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The iPhone 5 is coming, is your business ready? Here's a look at some of the expected features, and how they can impact your business. In the world of tech, Internet rumors often turn into cold hard facts—sometimes overnight

There's a whole industry devoted to promulgating the myth that all an entrepreneur needs is perseverance, creative genius, and hard work. Ries learned the hard way this isn't true

From LEGOs to Japanese noodles, companies are letting users control their brand--and grow it.

We live in a time of two economies.

Deciding how to divide sales territories create the most efficient environment for your sales team is more difficult than just drawing lines on a map. When you're looking at the map and figuring out how to split up sales territories, how do you decide which salesperson to send to drive all up and down North Dakota and which one gets to just walk a few blocks around downtown Manhattan

U.S. products almost certainly have a market across the pond.

One of the first questions people ask about a new idea or venture is: Who is the competition? Who else is doing this? The worst rookie mistake in the world is to answer: No one

Some ideas are crazy. Some are underdeveloped. Some will fail

What made the difference?

Steve Jobs's return to Apple in 1997 is often referred to as the greatest second act in business history. He had been ousted more than a decade earlier in 1985, and was forced to watch helplessly as the company he built tumbled toward bankruptcy, hampered by poor management, a weak product line, and a dearth of innovation

Ben Chestnut, CEO of MailChimp, described in the last post how the freemium model has dramatically increased business for his company. Below, Ben describes his pricing model and the types of customers his company prefers. Curt-I reviewed your company’s pricing structure and think it’s really smart how you have tailored your pricing for each buyer persona, such as the customer with high volatility in the number of emails he’s going to send or the customer with a huge volume of subscribers

Author John Warrillow explains the difference between the "dissociative architect" and "sleeves-rolled-up" types of leaders. Which leadership style is best? A friend of mine described the experience of slipping into a "K-hole" after partying on too much ketamine, a medical anaesthetic that can be snorted as a drug.

Last month we told you the best options for front office software. This month we asked the experts to weigh in on back office software to improve your business operations. Never have there been more software choices for the small business.

Risk and fear of the unknown are the biggest obstacles companies face when trying to convince other organizations to adopt new technology. Even if you have a compelling value proposition, unless there is convincing evidence that the product or service works as promised, companies won’t change. One of my clients is a South American company called HiddenBed , the developer of a cleverly designed bed/desk combination.

New Social CRM software is being developed everyday.