Business Advice: Page 2

Leadership

Should You Take Business Advice That Contradicts Your Instincts?

"Go with your gut" is an appealing phrase. But, one problem: Those instincts of yours can run you wrong.

Thought Leaders

10 World-Renowned Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Business Secrets

Learning from successful people is one of the few shortcuts to success that works.

Growth Strategies

Be Cautious About Business Advice That "Feels Right" For Your Startup

Let's look at five pieces of entrepreneur advice that you have certainly heard before, and examine whether they should be taken as golden nuggets, or discarded completely– or somewhere in-between.

Thought Leaders

Barbara Corcoran on Why Women Are 'Better at Running Businesses Than Men'

This time, the spunky Shark Tank star isn't talking about wearing bright colors and yanking up your skirt. She's talking soft skills.

Thought Leaders

Daymond John Says These Are the 2 Worst Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Pitching Investors

Avoid these common pitching blunders or risk walking away with empty pockets.

Money & Finance

Billionaire Venture Capitalist Chris Sacca on the 'Quickest Way to Get Rich'

The Shark Tank guest star and former Google exec shares his top tip for how to amass cash.

Thought Leaders

3 Steps for a Mentorship Program That Works

Brad Bunt offers his tips for making your mentor program effective.

Social Media

5 Steps You Should Take to Prepare for Facebook's 'All Video' Future

What should your brand do when 'Wordless Wednesday' is every day? It'll be here sooner that you expect.

Thought Leaders

Hip-Hop Icon Timbaland to Entrepreneurs: 'Follow You, Believe in You and Don't Let Hard Times Harden You'

We literally felt the power of the Grammy-winning rapper-producer''s latest project and picked his brain for business tips between organ-jiggling vibrations.

Starting a Business

7 Salty Business Secrets From Celebrity Entrepreneur and Tequila Titan Rande Gerber

George Clooney's longtime best friend and business partner shares his top tips for entrepreneurs, from hiring to keeping it real.

Thought Leaders

The Power of Good Advice

The guidance you choose to follow­ or reject could be the difference between success and failure. So, whom will you listen to?

Thought Leaders

4 Common Sayings in Business Translated -- Finally!

Business is full of clichés. Three successful entrepreneurs turn all that "blah blah blah" into a real advantage.

Thought Leaders

Best-Selling Author Tim Ferriss Doles Out Business Advice

We asked our Twitter followers: What business conundrums are you facing? Then we sent them to the author of The 4-Hour Workweek.

Thought Leaders

The Chain of Advice: How These Entrepreneurs Inspired and Impacted Each Other

We asked "Who gave you the best piece of advice?" Then we asked the advice giver the same question.

Thought Leaders

3 Tips For Finding a Mentor

The right approaches to wooing the right person, from those who've been there and made it work.