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Serious about getting more feedback into your organization? Start by finding out how you're doing. Part 2 of 2.

Joint ventures can yield tremendous results.

The effects of a wrong-headed sales strategy, and what to do differently.

Use these 4 steps to get back on track after a big revenue miss.

Here’s my beef with social platforms today: I don’t think they’re very social at all. As much as Google+, Facebook, and Pinterest promise a way to connect, they’ve also promoted a disconnect--sharing on different platforms, proving a fragmented sense of keeping tabs on any social network

Companies with more women on boards and in leadership positions outperform, financially and otherwise, companies with fewer women--and yet, this information doesn't typically factor into investment decisions. Now, some firms are giving investors the option to invest in companies that promote gender equality.

The checklist for hiring is pretty simple: write a job description, post the job, screen resumes, prepare interview questions, conduct interviews, call references, and write the offer or rejection letter.

A weapon that used to be the size of a passenger jet now fits on the back of a flatbed truck. (Shark mounting apparatus sold separately.) DARPA is unveiling a portable laser weapons system, HELLADS , which seems like something out of a sci-fi movie. The new laser application, created by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems with a custom power system from Saft Batteries , will help change the way the American military fights future wars

Three CEOs of Inc. 5000 companies weigh in on what it takes to scale up and expand in a down economy. There's no denying it: Companies get beaten up in a down economy

A New Orleans serial (social) entrepreneur, Robbie Vitrano, explains how Hurricane Katrina made him think differently about entrepreneurship. Hurricane Katrina was the moment of truth for Robbie Vitrano. "It pushed me to confront those issues about my place in business, and the role of business in this situation," he said at GrowCo in New Orleans this week.

It's not all about you; it's all about them. Tara Hunt of Buyosphere and Lauren Thom of Fleurty Girl show how to really make an impression on your clients

Apple officially unveiled its new iPad, coming to stores March 16. Tablet screens don't get any better than this

Greenlight Music , a new effort from Corbis, is designed to make accessing professional music content easy. Its web page explains it pretty exactly: "Get the right to use the world's most popular music in your commercial project

Apple just pulled the covers off the new iPad--its latest tablet in the post-PC era, and just as the rumors said it would be, it's all about its amazing new screen. Apple's new iPad is being revealed today in San Francisco: It's physically a lot like the iPad 2 , there's still a home button (quashing some wild rumors about it going) and yes--it has a fabulous 2,048 by 1,536 pixel screen

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