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If you haven't mastered these simple sales skills, you won't be able to sell at the highest level.

They are the two most powerful words a leader can use. Don't waste them

Meet Shara Senderoff, who feels the intern hiring process is broken, particularly in creative industries like film, TV, music, and fashion. Step one: Ditch the paper resume.

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

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? You must believe in yourself as an entrepreneur before anyone else will take you seriously.

Companies gather ever more information about us, and better technology means they can crunch it faster. That should actually make for better service--and more interesting content. With all the scaremongering going on these days about how much advertisers and websites know about us , you'd think certain online sites would be able to do a much better job in matching their ads to our interests

Great leaders reserve their advice for the people and situations in which it will do the most good.

In business, the consequences of failing to properly frame or assess an issue can be dire. Often such a misdiagnosis is the result of not having the right information. Though the necessary information is often available, businesspeople sometimes don't know how to find it or don't see it in front of them.

Managing those who can say no to you is a huge challenge. I recommend the Tinker Bell theory.

Most leadership mistakes start with the leader's own sense of identity -- or lack thereof. How to keep your flaws from sabotaging your leadership

Get better at handling feedback from those around you--and using it to make your company a greater success.

The power of cooperation and comedy to make useful products. As much as we may love the romantic idea of creativity as a solo, heroic activity, the truth more often is that innovation requires collaboration. We need other people to refine, develop, and test our ideas; that's one of the reasons we do so much work in teams

All customers ask the same questions--of themselves & of you--in this exact order. If you want to sell more, be prepared to answer them.

By definition, “craft” is an art or occupation requiring special skill and, if my taste buds have any say in the matter, the craft beer industry exemplifies the word. The Boston Beer Company founder and chairman Jim Koch was a key pioneer of the craft beer movement; in April 1985, he debuted his Samuel Adams Boston Lager in about 25 bars and restaurants in Boston. While it didn't have the trappings of a company that was about to change the industry, Samuel Adams had two key qualities in its favor: a full-flavored quality beer, and an incredible passion.

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