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A company that stays the course without looking for new opportunities risks failure.

Think of failure the way you think of cars when crossing a busy street. Believe you can be run over so you'll avoid it by watching out.

In a conversation at TechCrunch NY, the co-founder and CEO spoke about not letting chatter about his company affect his point of view.

Delivery, refranchising and a new organizational structure – here are the hard facts on how McDonald's wants to fix a broken system.

The Dutch navigation company's automotive division has won big contracts in recent months, prompting analyst upgrades and a 40 percent surge in its shares.

The nascent monthly subscription service fitness market just consolidated.

I gained some valuable insights about business owners while scrolling through my Instagram feed.

Meerkat, which enables users to stream live videos over Twitter, is one of the most buzzed-about apps on the market today.

Fab CEO and co-founder Jason Goldberg will no longer be involved with the company.

'U.S. consumers don't want better Coke, they want more interesting water.'

For this month entrepreneur Robert Reffkin is looking to answer your questions about starting a business, leading teams and the challenges that come with running a company.

Service businesses have an inherent flaw: they're hard to scale. It's far easier to build and grow a sustainable product business.

When changing course, the last thing you want to do is set the team off on a wild goose chase or take a situation from bad to worse.

MBAs Across America helped a Kansas City, Missouri food market find identify technologies to help it graduate from an old-school paper system to boost efficiency.

MBAs Across America sends teams from top U.S. business schools across the country to consult with small high-impact companies.

As the co-founder of Cisco and Urban Decay, Sandy Lerner has made an impact in the worlds of technology and cosmetics, and now she is working to change the country's food production infrastructure through organic and sustainable farming.

Julian Gordon left the construction industry to start Amramp, a successful franchise aimed to help the elderly and disabled.

Reviving a once-hot app is tricky. Foursquare, the darling of mobile check-ins, is hoping to lure new users in the old-fashioned way: with ads.

This pioneer in adult web content has idea to revolutionize education through virtual reality. And he might be on to something. Maybe.

Paying dues doesn't always lead to career success, according to Shane Snow's new book.

A change in focus can lead to great things by bringing in new customers or providing a much need kick in the pants.