Stuck in a rut? Josh Linkner shared a few ways entrepreneurs can boost their teams' creativity, and use big ideas to beat out big competition. "Stop competing on price and start competing on imagination," Josh Linkner told attendees at the Inc
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Feed SubscriptionYour Perks Aren’t Motivating Your Employees
Frustrated that your office fussball table or employee wellness program doesn't seem to be motivating your team? Here's why your perks are ineffective. Maybe you bought your employees a ping pong table or let them telecommute one day a week.
Read More »How Heroes Inspire You To Be Your Best
When you study the lives of great leaders--their actions, thoughts, choices, struggles, failures, and triumphs--it unconsciously motivates you to be your best self every day. The second article in a four-part series
Read More »Caught on Camera: World’s Worst Employee?
FedEx's response to one of its employees chucking a customer's computer monitor over a six-foot fence shows how your company should respond to a PR disaster. If you haven't seen it yet, here's a 21-second video that'll make your blood boil. And no, it's not a joke
Read More »When to Spend & When to Save
These 3 questions will help you make sure you're managing your money well. When you're a business owner, choosing when to spend and when to save is a crucial decision that can either lead to hard financial times or a huge leap forward. This point was made crystal clear during my first year in business at Metal Mafia, which I started in 2004.
Read More »Meet the Paul Mitchell of Poodles
Chris Christensen's $4 million company is growing fast in a business without rivals: Creating and selling high-end products for dog shows.
Read More »You’re Being Sued. Do You Know Where Your Data Is?
Once upon a time, you simply handed over the contents of your file cabinets to the lawyers. In the digital age, the task is much more complicated--and expensive. Imagine your business is being sued
Read More »Owning The Onramp: What Netflix Gave Up When It Ditched The DVD
In January, when Netflix was riding high, I wrote that it was going to break my heart . While it offers an amazing service, its competitive advantage disappeared by its switching to online video streaming.
Read More »How Symphonies Grew Strong Audiences By Killing The Myth Of The Average Consumer
Marketing managers for major orchestras had always assumed that convincing people to give the symphony a try was the key to gaining subscribers. "Get people through the doors!" was their mantra, assuming that the sheer beauty of the music would lure them back. But when they actually studied the numbers, they discovered that getting new people wasn't the problem.
Read More »How To Hire Your Organization’s Capt. Sullenberger
Captain Greg Davis is an outstanding fishing guide.
Read More »U.S. Probe Lays Gulf Spill Blame on BP, Contractors
By Ayesha Rascoe and Anna Driver WASHINGTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) - Poor management and critical mistakes by BP and its contractors led to the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, according to the final report of the largest U.S. government probe into last year's massive Gulf oil spill
Read More »A Simple App Helps You Avoid Red Lights, Saving Gas and Emissions
Using a network of smartphones mounted on car dashboards to help avoid stopping, SignalGuru can keep drivers from idling, the most fuel consuming--and frustrating--part of driving. Traffic lights are a necessary nuisance, but they're also incredibly bad for the environment. Idling vehicles in backed up traffic soak up fuel, and are a source of needless emissions
Read More »The Ridesharing Apps That Could Change The Way You Get To Work
Using strangers for rides has yet to catch on in most places, but a bad economy and high gas prices can make almost anything palatable.
Read More »Need to Buy a Company Car?
If you are considering buying company cars or expanding your current fleet, here's a look at three cars worth the investment.
Read More »Can The Simple Flywheel Replace The High-Tech Electric Battery?
It's an old technology for storing energy that's finally getting an update, and it's appearing everywhere from power plants to Formula One race cars, and will soon be hiding in your wheels, helping save you fuel. It's a not a new battery or super-hot liquid salt .
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