Collaborating

Startups

How Competitive Startups Can Fuel Each Other's Success

Researching your startup's competitors is a smart move, but teaming with them might just be your smartest.

Yoav Vilner | 5 min read

Meetings

Want More Productive Meetings? Try Getting Rid of the Chairs.

Getting up and moving away from the conference table can increase collaboration and performance, a new study finds.

Laura Entis | 5 min read

Teamwork

3 Productivity Apps for Boosting Teamwork and Employee Collaboration

Every team is an opportunity for powerful synergy but making it happen is a constant leadership challenge. Some shrewd technology helps.

Pratik Dholakiya | 4 min read

Cybersecurity

Why Competitors Should Collaborate More on Cyber Security Issues

More companies should follow the lead of a financial industry consortium that shares information to avoid security risks.

Eric Basu | 3 min read

Collaborating

How an Innovative NYC Boutique Wooed Target's CEO

Rachel Shechtman's STORY is a radical reimagining of retail, and giants are taking note.

Leigh Gallagher | 5 min read

Coworking

7 Tips for Creating Your Own Co-working Space

Need to find other ambitious and motivated business professionals to work with? Build a place that will foster collaboration, creativity and inspiration.

Peter Gasca | 5 min read

Collaborating

Tesla in Talks With BMW Over Car Batteries

The car makers discuss a collaboration over car batteries and other parts.

Reuters | 2 min read

Starting a Business

Stuck at the Idea Phase? These 6 Collaboration Avenues Can Help.

Working with others on a project is one of the most effective ways to move an idea forward.

Peter Gasca | 5 min read

Success Strategies

For Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries to Succeed, They Need This

Just like entrepreneurs living in Silicon Valley, founders in developing countries need one important element to thrive.

Elizabeth Schaeffer Brown | 5 min read

Office Furniture

All 100 Employees at This NYC Office Share One Gigantic Desk

'It's actually lower cost than if we had done standard cubicles and desks,' says Benjamin Palmer, chairman of the Barbarian Group, a New York-based creative agency.

Geoff Weiss | 2 min read

Collaborating

Why Steve Jobs Obsessed About Office Design (And, Yes, Bathroom Locations)

Silicon Valley's greatest advances came through collaboration –- making serendipitous encounters critical.

Walter Isaacson | 6 min read

Google

Google to Open Campus for Entrepreneurs in Madrid

After successfully launching startup community centers in London and Tel Aviv, the global search goliath is now cultivating its entrepreneurial reign in Spain.

Kim Lachance Shandrow | 2 min read

Partnerships

Collaborate or Be Killed

Don't venture into business with just a one-man army.

Kelsey Ramsden | 5 min read

Legal Issues

A Crash Course on Licenses, Joint Ventures and Partnerships

Here are some common terms and features that you might see in your next business agreement.

Carol Roth | 5 min read

Innovation

Make Innovation Systematic and Never Again Ask 'Why Didn't We Think of That?'

The creation of innovative products and processes is much too important to companies and entire economies to be left to chance.

David DeWolf | 5 min read