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Technology

How Do I Improve My Online Store's Conversion Rates?

Our expert explains how to increase sales conversions on your online eCommerce store.

Thought Leaders

How Laid-Off Corporate Workers Are Becoming Free-Thinking Entrepreneurs

What happens when you lose your job in a town where work is scarce? For many, the solution is to become an entrepreneur.

Data & Recovery

The Questions You Should Be Asking When Looking at Your SEO and Social Media Strategy

To build -- and keep -- an audience, digital marketing is a must. But investing too heavily in a single platform can cost you money, customers and plenty of opportunity.

Buying / Investing in Business

Is the VC Era Over? Let's Hope So for the Sake of Business.

While VCs love to find and fund innovation, they're terrible at producing it.

Culture

Inside Richard Branson's New Cruise-Line Startup

The Florida headquarters has shuffleboard (of course) and a fresh new culture.

Growing a Business

Here Is the Best Time to Ask for a Promotion

It's not when you think.

Culture

Everyone Quit -- and This CEO Is Better Off Because of It

A startup CEO's radical culture shift almost wiped out the company. But now he has the right staff -- and is finally thriving.

Thought Leaders

Why Rapper-Turned-Entrepreneur T.I. Says a Hustler Needs to Be Patient

The Atlanta rap star is now into everything from TV to real estate -- and learning important lessons along the way.

Thought Leaders

How This Founder Uses Obstacles as Inspiration: 'I'm Making Lemonade'

Savitude founder and serial entrepreneur Camilla Olson talks about what it's like to be an older female entrepreneur, and how she leans on her mentor for support and to hear 'I'm not crazy.'

Growing a Business

This Founder Explains Why He Had to Start Telling Retailers 'No' -- and How It Helped His Business Succeed

Greg Steltenpohl set out to make plant-based milk. But when his product became too popular, he had to make some tough decisions.

Leadership

Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Great Leader?

Because it takes everything you've got.

Leadership

The First Black Woman to Own and Run a Billion-Dollar Company Says That Trusting Yourself Is Key to Success

The ActOne Group founder and CEO Janice Bryant Howroyd shares the mindset that helped her build an international business over the course of a four-decade career.