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Building a Business

How Looking at Obstacles as Opportunities Improved My Partnership

A book has inspired me to take a different approach with my co-founder. Sometimes, the simplest things make the biggest difference.

By Stephen Key

Thought Leaders

What a Comedian Can Teach You About Running a Business

By Bill Connolly

Building a Business

How to Talk Your Way to More Opportunities

By Thomas Edwards, Jr.

Business Accounting

The New Health Market May Be the Single Greatest Business Opportunity of Our Lifetimes

By Tom Main

Business Ideas

Invite Serendipity With Strategy

An entrepreneur suggests that strangers who extend an offer to meet over coffee should be sure to clarify a purpose.

By Jurgen Appelo

Thought Leaders

How Did Lena Dunham, Mark Zuckerberg and Simon and Garfunkel Find Success?

These four people, among others, rose above thousands of others to have great careers. What set them apart?

By Gene Marks

Thought Leaders

How Opportunistic Investors Shine: They Might Even Enter the Glitter Bomb Business

Find out the quick path to launch of a daring cadre of startup leaders, including the owner of the new company, SparkleSlap.com.

By Jesse Torres

Building a Business

How History and Adversity Pushed an Entrepreneur to Shark Tank Success

The creator of a tool that teaches people to play guitar took advantage of a moment of creativity that resulted from hard circumstances.

By John Brubaker

Entrepreneurs

Say ‘No’ to These 5 Things for an Immediate Life Improvement

If you want a lifestyle that makes you wake up saying "yes!," you need to learn to say "no" more often.

By Matthew Toren

Building a Business

The Basics of Buying a Business Opportunity

If you're thinking about buying a biz opp, this quick guide will tell you what you're getting yourself into.

By Teresa Ciulla

Thought Leaders

7 Ways to Keep Your Dream Alive When the Going Gets Tough

The biggest barriers to success often are mental.

Building a Business

10 Ways to Say ‘No’ That Won’t Damage Business or Relationships

A successful entrepreneur must be accountable for all commitments, and manage expectations to make this possible.

By Martin Zwilling

Thought Leaders

Know How Much Risk You Can Stomach Before Launching Your Own Business

The first step on the road to success is realizing that failure is a very real possibility, no matter how smart and hard working you are.

By Mike Harden

Business News

Watch Out, Santa. Denmark Says It Owns the North Pole.

The Nordic country is making a power play for natural resources that could eventually be big business.

By Jason Fell

Building a Business

How to Know When to Say ‘No’ to a New Opportunity

It's flattering when someone offers you a job or a business deal, but flattery can lead you nowhere.

By Katherine Halek

Building a Business

Turn Holiday Parties Into Networking Goldmines With These 10 Tips

There is more to holiday parties than food comas and hangovers.

By Jonathan Long

Thought Leaders

7 Tricks to Write an Effective Cold Email

Reaching out to someone you haven't met doesn't have to be complicated, as long as you have something valuable for them.

By Kevin Gould

Marketing

7 Ways to Relieve Boredom by Hustling for Extra Cash

Staring out the window at work? Little too much time on social media? The hours won't drag when you fill them making a some extra money.

By John Rampton

Building a Business

What Dating a Model Taught Me About Chasing Opportunities

If you let yourself be intimidated, you will be just like all the others who are scared to take risks.

By John Brubaker

Building a Business

Successful Entrepreneurs Are Never ‘Out of the Office’

Even if you're at home with your kids or on vacation, you should still be available for new opportunities.

By Grant Cardone

Building a Business

Motor-Less City? Bankrupt Detroit’s Booming Bike Industry.

The Motor City is becoming an unlikely hub for high-end bike manufacturing.

By Jen Wieczner

Building a Business

Entrepreneurs Should Expect to Scrape by on Crumbs Before the Feast

You will never do big things until you do small things in a big way.

By John Brubaker

Building a Business

This Is Google’s Achilles’ Heel — And Startups are Targeting It

Could hungry entrepreneurs take a bite out of the tech giant in this particular area?

By Ari Levy

Thought Leaders

10 Ways Entrepreneurs Think Differently

Those in the thick of business ownership understand that even considering all its rewards, entrepreneurship is a difficult and complicated path.

Building a Business

Why You’re Thinking About Networking All Wrong

Here's to a broader, more generous definition of the oft-used career term.

By Natalie Bounassar

Entrepreneurs

Overcoming the Obstacles to Embracing Change

Your evolution as a businessperson and perhaps chances at success may hinge on your reaction to some key scenarios.

By Jag Shoker

Business News

The Hidden Opportunity: Toys That Bridge the Gender Gap

As large corporations miss the clamoring for products that appeal to both girls and boys, forward-thinking entrepreneurs have the chance to fill the void.

By Peter Gasca

Building a Business

Finding Opportunity in a Shrinking Market

Companies thrive in legacy industries when they become thoroughly entrepreneurial.

By Tanya Hall

Building a Business

3 Life Lessons From Steve Ballmer’s Rousing Graduation Speech

Microsoft's recently departed CEO and the soon-to-be owner of the LA Clippers shared his own life advice with the graduates at the University of Washington.

By Laura Entis

Building a Business

Let’s Help Companies Die Faster and Reincarnate Sooner

Not every ailing organizations can adapt. It might be better to help them die gracefully to emerge relevant later.

By Jurgen Appelo