Thought Leaders
I Lacked This One Critical Skill That Nearly Cost Me My Career and My Life
This one pivotal moment helped me realize what I lacked as a business leader that was indirectly holding me back.
Gun control
Thought Leaders
How to be Charitable After a Mass Shooting Without Getting Sucked Into Political Controversy
We live in an odd time when even mass murder is a fraught issue but if your heart is in the right place you will find a way to help.
Business News
Apple Drops the Gun Emoji for a Friendlier Water Pistol
This is part of the company's emoji update for iOS 10.
Building a Business
From Chihuahuas to Ninja Climbing Claws: The 5 Wackiest Items Confiscated by TSA in 2015
The Transportation Security Administration says it had a busy year in 2015.
By Geoff Weiss
Tech
Forget Road Rage. This Guy Shot Up His Computer and Said It Was ‘Glorious.’
'Angels sung on high,' 37-year-old Lucas Hinch said.
By Geoff Weiss
Building a Business
Does Social Responsibility Hurt a Company’s Bottom Line?
For better returns, should you invest in businesses engaged in social responsibility, or those on the opposite end of the spectrum?
By Rob Reuteman
Building a Business
Are Gun Bans the Right Political Move for Brands?
Target's recent decision to ban guns along with other brands, such as Starbucks, Chili's and Sonic, brings with it impassioned reactions from both sides of the issue.
By Beki Winchel
Building a Business
Open Carry Controversy: Businesses’ New Rock and a Hard Place
Before your company takes a side on a controversial issue, consider these three things.
By Peter Gasca
Buying a Franchise
Target Joins the List of Stores Asking Customers to Keep Guns Out
Following open carry demonstrations, Target has joined a host of other chains in 'respectfully requesting' that customers to leave their guns at home.
By Kate Taylor
Building a Business
Playing With Fire? Oklahoma City Shooting Range Granted Liquor License
Though it may sound like a precarious pairing, guns and alcohol will be kept strictly separate, the facility's owners vow.
By Geoff Weiss
Building a Business
Oklahoma Company Creates Bulletproof Blanket to Protect Kids During School Shootings
The backpack-like bulletproof shield may represent one of the most tragically apropos inventions of our time.
By Geoff Weiss
Building a Business
Is America Too ‘Safe’ for Innovation? Or Will Driverless Cars Ever Have Their Day?
The new technology could make auto accidents history and lower insurance bills. Yet lobbyists and politicians may champion individualism and resist a ban of traditional vehicles.
By Charles Rich
Buying a Franchise
Starbucks CEO Asks Customers Not to Bring Guns Into Stores
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz wrote an open letter to customers saying the presence of weapons in its stores is 'unsettling and upsetting' to too many of its customers.