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To some, it's a nightmare scenario: a cramped space & no way to escape. But it's still one of the best networking spots you'll find

The online dating industry is a $4 billion business. And everyone from popular author Dr. Pepper Schwartz to mathletic OkCupid cofounder Sam Yagan is trying to crack the code for success.

Spotify just hit 3 million paying subscribers, the Financial Times reports . That may sound like an impressive milestone for the popular on-demand music service, but how impressive is it really? Only about 64 days have elapsed since Spotify announced it reached 2.5 million subscribers in November

Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care (Basic Books, 2012), by Eric Topol, a professor of innovative medicine and the director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute. [More]

A Silicon Valley CEO tells how he learned that company values aren't a nice add-on. They're mandatory to holding your business together.

Turnaround specialist Glen Blickenstaff, in the last of five articles, explains how to turn a failing company into a breakout success. This week he offers a five step process to maintain momentum. There has been a lot of talk about CEO skill sets

Used to be, you had to give up either savings or flexibility to create a tax-deferred nest egg. Not any more

When it comes to building your own personal brand, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn get all our digital love.

The author of a new book offers a solution to those who can't stop stressing about their to-do lists: swap big verbs such as "implement" and "plan" for more manageable ones. In many ways all-pervasive tech helps us be more productive

The social network officially crunched the data. Here's what Facebook users like -- and how to make it work for your brand. You use Facebook as a way to connect to customers, but on average, only 7.5 percent of Facebook users subscribed to business fan pages see posts from those pages daily.

You already know how to divide your audience into broad groups. Now it's time to create unique individual targeting.

You ask a ton of questions. Your process is exhaustive -- and exhausting. And that might be your problem

Silicon Valley appears to be the world's greatest meritocracy. Unless you're a female entrepreneur trying to raise venture funding. In my last two articles, I discussed why, based on my research on immigrant entrepreneurs, I believed that Silicon Valley was the world’s greatest meritocracy.

People do business with people they like.

Looking for a supportive start-up community in which to launch your venture but hoping to skip the extreme competition of the likes of Silicon Valley? If you hurry, New Orleans may be the answer.