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What happens to entrepreneurs who refuse to forgive themselves for their mistakes? A six-time Emmy Award-winning producer explains
Read More »Fear, Forgiveness, and Funky Smells
What happens to entrepreneurs who refuse to forgive themselves for their mistakes?
Read More »Is Your Marketing Totally Out of Date? 10 Ways to Tell
Marketing isn't only about what you're pitching, but also about how you deliver the message. We've asked a slate of successful young entrepreneurs what not to do.
Read More »C-Suite Smackdown: When Your Top Execs Can’t Get Along
A story of how bad communication and big egos can drain precious productivity, resources and dollars from the bottom line. Every now and then the wheels shoot off. I was working as a C-suite consultant for a company that I had previously completed a turnaround for.
Read More »How Entrepreneurs Hire
Moving from a big company to a startup is a big transition. Here's why an entrepreneur might -- or might not -- be interested in you. In the last few months, I’ve had an unusual number of calls from people who have decided that they want to leave their gigs at big companies and join a smaller one instead.
Read More »The Real Cost of Capital
You've got investors lined up. Great! But how much is their help going to cost you, really?
Read More »A Neuroscientist’s Quest to Reverse Engineer the Human Brain
What makes us who we are? Where is our personal history recorded, or our hopes
Read More »A Neuroscientist’s Quest to Reverse Engineer the Human Brain
What makes us who we are?
Read More »Molecules to Medicine: "Conscience" Clauses versus Refusal: An Historical Perspective
The struggle between conscience and refusal, or individual rights vs. that of the community good, goes far back, and is not limited to reproductive choices.
Read More »Molecules to Medicine: "Conscience" Clauses versus Refusal: An Historical Perspective
The struggle between conscience and refusal, or individual rights vs. that of the community good, goes far back, and is not limited to reproductive choices
Read More »Molecules to Medicine: "Conscience" Clauses versus Refusal: An Historical Perspective
The struggle between conscience and refusal, or individual rights vs. that of the community good, goes far back, and is not limited to reproductive choices
Read More »Why You’d Fail at Goldman Sachs
If your personal beliefs don't mesh with a company's corporate culture, you're destined to fail. On Wednesday, the Goldman Sachs executive Greg Smith resigned his job by writing a scathing op-ed in the New York Times . In that column, written as an exit letter, he accuses top management of encouraging predatory sales practices that actively hurt customers: "I attend derivatives sales meetings where not one single minute is spent asking questions about how we can help clients
Read More »Your Prescription for Productivity
Here's how a mind-body approach can help you achieve peak performance--both personally, and company-wide. Imagine going to a doctor's appointment and everyone in the office seems to know you almost as well as you know yourself.
Read More »Is Your Memory Good Enough To Remember That You Read This?
You know your device's memory will one day fail or not be enough, but how well do you know the faults of your onboard wetware? The best memory system may not be the one inside your head.
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