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How will people remember you long after you've found success?

As your company grows, you can't plan for revenue growth alone. You need to plan for leadership and culture growth as well. Here's how Stella & Dot does it

I may be a rule-follower by nature. But when it comes to my own company, I've learned when to color outside the lines.

The best and brightest stigmatize sales jobs. But they're fundamental to the success or failure of small business.

The six steps every business owner must follow to find better talent. I once took an informal survey at a speaking event

Any entrepreneur or community-building connector worth their salt should know when to crowdsource, and when to listen to their inner voice. Tara Hunt is having a bit of a disconnect. Which is odd considering Hunt’s networked her rising star into the connected constellation of the social web for the greater part of the past 15 years.

Young people these days are notoriously fickle when it comes to their employers. How should companies lock down talent

No matter how great, it won't sell itself.

Caterina Fake, Chip Conley, Dan Ariely, Susan Gregg Koger, and others on their biggest--and most brilliant--mistakes. Success is never inevitable: Seemingly smart decisions often turn out to be disastrous, and sometimes what appear to be the worst decisions turn out to be pivotal to eventual success.

How one man went from chasing start-up and technology jobs in Silicon Valley to creating a thriving craftsman shop making custom ukeleles for the likes of Eddie Vedder. Gordon Mayer's first job out of college was working for a start-up company creating industrial robots.

These five innovative nonprofits are all developing responses to the faster-changing world of work outlined in " Generation Flux " and " The Four-Year Career ." Looking for a second career? Civic Ventures offers Encore Fellowships in seven states. These fellowships, which carry a small stipend, give retirees the chance to use their skills during a full-time or part-time commitment at a nonprofit, and perhaps segue into an "encore career" with meaning

Lessons from the new world of quicksilver work, where "career planning" is an oxymoron.

The author of a new book argues that young entrepreneurs often misconceive risk, leading them to fret and dally when they should be boldly dabbling. "The future of business is pure chaos," declared Fast Company this week , elaborating with a quote from DJ Patil who, among other pursuits, researches weather patterns at the University of Maryland. "There are some times, when you can predict weather well for the next 15 days," says Patil.

Forget teacher or assistant, among those aged 18 to 29 on Facebook, owner is a more popular job title, underlining the strong connection between this generation and entrepreneurship. Exactly how entrepreneurial is Gen Y? That's a contested issue in the blogosphere with some saying today’s young people are a born generation of business owners and others arguing they’re simply victims of the terrible economy forced into finding alternate routes to employment

When faced with trying to accomplish a big goal, one of the most daunting questions is: Where do I start?