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A five-time entrepreneur makes the case for launching a company in Silicon Beach.

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion [More]

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion [More]

How to ask for what you want -- and get it.

Sometimes walking away is worth millions of dollars in lost revenue. Firing a client will be one of the best things you will ever do for your business

When on-boarding new hires, we follow these three guidelines to get our employees behind our (epic) mission, and understand our quirky culture. As it's done at a lot of start-ups, at LevelUp we normally condone the "figure it out" approach to learning. After all, some things are better learned through experience

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

Think your team is devoted and loyal? These harrowing tales might make you think twice before overlooking your employee's bad behavior. Last week, I posted a gallery describing the 6 ways that employees manipulate their bosses

Natural talent only takes you so far. This is what carries you the rest of the way. Some business people are like rock stars: Richard, Warren, Bill, the late Steve—all rock stars.

You can tell a lot about a person from their body. And I don’t just mean how many hours they spend at the gym, or how easy it is for them to sweet-talk their way out of speeding tickets. For the past several decades researchers have been studying the ways in which the body reveals properties of the mind

Scrutinize your competitors, and become friends with them, too. You just might partner to pitch a client, buy one out (or vice versa), or grow the industry together. Here's a truth: At BzzAgent, the word-of-mouth marketing firm where I'm CEO, I go to ridiculous extremes to obtain information about our competitors.

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

Unemployment has been high for far too long, and voluntary turnover has slowed to a crawl in just about every sector of the economy. So why are employers worried about a talent shortage?

It's not really about your score; it's about expanding your network and extending your reach. Here are 7 ways to do it. “We’d like to send you one of our new laptops,” the voice on the phone said

Money, time, connections -- you need more of everything, right? Stop whining and start using your contraints to your advantage. Sometimes less really is more , especially when you’re starting a company