How Elf on the Shelf createdand convinced CBS to aira "special" commercial for its product. Elf on the Shelf , Christa Pitts's Marietta, Georgia-based company, is one of the fastest-growing private corporations in the United States.
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One physician after another had failed to diagnose what was wrong with Louise Benge. She had suffered for years from pain and hardening of tissue in her calves that made walking painful. William A.
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Dying to get retweeted by a celebrity? Here are 20 celebrities that will tweet about your business for a price. Dying to get retweeted by a celebrity?
Read More »Tough Cookies: Why Corporate America Needs Girl Scouts
In 2011, only 20% of leaders in private companies worldwide are women. Meanwhile, heavily male-dominated industries like banking and utilities face the toughest challenges in a generation. The CEO of Girl Scouts USA on why troops of 9-year-old cookie pushers are America's greatest hope for change.
Read More »Tough Cookies: Why Corporate America Needs Girl Scouts
In 2011, only 20% of leaders in private companies worldwide are women. Meanwhile, heavily male-dominated industries like banking and utilities face the toughest challenges in a generation
Read More »Tough Cookies: Why Corporate America Needs Girl Scouts
In 2011, only 20% of leaders in private companies worldwide are women. Meanwhile, heavily male-dominated industries like banking and utilities face the toughest challenges in a generation
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Starting off in business is not easy. For the author, a terrible job became an opportunity to start a small business
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European Wax Center's David Coba (with his siblings) turned a disastrous sideline of his fathers salon business into a national franchise. Though his franchising company now boasts 215 salons, David Coba entered the industry rather reluctantly
Read More »Dos and Don’ts of Raising Money from Angels: The Devil is in the Details
Last month, I had the chance to speak to a room full of entrepreneurs and angel investors at the Bethesda Green Business Incubator about the dos and don’ts of raising money from “angel investors.” Here are a few highlights from my remarks. Many service-oriented businesses can be started with minimal start-up capital
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Sisters Sabina and Lorraine Belkin get on sickeningly well: They live together, have the same friends, even go to the gym together. They also co-own Duo Restaurant & Lounge, New York City eatery. How do they keep their relationship healthy while working together in a notoriously stressful industry
Read More »The Best Start-up Advisors Are in the Trenches
One of the perennial pieces of advice I get as a new entrepreneur is to put together a board of advisors or get a circle of mentors. I’ve found this doesn’t really require well-connected folks with the word chief in their titles. What I really benefit from is practical advice on how to do things I don’t know how to do
Read More »A New Stay-and-Play Package for Golf Lovers
Two Northland, New Zealand–based lodges and golf courses, Kauri Cliffs and the Farm at Cape Kidnappers, along with their sister property Matakauri Lodge, are offering the new Ultimate New Zealand Golf Package for approximately $6,700 to $10,400 per person. Each of the three lodges is hosting guests for three nights ...
Read More »Inc. 5000 Update: Turbie Twist
The story of two sisters and a hair towel After they graduated from college in 2006, sisters Angela Carr and Christina Cummings started a business selling a product their father had created: an absorbent, fitted hair towel called the Turbie Twist.
Read More »Leading With Character
Craig Robinson, the basketball coach at Oregon State and Michelle Obamas brother, answers questions about coping with setbacks, what you have to do to get to the No. 1 spot, and Barack Obama
Read More »A New Kissing Device Lets You Make Out Over The Internet
The information age was supposed to usher in a world where we could connect to anyone around the world instantly.
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