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What to Do When You Make One of These 5 Common Interview Mistakes

These simple tips will help jumpstart your marketing skills. Here's a wonderful new job out there with your name on it, and the only way to get it is to take a risk, submit the application and do your best in the interview.

By Glassdoor

Entrepreneurs

The Biggest Facepalm Moments of 2017

By Rose Leadem

Business News

6 Career-Ending Mistakes You Should Never Make on the Job

By Glassdoor

Thought Leaders

If You Think These 5 Things, You’ll Never Get Rich by the Time You’re 30

By Adam Toren

Building a Business

8 Common Reasons Why Your Startup Is Going to Fail

Sure you're excited to be building your own company, but are you paying attention to budgeting, your online presence and what the competition is up to?

By AJ Agrawal

Business Operations & Logistics

5 Technologies That Can Prevent PR Nightmares

Today's technologies can make corporate snafus go viral in an instant. Fortunately, they can also be used to nip them in the bud.

By Chirag Kulkarni

Entrepreneurs

You’ve Probably Been Taking Notes Wrong — Here Are 5 Ways to Fix It

Disorganized or ineffective note-taking could be hurting your bottom line.

By Tom Carter

Building a Business

4 Easy-to-Fix Mistakes You May Be Making in Your Business Right Now

Some 163 entrepreneurs shared the mistakes they'd made with this contributor; now he's sharing how you can avoid making them yourself.

By Matthew Turner

Thought Leaders

How This Entrepreneur Got Ahead by Screwing Up

Often catastrophes are not only salvageable but they can lead to some of the most valuable client relationships you'll have.

By Colin Kingsbury

Entrepreneurs

If Elon Musk Can Have a Sense of Humor About Failure, So Can You

Take a look at the SpaceX blooper reel.

By Nina Zipkin

Building a Business

The Best Way to Improve from Failure Is to Feel the Pain

Dwelling on failure will actually help you improve your mindset, according to a study.

By Rose Leadem

Thought Leaders

The 4 Biggest Mistakes New Executives Make

One study found a 50 percent chance that new executives will leave the organization within the first 18 months. Here are four of the biggest reasons why.

By Keith Johnstone

Thought Leaders

The No. 1 Way Entrepreneurs Continue to Undermine Their Own Businesses

The very same things that can propel entrepreneurs to greatness, can also hold them back.

By Bryan Miles

Business News

To Be Successful, Be Patient With Your Imperfections

Mistakes are a part of life.

By Lewis Howes

Business News

Why You Must Allow Mistakes in Your Life

Mistakes are often our biggest teachers.

By Lewis Howes

Thought Leaders

I Screwed Up. Now What? 3 Ways to Control the Damage After Your Huge Mistake

Entrepreneurs make mistakes, and that's okay. Here are the strategies you'll need to recover and move forward.

By Candace Sjogren

Thought Leaders

4 Distractions You Must Stop Stressing Over If You Want to Succeed

You can't change the past but if you focus on the present you can change your future.

By Zech Newman

Thought Leaders

When ‘Doing Good’ Isn’t Good Enough

After a social entrepreneur's product flops, he learns an important lesson about the value of a strong product.

By Alexandra Zissu

Marketing

Why Brands Big and Small Continue to Fail at Influencer Marketing

Brands don't know how to use influencer marketing correctly, and it's destroying their businesses.

By Andrew Medal

Thought Leaders

To Become a Fearless Entrepreneur Learn These 6 Truths

Fear of failure is a much taller barrier to success than actually failing.

By Timothy Sykes

Thought Leaders

This Entrepreneur Who Sold Her Company for $1 Billion Wants You to Throw Out the Unwritten Rules That Hold You Back

'Never accept the things that don't make sense,' says the Pink Ceiling founder and CEO Cindy Whitehead.

By Nina Zipkin

Building a Business

3 Customer Nightmares and What I Learned From Them

Avoid the headaches of dealing with difficult clients by watching for these red flags.

By Candace Sjogren

Building a Business

Don’t Always Go With the ‘Experts,’ Because Sometimes the Experts Are Wrong

When your gut tells you that you're on the right path, stand your ground. That's a strategy that pays off.

By John Brubaker

Human Resources

5 Ways to Give Feedback That Inspires People to Grow, Not Shrink.

Feedback done wrong is worse than saying nothing.

By Angie Morgan

Entrepreneurs

If Elon Musk Can Admit His Mistakes, Then So Can You

The Tesla CEO gave a presentation at company's 2017 shareholder meeting yesterday.

By Nina Zipkin

Building a Business

When Pivoting Becomes a Pitfall

Whatever your problem was, a pivot done badly has big potential for making it worse.

By Clate Mask

Entrepreneurs

What You Can Learn From British Airways’s IT Meltdown That Left Passengers Stranded

Invest in systems you need and keep your customers informed.

By Nina Zipkin

Business Accounting

5 Mistakes Millennial Entrepreneurs Make With Money

I've seen too many startups die because the founders blew the money. Here's how your startup can avoid becoming the next victim.

By Andrew Medal

Business News

Uber Admits it Made an Accounting Error and Will Refund Nearly $50 Million to Drivers

The company says it incorrectly calculated how much its commission should have been on rides in New York City over the past two and a half years, according to The Wall Street Journal.

By Tom Brant

Thought Leaders

The Biggest Communication Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make

Avoid these costly communication mistakes by heeding the advice of 15 successful women founders and CEOs.

By Jill Schiefelbein