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You launched your idea on Kickstarter... but the crowds (and their wallets) never came. Here's what you did wrong

Use these nine techniques to account for how your customer's brain could be wired, and seal the deal.

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The business plan is the easy part. Managing and leading a team? That's where the learning curve gets very steep.

Want to be the next Mark Zuckerberg? Here's one way you shouldn't follow in his footsteps, writes venture capitalist Brad Feld. College is generally considered a time to expand your horizons, learn to live on your own, have a ton of fun, and even, perhaps, learn a little something

Knowing your content cold helps. But if you still feel nervous, try one of these simple tactics.

I’m a huge advocate of the "Rule of Three." This presentation technique holds that a speaker can more powerfully express three items or messages than any other number of items.

Seven (somewhat snarky) new rules for public speaking in the social media era. It was painful to watch. Jon Bond, the former ad giant turned social media honcho, was actually getting heckled at the Pivot Conference

The entertainer-turned-entrepreneur says he hangs out with 'young upstarts' and gets ideas. This is one of them.

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Twitter users have shorter relationships. iPhone owners have more sex. And Big Macs cost 50 percent more in Brazil than in the U.S., but are much less in India

Whether youre presenting to investors, customers, or employees, communications expert Bill Rosenthal says you should be sure to avoid these gestures, expressions, postures, and eye movements. Never look away from your audience. In the outside world you may multitask and look at your Blackberry while ordering a latte, but never lose eye contact with those who have come to hear you speak.

When most entrepreneurs think of growing the revenues of their businesses, they think of ways to increase sales. That's not the case with Rick Haig of Haig Service Corp

Looking for ways to spice up your presentations? A new app called Ovation aims to get the audience involved and give you valuable feedback on your performance. Here’s how it works: Each event gets its own URL that audience members can open on their smartphone browsers

There is no right, wrong or definitive way to get the attention of investors.