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The pressure to discount can be overwhelming. These conversational tricks can help you push back

Killing an unprofitable product isnt always the best path. Here are four scenarios where sustaining a poor performer can help the business grow. Common sense would tell you that if you have unprofitable products, removing them from your portfolio will increase the overall profitability of your business.

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival undergoes a fundamental transformation this month, expanding to two consecutive weekends hosting two identical lineups.

Elon Musk's Tesla Motors isn't just an electric car company--it's perhaps the greatest test of Silicon Valley's innovation model. And now is do-or-die time, when everything is riding on a new $50,000 sedan.

The best gauge of a company's longterm health? Mindshare

Use these 5 simple steps to win back a customer who has jumped ship to another vendor.

Your words help you build relationships with customers--so choose them carefully. Awesome photos, catchy videos, and fancy graphics are helpful, but the most important thing where sales are concerned are the words you use

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Getty Images Licenses Instagram-shot Yankees Series . Smartphone photo app Instagram has got the Getty Images seal of approval

Conflicts rarely end well, so it's natural to want to avoid them. But you can't hide from them forever. For every hard-nosed, coldly logical businessperson there are hundreds of entrepreneurs just like us: Worried about how others perceive us and avoiding confrontation at all cost

Conflicts rarely end well, so it's natural to want to avoid them. But you can't hide from them forever.

Trying to keep up with a hectic work schedule and a growing family? Note to female entrepreneurs: Here's how to start on a path to balance.

Trying to keep up with a hectic work schedule and a growing family? Note to female entrepreneurs: Here's how to start on a path to balance. Men are seldom asked how they balance being a father with their job as a CEO; women are always asked that question

A complete guide to navigating the self-publishing industry.

Why you should think twice about an advertising scheme coming from a company that's about to IPO. A funny thing happened to Facebook on the way to its IPO: It decided that mobile ads are a must. During its first marketing conference , Facebook announced new ways for companies to get in front of consumers, including ads on the social network's mobile apps

Home to a burgeoning concentration of tech start-ups and incubators, Detroit's "Webward Avenue" is not just a street--it's also a movement. Can it transform Detroit