Building a Business
Understanding the Need and Relationship of Strategies With Innovation and Change
While there may be differences of opinion on timing, all agree that businesses need a solid strategy to survive the market pressures.
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Building a Business
Five Ways Businesses Can Use Amazon’s Mission Statement as a Growth Strategy
By Bobby Barr
Building a Business
Three Simple Truths That Will Make or Break Your Business and Fitness Goals
Succeeding in both arenas comes down to these three things.
Business News
How to Profit From Growth Investing
Growth investing is an investment strategy that makes capital appreciation its primary goal. However, like any form of investing growth investing requ...
Tech
Cybersecurity is Now Essential to Corporate Strategy. Here’s How to Bring the Two Together.
The security team is now seen as the backbone of functioning operations and customer trust.
Business News
A Math Teacher Went From Earning $5,000 a Month to $28,000 Thanks to 6 Strategic Money Decisions
Steve Chen went from being a teacher to becoming financially independent and making six figures.
By Laila Maidan
Business Ideas
How Better Sales Management Can Help Small Businesses Rebound
This is a rebound year for small businesses, filled with tough decisions about what to prioritize. Here's why investing in sales management should be at the top of the list, and how to get it there.
Human Resources
Leadership Is Like Engineering: You Need to Start with Why
To address user challenges, they must first be understood. These principles of why, what and how also apply to management, especially in turbulent times.
Thought Leaders
Consider the Camel: 3 Ways to Build a Resilient Business
Unicorns are overrated.
By Aytekin Tank
Thought Leaders
Why More Women Entrepreneurs Should Play Chess
There's a dearth of women in chess clubs, just as there is in the entrepreneurial community. But there are strategic opportunities in both spaces.
Thought Leaders
18 Movies Every Entrepreneur Should Watch
Whatever stage you are at in your business venture, there's a lot you can learn from these money-minded flicks.
Building a Business
Want to Become a Successful Tech Company? Be Boring!
Tech companies often only want to work on the buzziest projects. But if they put aside their egos, they'd discover a far wider world of opportunity.
By Paul Nunes
Marketing
You Have a Product, Now You Need a Strategy
Without a clear strategy, companies often get sidetracked.
By Greg Shepard
Thought Leaders
Why You Need to Think Outside the Box
For one thing, not every solution comes in a box.
Thought Leaders
How Chess Prepared Me to Be a CEO
People, strategy and adaptation are crucial to winning in both chess and business.
By Bill Peña
Building a Business
When to Hire a Consultant
Good consultants are expensive but their worth the money if you do your part.
Online Presence
Up Your Social Media Game By Answering These 8 Branding Questions
Don't put the social media cart before the brand strategy horse.
Thought Leaders
Rejection Is Part of Entrepreneurship. Here’s How to Handle It.
Successful entrepreneurs say "no" to most offers. Those are exactly the people you're trying to do business with.
Building a Business
Should You Charge More for Your Business or Service?
Resist the urge to sell your product or service short.
By Alan Taylor
Building a Business
5 Early Signs Your Startup Will Succeed
Putting the right team in place puts you way ahead in the game.
Entrepreneurs
An Emotional Elon Musk Lays Out Tesla’s Future Plans and Admits He Has a Problem With Time
At Tesla's shareholder meeting on Tuesday, Musk went with a patient approach -- a far cry from the tirades he's made headlines for in recent months.
By Hayden Field
Building a Business
The 4 Most Common Challenges Facing Enterprise Strategy Teams Today
Strategy teams are tasked with seeing around corners. It's a challenging job.
Business News
GoPro Gives Up on Drones
After another rough round of financial reports, the company gives up on the Karma drone.
By Jim Fisher
Business News
Sony’s Turnaround Strategy Is Working
Five years ago, CEO Kaz Hirai wanted Sony to be a leader in imaging and games, now he got his wish.
Thought Leaders
4 Mental Tactics to Increase Your Odds of Staying Alive, According to This Green Beret
Here's what a former Special Forces leader tells himself every morning to be ready for anything.
By Dan Bova
Building a Business
How to Effectively Measure Strategic Initiatives
Follow this expert advice for laying out a game plan for any project or initiative that will help you evaluate it before, during and after the project is complete.
Tech
How Being App-Happy Undermines Your Business
Apps might be relatively easy to produce, but they're not a cure-all for startups' business problems.
By Per Bylund
Business Accounting
Here’s What Experts Predict for VC and the IPO Market
One industry leader believes good companies will continue to find funding, period.
By Shawn Degnan