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Sooner or later most of us suffer deep grief over the death of someone we love. The experience often causes people to question their sanity--as when they momentarily think they have caught sight of their loved one on a crowded street

My first entrepreneurial venture was Your Career Is An Extreme Sport, a career-advice book I wrote in 2007. In addition to reporting and writing the book, I was pretty much solely responsible for promotion, marketing and sales. (The publisher handled distribution.) I did just about everything wrong that time around.

John Warrillow, author of Built to Sell, answers questions from readers about building a sellable business.

Author Simon Mainwaring looks at how brands and consumers can use social media to build a better world. The book: We First: How Brands and Consumers Use Social Media to Build a Better World, by Simon Mainwaring; Palgrave Macmillan.

Nearly every entrepreneur exaggerates his or her company's size to impress clients. Jason Fried says such behavior is sillyand unnecessary

Author Carol Sanford says start-up founders need to stop following organizational rules and start thinking for themselves. Having studied large corporations for years, Carol Sanford, author of the recent book The Responsible Business, has been surprised by how many outmoded corporate ideas she sees start-ups adopting in the name of structure. She spoke with Inc.com's Christine Lagorio.

Hands on surgical training (HoST) actually helps move the hands of surgeons in training to help them experience what it's like to make the cut. But are they actually learning? A teaching method that allows novice med students to instantly move with the same dexterity as the world's most seasoned surgeons sounds like the kind of science fiction quackery that'd get patients killed.

A cheat sheet to turn your vision for a successful new business into a reality Some of the most important things in life don’t come with instruction manuals: homes, spouses, kids, and start-ups are a few. That’s why I created this start-up road map. Inspired by the lean approach often favored by today’s tech entrepreneurs, the principles apply to any industry

The end of the world's tomorrow, say some. Want to make a buck off it?

It’s official: Gwyneth Paltrow has made the transition from ice-princess, Oscar-winning fashionista to full-blown domestic diva. She already dispenses tips on living gracefully on goop.com ; starred in a documentary about her culinary road trip through Spain with friend Mario Batali ; and recently published a cookbook, My Father’s Daughter . And now she is gracing the cover of the latest issue of Bon Appetit

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The party line on piracy is that it's bad for business. But what to make of the case of "Go the Fuck to Sleep," the "children's book for adults" whose viral-pirate PDF launched the book to the number-one spot on Amazon.com a month before its release? Something remarkable happened today.

Tech giant acquires the Internet phone service for a staggering $8.5 billion.

A decade ago, Israel had the highest density of start-ups in the world, and attracted more venture capital than anywhere. Today, the entrepreneurial hotbed feels decidedly lukewarm. Author Sarah Lacy analyzes why.