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3 Steps To Pursuing Your Ideal Career

There's often a gap between identifying what you naturally gravitate toward and gain energy from and how that translates into your full-time work. Take a deep breath and dive in with these three steps that'll start closing it

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7 Classic Tech Blunders to Avoid

Any of these mistakes could cost you time, money, and the security of your business. You'd like to think of yourself as tech-savvy: You upgraded to the latest Web browser, started using CRM software in your business, and even added a new mail server running Microsoft Exchange.

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3 Things My Mentors Taught Me

A great mentor won't actually do the work for you--but he or she will help you develop your own opportunities.

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Busted! Worst Cases of Misleading Ads

Overselling your product's abilities can cost way more than just your reputation. Here are six cautionary tales you need to know. Believe it or not, a Brooklyn man filed a class-action lawsuit this week against tech giant Apple saying its ads oversold Siri, the talking assistant, on the iPhone 4S

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Why You’d Fail at Goldman Sachs

If your personal beliefs don't mesh with a company's corporate culture, you're destined to fail. On Wednesday, the Goldman Sachs executive Greg Smith resigned his job by writing a scathing op-ed in the New York Times . In that column, written as an exit letter, he accuses top management of encouraging predatory sales practices that actively hurt customers: "I attend derivatives sales meetings where not one single minute is spent asking questions about how we can help clients

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How to Communicate Well With Your Team

Tips to perfect the communication between you and your staffers from Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council, and Scott Case, CEO of the Startup America Partnership.

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Is Former Goldman Sachs Exec Destined for Entrepreneurship?

Sheer rage has motivated countless entrepreneurs. Many knew what they wanted a firm to stand for long before they knew what they wanted it to sell. Greg Smith's spectacular departure from Goldman Sachs isn't the first to hit the firm recently.

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