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Business Ideas

11 Sports Businesses Using Entrepreneurial Skills to Disrupt the Marketplace

Sports are at the center of a vast array of businesses that use technology ingeniously to solve problems and boost their odds of success.

By Tanner Simkins

Building a Business

Confidence Is the Game-Changer for Winning Big

Build the confidence to win big with these three easy, but disciplined steps learned from athletes.

By Kari Warberg Block

Business Ideas

5 Takeaways From The 2016 Olympics for Business Owners

Look to swimmer Ryan Lochte, for instance, for a lesson about fabricating the truth.

By Shana Starr

Marketing

5 Tips for Using Corporate Sponsorship to Drive Brand Visibility

Companies spent more than $20 billion on sponsorships last year.

By Matt Orlic

Building a Business

Lesson From Rio: Your Global Customers Won’t Wait on Your Website’s Delays

This year's Summer Olympics provide a modern case study on the importance on internet performance. Here are 3 takeaways.

By Kyle York

Building a Business

Why ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Should Replace Ryan Lochte — With Me

Bringing the embattled Olympic swimmer onto the show is a shameless attempt to boost ratings.

By Jonathan Long

Building a Business

Going for ‘the Gold’: What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Athletes

Here are 4 things that businesspeople have in common with those newly minted Olympic champions.

By Jeffrey Hayzlett

Building a Business

Scared for Your Reputation? The Crime Is Seldom as Serious as the Cover Up.

Ryan Lochte is merely the latest in a very long line of people who made their problems much, much worse by lying for fear of the truth.

By Jim Joseph

Business News

How One Person’s Ignorant Behavior Insulted an Entire Country

If Ryan Lochte had taken some etiquette classes when he was a little kid, this whole debacle could have been avoided.

By Jacqueline Whitmore

Building a Business

8 Lessons on Greatness from the Olympics

Check out these 8 lessons this entrepreneur took from the Olympics this year.

By Lewis Howes

Business News

The Most Inspirational Moments From the 2016 Olympics

It's not only gold medals that make history.

By Rose Leadem

Thought Leaders

5 Words Olympians Never Say

Listen to Olympians and you'll hear much that is useful in the world of business.

By Jeremy Bloom

Business Branding

4 Lessons the World’s Fastest Man Usain Bolt Can Teach About Personal Branding

Authenticity is all about being true to who you are at your core.

By Ryan Erskine

Online Presence

Ones to Watch: 12 Athletes Show Us How It’s Done on Social

These athletes have some medal-worthy social media feeds.

By Andrew Caravella

Entrepreneurs

9 Habits of Olympic Athletes

No matter what sport, the world's top athletes have these habits in common.

By Jeremy Bloom

Thought Leaders

6 Success Secrets From 23-Time Gold Medalist Michael Phelps

The most decorated athlete in history has used visualization and goal-setting to drive his amazing results.

By Rose Leadem

Business News

It’s All In the Wrist: Apple’s Tactic for a Little Games Glory

Apple is not permitted to display its limited-edition bands alongside the Olympics logo, or any other obvious Games symbol, but that has not stopped some fans from doing so.

By Reuters

Tech

12 Amazing Tech Innovations You’ll See at the Rio Olympics

From surveillance balloons to VR, these solutions are helping athletes go for the gold and giving fans new ways to cheer them on.

By Lydia Belanger

Business News

How to Watch the Rio 2016 Olympics Online

Whether you've cut the cord or just don't want to be tethered to a TV, watch the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics on the go.

By Chandra Steele

Tech

How Women Are Catching the Action in Rio (Infographic)

With the Olympics almost underway, this is how women will watch the games this year.

By Grace Reader

Thought Leaders

12 Inspirational Moments From Past Olympics

As we get into the sporting spirit, we've recognized Olympics athletes that have shaped and inspired the world we live in today.

By Rose Leadem