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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.

Understanding the business ecosystem of search platforms such as Google will give brands greater understanding of the role they play in this business network. The foundation of any good business strategy lies in understanding the key players and how they interact.

So, you've landed a huge enterprise client. Here's how to close the deal without getting stuck in a legal maelstrom over the contract. It's bound to happen.

A Stanford Business School professor concedes that biz schools often kill the passion and creativity of students. So should you avoid higher ed? Business schools get a lot of flak, mostly for their exorbitant cost, but also due to a feeling among some in the world of entrepreneurship that the experience is simply a waste of time.

Only twice in the history of my business have I been truly terrified. Both times, it was my accountant -- yes, you read that right -- who jolted me back to business.

Self-promotion is a necessary evil for anyone starting a business.

By focusing efforts on your best customers, you can increase customer value and grow your business.

Still trying to tap your network for favors before you've offered anything yourself? Big mistake.

When people think of horse tracks, they rarely consider them to be a part of the cutting edge of mobile technology. The mobile-wagering format at Santa Anita Park brings to light a form of mobile technology that we will see duplicated and innovated often in the coming years. Opening Day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, CA, on December 26th brings the excitement everyone associates with horse racing

Dave and Carrie Kerpen got so much buzz when sponsors helped foot the cost of their big wedding that they opened Likeable Media, a social media firm now in New York, Boston, Chicago, and Mexico City. Here Dave tells that story--and what you need to know about word-of-mouth marketing in the new year. View the video on Inc.com at: http://www.inc.com/andrew-maclean/how-i-did-it-likeable-media-dave-kerpen.html

Simpa Networks, the latest company by former Microsoft employee Paul Needham, is introducing pay-as-you-go solar power to rural India.

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Christmas Is For Online Shopping Too

Nobody expects much from the week between Christmas and New Year's. That's why it's the perfect time to make some foundation-level renovations to your schedule, and your career. Even when Christmas and New Year’s Day arrive on separate weekend days, the working week between them feels short--or at least, short on work

In this extended version of the talk from our latest issue , we speak with Jim Rekoske, VP for renewable energy and chemicals for Honeywell--which licenses its biofuel technology to refineries.

Entrepreneurs come from all over the world, but most share an innate passion for questioning the constraints of ideology and discipline, and identifying practical solutions to problems by combining ingenuity, resourcefulness, and dogged determination. You Never Know Where a Good Idea Is Going to Come From. I'm fascinated by the different types of people I meet in the world and the way their personalities show in what they do.