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How to ask for what you want -- and get it.

Cole Real Estate buys buildings from creditworthy tenants and leases them back to the seller.

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Bluetooth 4.0 Renamed "Smart." The Bluetooth Special Interest Group, responsible for managing the wireless protocol, just sent out a press release stating the new protocol Bluetooth 4.0 has been renamed "Bluetooth Smart." Devices supporting BT4.0 will now sport a special "Smart" logo, or "Smart ready" if they only do a limited version

Freshlist--one of the most exciting projects to come out of the 24-hour Cleanweb Hackathon--connects sellers and buyers of local produce so nothing goes to waste.

Businesses in the sharing economy have drawn public scrutiny, if not ire, of late.

Instead of driving aimlessly looking for a spot, pay a few bucks to have someone give you theirs. It's happened to all of us: circling for what seems like hours trying to find a parking spot near our house or the restaurant you're going to.

The trial of the 25-year-old just cleared of murder charges was this generation's OJ drama. Only this time, the regular market of questionably tasteless T-shirts and tchotchkes was flooded with apps, tweets, streams, and SMS alert services

I recently ran into an entrepreneur on whose board I sat during my venture capital years. We awkwardly shook hands and then quickly slipped into a conversation that seemed to pick back up on the last one we had years ago. Back when I was the VC and he was the entrepreneur, we had been on opposite sides of a tense situation.

The first wave of the Web was about anonymity and aliases. The next wave, led by Facebook, is about real identities. Here's how that's going to change online commerce.

What the world needs isn't more ideasit's better, more innovative systems for executing them, says author and ChangeLabs founder Peter Sheahan. More than a decade ago Peter Sheahan left his accounting job to work in a pub and manage a hotel in Sydney, Australia. Managing the staff of about 35 wasn't easy—especially difficult was relaying expectations to younger staff members

Welcome to the world of sales training 2.0, where innovators are leveraging new technologyand new thinkingto make better sales people. Eric Richardson believes there's a serious disconnect in the world of sales.

Welcome to the world of sales training 2.0, where innovators are leveraging new technologyand new thinkingto make better sales people. Eric Richardson believes there's a serious disconnect in the world of sales.

So you're considering buying a business. But is it really the right move? Many experts are predicting that a huge wave of businesses will become available over the next decade or so as baby boomers look to sell