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When you have the chutzpah to ask a more seasoned leader for help, you reap unbelievable rewards. Here's a dirty little secret of the business world: Most people are either too shy, embarrassed, or something else altogether to ask a more experienced businessperson for help. That's a big mistake

When customers don't cash in those points or credits they are sending you a message about how disloyal they are. Are you one of those business owners that believes that breakage is a good business strategy

Women control $13 trillion in consumer spending. But most of the assumptions you make about them in your marketing are way off

On December 13, CERN will release the results of a new data analysis in the search for the Higgs boson. at the LHC. As I was reporting my article, which appeared today , on December 7 I spoke on the phone with Joe Lykken, a Fermilab staff theoretical physicist

General Mills is moving its open innovation efforts to the digital world. With G-WIN Digital, the food company is looking for your gaming and mobile ideas

In my Scientific American column this month, I wrote about the dawn of augmented-reality software: phone apps that overlay informational graphics on a live video view of the world. As you hold the phone in front of you, these apps can show you what crimes were committed near the spot where you’re standing, which subway lines are under your feet, what apartments are for sale in the building in front of you, and so on.

Entrepreneurship, for all its challenges, can bestow on families unexpected benefits beyond the obvious financial ones. Although my husband, Gary, is CEO of Stonyfield Farm, his name doesn't appear in the company's phone directory. So after-hours calls often land in the voice-mail box of the only Hirshberg listed: his sister Nancy, who has worked at the company for decades.

Tech Trends columnist John Brandon reviews Siri, the voice-command system built into Apples iPhone 4S. I got a lot of work done during a recent road trip, thanks to my new assistant. As I drove, she added some meetings to my calendar, took an e-mail dictation, and found some restaurant options for dinner

The actor again makes himself look like a jerk on social media. Two simple questions could have saved him

One business owner's strategy for embracing her role as the boss. This is a guest blog post from Vanessa Merit Nornberg, President of Metal Mafia , and a member of the Inc

%excerpt% Read more from the original source: How to Get the Government to Promote Your Start-up

Transaction costs suck up to $50 billion a year out of the economy. But they could be on their way out. Here's why.

Remember the last time you visited a new office building, airport, or university campus and were lost the moment you stepped away from the main doors? That's a problem that buildings like large hospitals try to fix with color-coded lines painted on the floor, complex signage systems, and other tweaks--usually very low-tech

A crazy year for Apple shows no sign of slowing as 2012 approaches--more and more rumors are popping up. We've looked at them with a critical eye for you

Alice and Bob have broken up and have moved as far away from each other as possible. But they still have something to sort out: who gets to keep the car. Flipping a coin while talking on the phone to decide who gets to keep it just won't work