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Taking on an investor is a lot like getting married. Here's how to make the courtship a bit easier. Strong marriages often begin with a period of courtship, when two potential partners discover their good and bad habits, become comfortable with each other’s plans for the future, and of course meet the relatives.

When it comes to branding, the larger danger is spending too much, rather than spending too little. It's a myth that having lots of brands and plenty of branding is good for business. After a certain point, both brands and branding cease to be useful–and, in fact, can be positively toxic.

Since the time of Ben Franklin busy entrepreneurs have been told 'time is money,' but is this common mindset actually making you miserable? Since the time of Ben Franklin , few sayings have been as popular as "time is money," and that aphorism seems especially relevant among busy entrepreneurs

Can you really trademark a babys name? Absolutely

If you ever wondered whether starting a business is worth the hell you put yourself through, read this. Every time a new founder/billionaire is minted—and there have been plenty lately—people who aren't entrepreneurs tend to lose sight of what this calling is really about. One social entrepreneur we interviewed for our book Breakthrough Entrepreneurship, an Episcopal bishop named Rev.

Those tiny plastic USB memory sticks you've got on your desk or skulking in your laptop bag's pocket are soon to be relegated to the past. Innovation, and the mobile tech revolution, is to blame

At the center of our Milky Way galaxy is a supermassive black hole.

A recent study shows that you are four times more likely to find a psychopath in the boardroom than on the street. So what

Managers may call them "best practices," but employees see them as annoying hindrances to good work and desire autonomy instead. "Best practices," as a term, should speak for itself.

Meet Chris Lee, cofounder of Meeteor, which leverages Facebook as a networking tool. Here's how to access "the network you may not even know you have." Chris Lee is the cofounder of the Seattle-based Meeteor , which scours your social graph in search of second- and third-degree connections to people who might be able to help advance your career. Fast Company caught up with Lee to talk about coffee, sandwiches, beer, and other networking tools.

Somewhere along the way you lost the thrill of running your own business.

The worst decisions leaders make are the ones based on assumptions they never even acknowledge, let alone challenge.

As a psychologist, I have always found the concept of speed dating fascinating.

With the current brouhaha over Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s defunding of breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood, the backlash, the reversal, and the exposure of the source of the initial decision, it’s obvious that Planned Parenthood is in a constant storm of contentious political struggle (even if the most recent dust-up was an unplanned branding bonanza ). And, it’s been happening for a long time.

I know, I know: You're worried about expenses. But sometimes you need to invest in developing new friendships for your company. As young business operators, we are constantly monitoring our expenses