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Growing a Business

Think You Screwed Up? These 6 Business Leaders Share Their Big Mistake — and Lesson Learned

Too often, we think a leader has to be right. But these businesses transformed when their leaders realized they'd had it wrong all along.

Science & Technology

I Transformed My Company Through AI 15 Years Ago — Here's What I've Learned

I run one of the world's largest language service provider companies. Fifteen years ago, I made the decision to completely change the DNA of my company to embrace automation and artificial intelligence. Here's what I've learned about adopting AI into your company.

Growth Strategies

4 Lessons from Barbie's Mattel

The idea that the most popular Hollywood star is a sixty-four-year-old lady playing the role of a 19 year old girl, just proves that the world of cinema is unpredictable to say the least.

Growing a Business

I Started My Business In My Mom's Basement at the Age of 17. Here are 5 Rules I Wish I Had Known, But Had to Learn the Hard Way

There is no easy way to break this to you, but you are the least important person in your business!

Thought Leaders

I Pitched 300 People a Day For 1 Year — and Learned This Impactful Entrepreneurial Lesson

After working myself to the bone pitching 300 people each day for one year, I came out of that experience as a new man — but surprisingly, an unhappier one. Here's what I learned.

Growing a Business

The 3 Greatest Lessons I've Learned After 25 Years in Business and $100 Million in Revenue

Here are the three most valuable lessons I've learned over 25 years of business ups and downs.

Leadership

3 Important Lessons I've Learned Working With the Top 1% of Business Leaders

Fewer than 1% of businesses earn $10 million in annual revenue. It's worth looking at three things I've learned by working with those business leaders.

Leadership

5 Lessons I Learned While Serving in the Army That Actually Translate to Corporate Life

Since serving in Afghanistan, I've had time to reflect on what I learned about leadership during my eight years in the infantry. Many battlefield lessons are irrelevant or counterproductive to business, but here are a few that have proved invaluable.

Starting a Business

From Idea to Successful Exit — 8 Lessons Learned From Building and Selling a Startup

Here are a few valuable lessons all entrepreneurs can apply as they build (and eventually exit) their startups.

Leadership

3 Key Lessons Business Founders Can Learn From Our Founding Fathers This Independence Day

A great founder's story is about the people, the risks they took and their reasons. Just ask our founding fathers.

Thought Leaders

I Failed as a Stand-up Comic. Here's How It Made Me a Better Entrepreneur.

Here's what I learned from a failed career in stand-up comedy.

Thought Leaders

How Dairy Farming Made Me a Better Tech Entrepreneur

Here's how working on a dairy farm contributed to my success as a technology entrepreneur.

Leadership

21 Lessons I Swear By After 21 Years as an Entrepreneur

Fast-track your business success with these strategies.

Thought Leaders

What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Baseball Players

Entrepreneurs and baseball players have more in common than you may realize. Here are a few lessons business leaders can learn from ball players.