Business Funding
The 6 Worst Opening Moves for Starting a Business Relationship
Don't expect a budding friendship if you're more interested in your phone than the person you're presumably getting to know.
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Building a Business
Despite Obstacles, Tough Mudder Looks to Win Over Corporate America
The obstacle course business is highlighting its corporate package offerings and bulking up its strategy to increase its presence in the team-building market.
By Laura Entis
Thought Leaders
4 Steps for Building a Partnership With Somebody You Don’t Like
Dysfunctional relationship drain energy and stifle opportunity. We can't afford not to all get along.
Building a Business
4 Can’t-Fail Ways to Grow Your Professional Network
All you need to build successful business relationships is sincerity and follow-up. You can do that.
Business Funding
Tell Us: Would You Swipe Right for a Networking Opportunity?
Meshly joins the ranks of startups that aim to be the Tinder of professional connections.
By Laura Entis
Building a Business
Why This Ad Agency Makes Every New Hire Climb Mount Fuji
This company takes team building to a whole new level – literally.
By Laura Entis
Building a Business
4 Tips to Forge Winning Client Relationships for the Long-Term
Such partnerships are a process. They're the output of trust, rapport and a track record of producing stellar work together.
Thought Leaders
The Hidden Costs of Ignoring Email
Behind every unanswered email in your inbox is a somebody drawing unpleasant conclusions about you.
By Tasha Eurich
Building a Business
Crowdfunding in the Days Before Kickstarter
The act of raising money is nothing new. And on some days, it can feel like you're running a marathon naked.
Building a Business
What Every Business Builder Can Learn From Detroit About the Power of Relationships
Relationship capital is helping save the nation's most troubled city. Imagine it's importance for businesses leaders facing less onerous challenges.
By Josh Mait
Thought Leaders
3 Hacks for Making the Most Out of a Mentoring Relationship
After choosing a sounding board, be fully committed to the relationship and open to treating each exchange as a two-way learning interaction.
Thought Leaders
Humor Them. A Well-Timed Laugh Speaks Volumes.
A lighthearted touch can open minds to viewing things differently.
By Joe Costello
Human Resources
25 Tips for Having Meaningful Relationships
The secret to having warm, loving, trustworthy people in our lives is to first become that sort of person.
By John Rampton
Building a Business
3 Reasons Why You Should Network Less
Building a network is crucial to success but if you are not connecting with the right people, it's doing you no good.
Building a Business
At Work, Emotional Intelligence Pays
The ability to read colleagues' emotions at work indirectly predicts annual income, a recent study finds.
By Laura Entis
Building a Business
Put Building Strategic Relationships at the Heart of Your Business Plan for 2015
The best way to make friends with the people who can help you is to think about how you can help them.
By Eddy Ricci
Online Presence
This Tinder-esque Dating App Allows Users to Swipe Right Based on a Potential Match’s LinkedIn Bio
By invitation-only, startup The League positions itself as a dating network for 'high quality' professionals looking for ambitious partners.
By Laura Entis
Online Presence
The Case Against Sharing Your Epic Vacation Photos on Social Media
In a nutshell: You run the risk of alienating people.
By Laura Entis
Building a Business
The Tricks to Getting 10 Times More Referrals From Your Network
Sometimes it's not just what you know, but who you know that makes all the difference in business.
Building a Business
Gilt Groupe Co-Founder: The 5 Secrets of Super Successful Founder Relationships
Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, co-founder of Gilt Groupe and new beauty service app Glamsquad, reveals what it takes to build a productive and harmonious founding team.
By Laura Entis
Building a Business
7 Tips for Making a Success of That Crucial First Meeting With a Prospect
You put in a lot of work just to be invited to give a presentation. Don't blow your opportunity with little mistakes.
Building a Business
The 5 Undervalued Relationships Needed to Ensure Business Success
Here are five important relationships that are often overlooked but that can make all the difference when it comes to your business's longevity:
Marketing
4 Ways to Get Influencers to Spread Your Brand’s Message
Think of it as a way to connect with your audience's audience.
By Ann Handley
Building a Business
To Win More Prospects, Stop Selling and Start Courting
Treat every potential client as you would someone who you hope will give you a second date.
Building a Business
Turn the Distraction of Fantasy Sports Into an Engagement Opportunity
Research has shown that employees are spending time managing their teams instead of working, which cost companies big.
Building a Business
8 Ways to Optimize Your Network
The value of your network has everything to do with how you cultivate relationships and little to do with how many names you can drop.
By Josh Mait
Online Presence
How to Ask Influencers for a Favor (And Actually Get It)
Everybody could use a little help from their friends but, sometimes, you need to make the friend who can help you that little bit.
By David Rekuc