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
Research | Page 6
Entrepreneurs
Taking Notes May Impede Your Ability to Remember Stuff
Your scribbles can act like a crutch, providing an excuse to stop paying attention because, hey, you're writing it down...
By Laura Entis
Building a Business
Remarkable Ways to Prepare for a Business Presentation
Consider some of these unconventional techniques for relieving stress and bringing focus before that important summit.
Entrepreneurs
Calling All Chocolate Lovers: Cocoa May Improve Age-Related Memory Loss
Unfortunately, that doesn't translate into eating all the chocolate in sight.
By Laura Entis
Building a Business
4 Steps to Navigate the Rough Waters of Information Overload
The entrepreneurial realm offers an ocean of opportunity. However, with such opportunity also comes a propensity for confusion.
By Jeff Boss
Entrepreneurs
Leading Scientists Question ‘Brain Games’ Effectiveness, Call for More Research
Companies like Luminosity that are making 'brain games' are capitalizing on older individuals' fears of cognitive decline by making 'exaggerated and misleading claims' unfounded in scientific evidence, they contend.
By Laura Entis
Building a Business
Google Tests Waters for Potential Ultra-Fast Wireless Service
Wireless experts note that the tests could simply be basic research that does not ultimately lead to new products or services.
By Reuters
Entrepreneurs
Study: If Your Team Has Too Many Superstars, Performance Will Suffer
In collaborative professional sports, too many elite players can detract from a team's overall performance, according to a recent study.
By Laura Entis
Building a Business
Discovering of Brain’s GPS Takes Home Nobel Prize in Medicine
John O'Keefe, Mary-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser discovered place and grid cells, which help us navigate space and build mental maps of our surroundings – a major breakthrough for Alzheimer's research.
By Carly Okyle
Online Presence
Why Twitter Is Handing Over Your Tweets to MIT
MIT's Laboratory for Social Machines now has access to every public tweet ever made...for research, of course.
By Carly Okyle
Tech
Google to Break Ground on Life-Prolonging Research Facility
Google-backed biotech company Calico has also forged a partnership with a Chicago-based biopharmaceutical firm to develop age-defying drugs.
By Geoff Weiss
Building a Business
The Scientific Method for Entrepreneurs: 6 Steps to Long-Term Success
Here's how to use the scientific method to achieve success as an entrepreneur.
Building a Business
The Best Time to Visit Your Franchise Headquarters
Some advice for franchisees on how to decide whether a trip to your franchise's home turf makes sense.
By Joel Libava
Building a Business
OkCupid Founder: ‘If You Use the Internet, You’re the Subject of Hundreds of Experiments’
The widespread outrage directed at Facebook for manipulating its users' emotions has the dating site, which has been routinely running experiments on its own users, perplexed.
By Laura Entis
Marketing
My Business Partner, My Spouse — The View From the Husband’s Side
The other half of a leadership and marketing consulting firm describes the keys to running a business with the person you married.
By Aneil Mishra
Tech
Convincing Naysayers to Adopt New Technology
In delivering a business pitch about a novel invention, be sure to bolster your presentation with facts and know your audience.
By Ron Patch
Building a Business
Ivory Tower Research and Startup Innovation Are Two Sides of a Coin
Professors doing original research and entrepreneurs looking for the next great innovation have much in common.
Tech
More People Want to Get Shocked Than Sit in Total Stillness for 15 Minutes
With our attention spans shorter than ever, a new study found that people are willing to go to shocking lengths to avoid sitting still.
By Geoff Weiss
Building a Business
How Do You Bring Innovation to Market?
We asked some of the leading idea people in business to define how new products, technologies and commodities come into being.
By Corie Brown
Building a Business
Potential Franchisees: The Right Way to Ask ‘How Much Money Can I Make?’
There's a right and wrong way to ask how much money your potential franchise could earn when researching becoming a franchisee.
By Joel Libava
Entrepreneurs
3 Ways to Avoid Distractions and Be More Productive
Even the briefest distraction can throw us off, a new study finds. Here are a few ways to get yourself back on track and in the 'zone.'
By Laura Entis
Building a Business
FDA Approves First Mind-Controlled Prosthetic Arm
The arm allows amputees to perform once impossible tasks, like using a zipper and picking up delicate objects like grapes and eggs.
By Laura Entis
Online Presence
Meet the Algorithm That Can Predict Your Photo’s Popularity Before You Post It
Researchers at MIT have created a popularity prediction algorithm for photos. Unsurprisingly, bikini photos attract more eyeballs than those featuring plungers.
By Laura Entis
Online Presence
Can Twitter Be Used to Predict Crime?
A newly published paper says geo-tagged tweets can assist in the prediction of crime.
By Wendy Frink
Entrepreneurs
Angry at Work? Have a Snack.
A new study reveals that low blood pressure depletes our self-control, turning us into aggressive voodoo-stabbing versions of ourselves.
By Laura Entis
Tech
Will Synthetic Biology Evolve Into the Next Hot Field?
Five things you should know about this growing segment that aims to modify life itself.
By Britt Wray
Entrepreneurs
How Much Sleep Do You Really Need?
We've all been told we need at least eight hours of sleep. But are some of us not 'built that way?' Or are we just fooling ourselves?
By Laura Entis