Three questions you should ask to define the purpose of your company, and why. In my research into the origins of organizational purpose one thing impressed me about those leaders in the social service sector.
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How can Google strike back at the Facebook mob? With games . Google and Kabam hope to do just that with the exclusively-for-Google+ The Godfather: Five Families
Read More »If You’re Not Sitting Where Your Customer’s Sitting, You’re Not Really Seeing Your Brand
The challenging economy has forced everyone to look at cutting unnecessary costs.
Read More »Microsoft Woos Developers To The (Upcoming) Windows Store
To succeed, Microsoft's new app store will need developers to build apps. Microsoft execs tossed out their best pitch yesterday.
Read More »Make Yourself More Marketable on LinkedIn
Somewhere along the line you started treating it more like a resume. It's time to fix that. Overall, LinkedIn is the best social media platform for entrepreneurs, business owners, and professionals.
Read More »How to Avoid a Bad Case of ‘Deal Fever’
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Read More »A Necessary Trait for Successful Founders: Maturity
Industry leaders may be intuitive, innovative, and able to handle risks, but real success requires them to be mature. We’ve all heard stories about the early start-up days of well-known tech companies like Apple, Microsoft and Facebook
Read More »Toss the Bad Apple Employee
One bad employee can quickly turn a positive working environment into a divisive and negative atmosphere. The comedian Larry Miller once quipped "I don't understand couples that break up and get back together—especially couples who divorce and remarry. That's like pouring milk on a bowl of cereal, tasting it, and saying, 'This milk is sour
Read More »On Connectors, Mavens, And Salesmen: How New Ideas Spread Like Seeds
How do innovators and early adopters succeed in spreading new ideas, new tech, and even new seed corn? We continue our Leadership Hall of Fame series , a year-long look at the top business books and authors, with an excerpt from The Tipping Point (2000) by Malcolm Gladwell.
Read More »Smarter Sales: 2 Hours Is All You Need
Business owners: For better sales efforts, do each of these 30-minute tasks just once a week--but do them every week. Feeling overwhelmed
Read More »Maybe CEOs Need a New Title
Chief Executive Officer doesn't reflect the CEO's most important responsibility. Here's a title that does. I propose dropping the "Executive" part of the CEO title
Read More »Be a Business of One
Elance CEO Fabio Rosati explains in an interview how young people should prepare for a future of independent work.
Read More »How to Get The Most Out Of Your Advisors
It took ages to convince the right people to sit on your advisory board. So why aren't they helping?
Read More »How to Build Your Personal Brand
Five tips to help you create and proliferate your most important brand asset--you--and gain notoriety for your business. Dan Schawbel, founder of Millennial Branding, on how social networks are part of the mix
Read More »How I Transitioned From Saleswoman to Business Owner
One business owner's strategy for embracing her role as the boss. This is a guest blog post from Vanessa Merit Nornberg, President of Metal Mafia , and a member of the Inc
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