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I would have written this article sooner, but I was busy on Pinterest .

Confessions you wish you could make to your team but can't. There’s a lot you don’t know about your employees, especially the things your employees will never tell you .

Meet Chris Lee, cofounder of Meeteor, which leverages Facebook as a networking tool. Here's how to access "the network you may not even know you have." Chris Lee is the cofounder of the Seattle-based Meeteor , which scours your social graph in search of second- and third-degree connections to people who might be able to help advance your career. Fast Company caught up with Lee to talk about coffee, sandwiches, beer, and other networking tools.

These 6 simple rules virtually guarantee that the people you work with will want you around. Want coworkers and customers to enjoy being in your company? Just follow these absurdly simple rules.

Don't wait. Here are seven reasons to launch a venture today

Advice to help you be more confident, manage more effectively, and sell more than you think you can. I love listening to smart people. I don’t like listening to smart people when they pretend they developed the wisdom they impart all on their own—like a Stephen Hawking fairy flew down and touched them on the head with a Wand of Wisdom.

Honey Badger don't care. But its creator does--and he's hoping he can build a business around the most fearless mammal on earth. For a moment, forget the Honey Badger video’s 37 million views on YouTube

Meet David Gensler, whose Brooklyn clothing company Serum Versus Venom advocates a return to craft. Read on to learn about the value of a well-made belt, what would've happened if Picasso had tweeted, and how Jay-Z could be the next Oprah

Last year, I received an email I will never forget: one of the world’s tobacco giants wanted me to consult for them. It’s not that I’m a stranger to requests from the tobacco industry. In fact, ever since I published Buyology in 2008, my email address appears to be on every tobacco executive’s Rolodex

Sci is…a really competitive person. I’m so competitive that I will easily get into a contest with someone to prove I am more competitive than they are

I stopped asking my students to write essays years ago. When I required them, I was shocked to find nearly half of the papers had been plagiarized! These young college undergrads, studying entrepreneurship, could not understand why copying text from a Google search and pasting it into a paper as your own is wrong.

In a tough economy, the worst thing to lose isn't money. It's credibility as a leader.

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, chocolate lovers across the land are anticipating heart-shaped boxes of Russell Stover, Godiva, or See's chocolates. But those whose tastes run a bit more to the wild side are really in luck. There's a delicious new world of innovative, artisanal chocolates out there creating new tastes, experiences, and sensory perceptions.

Your brain is wired for negativity--but it's probably not helping you. Here's how to fight back.

Essential lessons about life turned out to be lessons for business. In my speaking engagements, I often get asked how I decided to focus on culture and employee engagement as the most important drivers for my business