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Thought Leaders

The Secret Weapon 2 Famous Founders Deployed to Build Their Mega-Successful Companies

As Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos found, success comes when you turn your business into a reflection of your values.

By Natasa Lekic

Thought Leaders

6 Extraordinary Women Who Rose to the Pinnacle of Their Professions

By John Boitnott

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3 Signs the Best Move for Your Business Is to Hire Somebody Else to Run It

By Dave Shah

Building a Business

Founders Keep Making These 9 Common Mistakes That Crush Promising Startups

By William Harris

Business Accounting

4 Traits Perceptive Investors Look for in Tech Startup Founders

A brilliant founder with a good product is a better bet than a so-so founder with a brilliant product.

By Vanessa Colella

Thought Leaders

The ‘Harvey Weinstein’ Problem Need Not Be a Death Sentence for Companies

Follow these tips to ensure that your founder's exit -- should that event occur -- doesn't take your company along with it.

By Per Bylund

Thought Leaders

Are You Ready to Start a Company? Ask Yourself These 6 Questions.

Do you have what it takes to be a leader?

By Cassandra Frangos

Building a Business

14 International Accelerators Speak Out on the Top 4 Components for Startup Success

Accelerators have a vested interest in startups succeeding and a front-row seat for observing why they do and don't.

By Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey

Thought Leaders

This Growing Company Realized It Was Time for the Founder to Step Aside. Here’s How They Made It Work.

While no two companies are exactly alike, there is a somewhat systematic way to approach a leadership change.

By Wade Burgess and Eddie Lou

Building a Business

What Happens When Founders Are Fired

Replacements face a daunting task.

By Jeff Hyman

Thought Leaders

3 Tips for How to Succeed When Your First Idea Isn’t So Great

Your first idea may not be your best idea.

By Aaron Price

Buying a Franchise

Why These Founders Took a Huge Step Back and Became Franchisees

Sometimes running a company isn't all it's cracked up to be.

By Nina Zipkin

Thought Leaders

Despite the Dangers, This Founder Is Staying in War-Torn Syria to Help Entrepreneurs

Sami Ismail refuses to leave, wanting to instead continue supporting local entrepreneurs who are trying to succeed.

By Adam Elder

Thought Leaders

22 Crazy Things We’ve Learned About Alibaba Billionaire Jack Ma

From getting kidnapped to dressing up as Michael Jackson, the Alibaba founder has a lot of wacky stories to tell.

By Rose Leadem

Thought Leaders

Why This ‘Ruthlessly Prioritizing’ Entrepreneur Says You Should Write Down One Goal Each Day

John Kobs is the co-founder and CEO of Apartment List, which he says lists about 8 percent of all rentals in the U.S.

By Rose Leadem

Thought Leaders

If You Don’t Want to Be Fired From Your Startup, Founders Should Remember These 3 Things

Not being in alignment with your board can cause troubles even founders can't manage

By Clint Korver

Building a Business

Never Underestimate Just How Stressful a Business Partnership Can Be

Take steps early to prevent big problems later.

By Roger Dooley

Business News

The Best Business Partner Duos of All Time

The best business partnerships involve innovative people with complementary skills.

By GOBankingRates

Building a Business

3 Companies You Should Emulate If You Want to Bootstrap Your Business

Why it's okay to say 'no' to venture capital money.

By Brian de Haaff

Thought Leaders

Why This Co-Founder Keeps His Calendars Public to His Employees

From communication to scheduling, Funding Circle U.S. co-founder Sam Hodges shares his tactics for leading a successful company.

By Rose Leadem

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Stressed and Exhausted? More Than Half of Founders Say They Never ‘Switch Off.’

While a majority of entrepreneurs feel constantly stressed, 95 percent say in a new survey that it's better than working for someone else.

By Rose Leadem

Thought Leaders

Lead Like a Founder to Inspire Your Team

A clear vision and uncompromised dedication to seeing become reality are two powerful ingredients of success.

By Andrew Benett

Business News

The Founder of Namco, Creator of Pac-Man, Dies at 91

Gaming pioneer Masaya Nakamura passed away on Jan. 22.

By Stephanie Mlot

Building a Business

20 Facts About the World’s Billion-Dollar Startups

A new study compares what these "unicorn" companies have in common.

By Nina Zipkin

Building a Business

Pay Yourself: Why Founders Should Set Aside Profits Every Month

Nobody you hire works for free and neither should you.

By Eric Siu

Building a Business

Shark Daymond John Shares 5 Keys to Business Success

You can never guarantee the success of a new business but there are essentials that, done right, make success likely.

By Deep Patel

Building a Business

7 Roles Every Startup Founder Must Learn to Play

An entrepreneur needs to be a jack of all trades.

By Andrew Gazdecki

Thought Leaders

5 Things I’ve Learned by Co-Founding a Successful Business

Sometimes -- no, oftentimes -- two heads are better than one.

By Han-Gwon Lung

Building a Business

3 Common Gaffes That Sabotage Most Fund-Raising Founders

Raising money is never easy but failure to prepare makes it impossible.

By Ken Dunn

Building a Business

Founders of AOL, Twitter and More Share the Best and Worst Moments in Internet History

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the day the World Wide Web became publicly available, we asked internet pioneers to reflect on the web's highs and lows. Here's what we learned.

By Lydia Belanger