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Decrease the likelihood your employees will leave, save money onboarding, and increase profitability--and receive notes like the one I got from Brian Johnson. I've been thinking a lot about the numbers behind our business.

Mark Zuckerberg isnt the only entrepreneur good at making bank.

The sun is the greatest source of energy on the planet. Instead of spending money trying to fight its power in the summer (and supplement it in the winter), revolving homes maximize solar heat and electricity.

The sun is the greatest source of energy on the planet. Instead of spending money trying to fight its power in the summer (and supplement it in the winter), revolving homes maximize solar heat and electricity.

How knowing that you don't know much can help you make smarter decisions. You probably don't know nearly as much as you think you do. I certainly don't

We continue our examination of the business book Purple Cow with an interview of author Seth Godin. What companies are using a purple cow strategy now, and how is Seth trying to change book publishing?

When your employees are trained that the customer is always right, they will handle unexpected situations with the best customer service. A few months ago we were reminded of what great customer service can do for a business. My wife and I had arranged to get away for a weekend to Charlotte, North Carolina to see one of Cirque du Solei’s latest shows

[youtube nNbj2G3GmAo] New Nao Nao, from young French firm Aldebaran Robotics, is one of the better known small humanoid education and research robots--but he's about to be replaced: By Nao Next Gen .

How many of us have dreamed of leaving our current jobs to do what we really want to do? And yet, not many of us have actually left the safety of what we do daily unless forced out by layoffs and downsizing. Why is that

He seemed destined for music stardom, but instead Amos Winbush III started CyberSynchs, a $13.5 million-a-year New York City-based mobile phone backup company.

Chris Christensen's $4 million company is growing fast in a business without rivals: Creating and selling high-end products for dog shows.

How can you retain a great company culture when forcing an ownership transition? Dear Norm, In 2002, my wife and I sold the automotive-repair business that we had owned for 15 years. We were fine for a while, but things have gotten very tough

Entrepreneurship, for all its challenges, can bestow on families unexpected benefits beyond the obvious financial ones. Although my husband, Gary, is CEO of Stonyfield Farm, his name doesn't appear in the company's phone directory. So after-hours calls often land in the voice-mail box of the only Hirshberg listed: his sister Nancy, who has worked at the company for decades.

A recent transplant from Minneapolis dishes on what you need to know if you want to live in the start-up capital of the world. Moving your tech start-up to Silicon Valley makes sense on so many levels

Mike Swanson built a wildly popular iPhone app while working at his day job at Microsoft. After more than a decade working as an evangelist for Microsoft, Mike Swanson launched a start-up specializing in...