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It's all too easy to spend long stretches simmering at your desk instead of having a straight-ahead talk with your boss.

This Boston venture capitalist will vote for Obama in November. But he praises Mitt Romney's work at Bain Capital and the private equity industry as a whole.

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How Martin Luther King, Jr. wrestled with anger and what you can learn from his example.

The business press loves to create mythic heroes of industry and we love it, too.

The giant consumer technology firm revealed in its "Apple Supplier Responsibility Report" for 2012, available for perusal here , that it had carried out 229 individual audits among its diverse and largely secrecy-shrouded supplier chain. Looking for responsible behavior across all aspects of its business, Apple paid attention to labor and human rights, health and safety, environmental impact and more ephemeral aspects like ethics and business practices

The best chairman or chairwoman is a mentor, sounding board, and listener.

Tim Tebow isn't perfect.

A conversation with Beth Comstock, GE's chief marketing officer. She is responsible for Ecomagination and Healthymagination, GE efforts that account for billions of dollars in sales.

At age 27, Danny Meyer abandoned plans to go to law school and decided to open Union Square Cafe in New York City--a decision about which New York City's food lovers are eternally grateful. In the 25 years since, Meyer has opened 28 restaurants and--incredibly, given the cutthroat nature of the New York restaurant scene, where restaurants open and close more frequently than subway doors--he has only shut one down. Meyer's Union Square Cafe, Eleven Madison Park, and Gramercy Tavern consistently appear on most major New York top restaurant lists.

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Is the economic turmoil overseas a crisis--or an opportunity? Here's a look at a few savvy American companies reaping the benefits of European market instability

It's time to put away the golf clubs and pull out Google Reader: Sales are no longer just about personal relationships. If you think customer loyalty is driven by personal relationships or because of your hard work, then not only are you wrong--but you're putting your revenue at risk.

Good founders benefit from vision and courage.

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