let's call 'em "dependies." “I don’t actually believe in advertising,” says Mike Mills, a guy who makes his living directing TV commercials. “I don’t really believe that when I make a Nike ad that people go buy more of that shoe, you know?” But by the time his spots air, the ambivalence has magically transformed into authenticity.

I witnessed a breakup yesterday in the middle of MIT’s vast Infinite Corridor--a hallway known for its heavy traffic and long stretch of straightness. Finals are upon the undergraduates, so perhaps tensions were a bit high for the young, failing couple

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Photograph Daryl Visscher Illustration by Gluekit Amit Bhatia, Founder and CEO of Aspire. Illustration by Gluekit .blue { color:rgb(0,113,146); font-weight:bold; } BIG IDEA: To supply India's booming economy with millions of young workers who come from rural and disadvantaged backgrounds.