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If you look hard enough, you'll find there's just one number that tells you all you need to know about running your business. The trick is finding the right one. My concept of a “golden number” is lifted from a PBS show I watched as a kid about the “golden ratio,” a number with seemingly magical significance.

Technology disasters happen.

Forget the long-stemmed roses and tickets to Broadway plays. I've found smarter ways to woo my company's best clients. I'm often struck by the similarities between professional and personal relationships.

A pint-sized version of the iPad is coming, says one analyst.

When faced with unthinkable tragedy, restaurateur John Besh found the secret to growing his business--and it wasn't all about the bottomline. More than a decade ago, chef John Besh set a date to open his first New Orleans restaurant: September 11th, 2001. That would be the first unimaginable American tragedy to leave its mark on the Louisiana-native.

Photo by Benjamin Lowy What do you get when you cross Walmart with Mother Teresa? Who would be the Square Deal candidate in 2012? And how in the world do you compare--and rank--such dynamic, eclectic businesses as Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google

It's not unlike developing a romantic relationship: You'll need wit, persistence, and a good deal of charm to be successful. Valentine's Day is traditionally the day to launch an all out charm offensive toward a loved one with roses, champagne—whatever your weapon of choice. This Feb

Somewhere along the way you lost the thrill of running your own business.

Heard of free shipping? Prices are so low that some freight companies have paid to haul clients' cargo across the ocean. Now is the perfect time to order all the commodities you could possibly need from overseas.

The worst decisions leaders make are the ones based on assumptions they never even acknowledge, let alone challenge.

These 6 simple rules virtually guarantee that the people you work with will want you around. Want coworkers and customers to enjoy being in your company? Just follow these absurdly simple rules.

Join us as Brian LaCorte, CEO of XOJET, tells his remarkable success story.

Don't wait. Here are seven reasons to launch a venture today

We're barely six weeks into 2012, and the year is turning out to be one of the worst for cyberattacks in recent memory. Here are a few reasons why. For online security professionals, 2012 is turning out to be a banner year.

Apple's foray into retail was supposed to be a disaster. "I give them two years before they're turning out the lights on a very painful and expensive mistake," one critic infamously said in 2001, a comment that would prove slightly prescient considering the number of brick-and-mortar stores that would shutter in the years to come--Gateway, Circuit City, CompUSA