Thought Leaders
3 Things You Need to Do to Achieve a Business Breakthrough
Here are three specific things that I've seen accelerate success time and time again.
By Jeanne Omlor
Breakthrough
Online Presence
8 Simple Ways to Make Social Media Work for Your Business
Using social media to promote your business doesn't have to be hard if you just follow these 8 easy steps.
By Scott Duffy
Business Ideas
5 Ways to Inspire Creativity and Innovation in Your Employees
Help your team think outside the box by putting these five tips to work for you.
By Scott Duffy
Building a Business
7 Ways to Make Outsourcing a Success Time After Time
You can't do it all, but when you need to outsource some tasks, use these seven guidelines to get it right every time.
By Scott Duffy
Building a Business
The 13 Factors That Make a Strong Partnership
If you're thinking of taking on a business partner, stop! Then review these 13 points you need to take into consideration before joining forces with a partner.
By Scott Duffy
Thought Leaders
5 Tasks That Should Be Part of Your Job Description As the CEO
Make sure you're responsible for these five activities, and you'll watch your business grow.
By Scott Duffy
Thought Leaders
What Is Your Entrepreneurial Kryptonite?
Find out what's holding you back from business success by making these two changes to the way you run your business.
By Scott Duffy
Business Branding
5 Steps to Take Control of Your Personal Brand
No matter what product or service you sell, as the owner of your business, you're really selling yourself. Follow these five tips to create a personal brand that connects with customers.
By Scott Duffy
Thought Leaders
Creating a Tribe That Will Help Your Business Succeed
How to determine if you've surrounded yourself with the right people-and what to do if you find out you haven't
By Scott Duffy
Entrepreneurs
How to Work Successfully with Your Most Important Partner
Your spouse or life partner is probably the most important partner you'll have in your business. Find out how to make sure that you and your CVO, or Chief Venting Partner, are on the same page.
By Scott Duffy
Entrepreneurs
How to Make the Entrepreneurial Economy Work for You
Find out why embracing -- rather than resisting -- change can help you succeed as an entrepreneur.
By Scott Duffy
Building a Business
The 4 Biggest Mistakes Companies Make When Scaling Their Business
Find out how to avoid them.
By Scott Duffy
Thought Leaders
Essential Goal-Setting Tips From Mr. America
Once you have a clear vision of where you're going, you can figure out just how to get there.
By Scott Duffy
Building a Business
5 Lessons to Follow as You Take Your Product to Market
Don't overly complicate things when launching your business. Instead, follow this advice from a successful entrepreneur so you'll do things right.
By Scott Duffy
Business Funding
8 of the Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Presenting to Investors
Whatever you do, don't say any of the following eight things when making a play for money.
By Scott Duffy
Business Funding
6 Things You Need to Know About Your Investors Before You Ask for Money
Do your homework and get to know these six things about the people you're going to be borrowing money from.
By Scott Duffy
Thought Leaders
2 Key ‘People’ Rules That Can Make or Break Your Business
If you follow these two rules, you'll be able to build a team that ensures your success.
By Scott Duffy
Business Plan
Developing a Business Model That Works
Use these six tips to create the financial section of a business plan that will get your company off the ground.
By Scott Duffy
Thought Leaders
3 Lessons You Can Learn About Business from the World’s Greatest Snowboarder
Snowboarding and running a business may not sound all that similar, but these three strategies from snowboarder Shaun White will help you run your business better.
By Scott Duffy
Thought Leaders
How to Hone a Razor-Sharp Entrepreneurial Mindset
Discover how you can manage your emotions in a way that drives your business forward and puts you in the best position to succeed.
By Scott Duffy
Business Accounting
7 Essential Strategies That Will Help You Keep the First Million You Make in Your New Business
These 7 key steps can help you protect your money -- both your personal funds and your business accounts -- as you launch a new business.
By Scott Duffy
Thought Leaders
Are You Sitting on Top of a Million-Dollar Idea?
4 lessons you can learn from a successful entrepreneur about the business ideas that may be right under your nose.
By Scott Duffy
Thought Leaders
Launch Your Big Idea by Starting With Why
Building a successful business is hard work. If you're not strongly rooted in why you're doing it, it's much simpler to quit or fail.
By Scott Duffy
Business News
The Internet’s Ice Bucket Challenge Credited With Funding a Medical Discovery
The donations triggered by those viral videos apparently helped discover a gene associated with ALS.
By Jon Fingas
Thought Leaders
5 Steps to Make Your Ultimate Business Breakthrough
You deserve to be rich and happy. Here's how to get into your zone of genius.
By Jonathan Li
Building a Business
5 Ways to Advance Your Big Idea
Some ideas are good, lots are bad. Here's how to master the craft of finding and fostering the breakthrough.
Entrepreneurs
Why Your Neuroticism May Be the Key to Your Creativity
A researcher makes the case that for many of us, neuroticism and creativity are two sides of the same coin.
By Laura Entis