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Thought Leaders

Amazon Has Purposely Built in Room for Failure. Has Your Company Done the Same?

For some companies today, it's OK to launch products early and let them hit the battlefield before they're officially ready to be scaled.

By Jason McCann

Thought Leaders

How My Life as a Musician Helped Me Close the Biggest Deal of My Career

By Harrison Taylor

Business News

Checklists Before Opening More Locations for Your Franchise Business

By Franchise India Staff

Building a Business

25 Mistakes Successful People Never Make Twice

By Deep Patel

Thought Leaders

Everybody Fails. Here’s How to Make the Best of It.

It's a part of life, so learn from it.

By Matthew Wilson

Building a Business

Dealing Well With Setbacks Is Just as Important as Taking Advantage of Opportunities

You can never lose everything because you are much more than your material possessions.

By Grant Cardone

Building a Business

The Unexpected Benefits of Walking the Harder Path

In business and life, it is the struggle that unlocks your full potential.

By Raj Jana

Entrepreneurs

The Elon Musk Way of Persevering in the Face of Adversity

His successes are ballyhooed around the world but so are his spectacular failures. Neither defines him near as much as his relentless unstoppability.

By Brian T. Edmondson, Esq.

Thought Leaders

5 Entrepreneurial Truths You Must Experience to Understand

There's no substitute for real-world learning. Here are a few lessons to watch for along your path to success.

By Manish Dudharejia

Building a Business

5 Things Entrepreneurs Do Mindlessly Every Day That Sabotage Their Success

Insidious habits could have you stuck in a rut. Break free by celebrating small wins and focusing on the big picture.

By Melissa Dawn

Business News

5 Epic Product Fails and the Lessons They Can Teach Your Small Business

Remember the Juicero? The Zune? Those globs of gelatin floating in Orbitz soft drink bottles like drinkable lava lamps?

By Katie Lundin

Building a Business

Figuring Out What Can Sink Your Business — and How You Can Save It

Here's how to spot hidden weaknesses within your operation and steel yourself for unexpected battles.

By Adam Bornstein

Thought Leaders

Don’t Waste Your Time Listening to Your Fear

Fear is often a liar, but not always. Learn when to ignore it.

By Steve Eakin

Thought Leaders

Steve Madden on The Question You Must Ask Yourself to Build a Company of Value

The apparel company founder shares his business philosophy.

By Nina Zipkin

Thought Leaders

What If, One Day, You Honestly Portrayed the ‘Dark’ Side of Building Your Company?

Supermodels are posting images of themselves sans makeup; they're displaying their stretch marks. Maybe you should do the same when hard times hit your company.

By Hope Horner

Thought Leaders

5 Entrepreneurs Who Started With Nothing – and 3 Lessons to Learn

Sam Walton. George Soros. Kevin Plank. Jan Koum. What can these successful entrepreneurs teach you?

Building a Business

4 Ways I Fail Forward on a Daily Basis and Why You Should Do the Same

Failure isn't as scary if you consider it a necessary step toward eventual success.

By Jim Joseph

Building a Business

4 Easy-to-Fix Mistakes You May Be Making in Your Business Right Now

Some 163 entrepreneurs shared the mistakes they'd made with this contributor; now he's sharing how you can avoid making them yourself.

By Matthew Turner

Thought Leaders

10 Reasons Why 7 Out of 10 Businesses Fail Within 10 Years

There's a fierce tide of potential for failure in business. Half of all businesses won't make it to the five-year mark.

By R.L. Adams

Building a Business

Why, When You Fail, You Should ‘Fail Forward’

So, you've fallen on your face? Consider that you're walking in the footsteps of some 'famous failures,' like Steve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey and Stephen King.

By Alex Jasin