Entrepreneurs
This Personal Vice May Be the Key to Unlocking Your Creativity
A foremost thinker in the field of workplace psychology tells how procrastination may be the secret to fostering your best ideas.
Peter Gasca is an author and consultant at Peter Paul Advisors. He also serves as Executive-in-Residence and Director of the Community and Business Engagement Institute at Coastal Carolina University. His book, One Million Frogs', details his early entrepreneurial journey.
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Like most cyber attacks, it may be just a matter of time before your company is compromised. This one tip will help you avoid the damage when it happens.
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Businesses Must Make a Stand on Important Social Issues
With a small number of people controlling a majority of the wealth and influence in politics, it has never been more important for entrepreneurs to balance the scales.
Building a Business
20 Things You Are Doing Wrong With Email
Email is a reflection of our personal brand. Why, then, do so many people fail to proofread what they wrote, regretfully send out angry messages and disregard basic etiquette?
Thought Leaders
Silence: It’s One Simple Thing That Will Spark Your Creativity
Stop multitasking and give your brain a chance to think for itself.
Thought Leaders
Real Leadership Is About Controlling the Flow of Crap
These days, great leaders know how to deal with the rising stream of crap that seems to flow uphill, downhill and even sideways.
Building a Business
As John Oliver Pointed Out, the Yankees Could Use a Little Lesson in Humility — and Customer Loyalty
Those running the elite -- and very expensive -- Legends Club at Yankee Stadium learned a lesson last week too.
Building a Business
A Strong Personal Brand Will Enhance Your Life, No Matter What You Do for a Living
The sooner you take control of how you define yourself, the sooner you can get on with achieving the most important goals in your life.
Building a Business
Hey Bartender, I’ll Do a Shot of Book
Later this year, author James Patterson will release a new line of books he calls BookShots -- cheap and to-the-point to capture and keep customers' attention. Kind of like Jack Daniels.
Building a Business
How This Illusionist Magically Lands His Ideal Clients
While there is no magic formula for business success, there are plenty of lessons we can learn from magic formulas.
Marketing
Brands Must Embrace Cable Cord-Cutters for Marketing Effectiveness
The rise in on-demand services is causing significant challenges for brands.
Thought Leaders
Open Letter to Parents: You Are Not Helping to Raise Leaders
You mean well for your kids, but by attacking teachers and schools, you are undermining your child's ability to complete in a global marketplace.
Building a Business
U.S. States With the Lowest Click-Through Rates Are Also Those With the Lowest Obesity
Data demonstrates that the states responsible for creating digital ad technology also happen to be the ones least likely to react to them -- probably because everyone's outside running or skiing or just being healthy in general.
Marketing
Marketers Should Focus on Helping the Miserable, Frustrated People Who Flock to Donald Trump
They are ugly and violent at times, but Trump's rallies may just represent a growing segment of American society that businesses need to understand.
Tech
With Data Theft By Employees on the Rise, Don’t Look at Cybersecurity as a Mission Impossible
One of the biggest and most surprising reasons for data breaches are your own employees. Here are five internal checks you need to have in place.
Building a Business
Lachlan Johnson, 19, Became an Entrepreneur in Middle School. Here’s Why Your Kid Should, Too.
Says the young business guru: "So while my Mom and Dad may be disappointed I miss the Dean's List occasionally, they rest well knowing I have the entrepreneurial skills necessary to do other things equally as awesome."
Building a Business
Duct Tape Marketing, EOFire and Mixergy Are Just a Few Inspirational Podcasts for Entrepreneurs
Whether in your car or office or on a walk, podcasts offer entrepreneurs inspiration and motivation any time of the day.
Building a Business
Think of Your Startup Like a Pepperoni Pizza — Use a Simple Recipe for Success.
When it comes right down to it, the ingredients for a successful startup are not that different than those of a pepperoni pizza.
Building a Business
Seeking Venture Capital? This T.I.P. — a Team, an Idea and a Plan — Is Crucial to Follow.
These three critical elements must be in place before you face an investor.
Building a Business
How to Motivate Millennials, By Millennials
When it comes right down to it, millennials just want to have fun -- and maybe we can all learn from that.
Building a Business
Why We Don’t Want to See a Total Solar-Panel Eclipse Over Nevada
A controversial ruling regarding solar energy in Nevada challenges business leaders on ethics, the environment and corporate social responsibility.
Thought Leaders
Why Leadership Hinges Upon What You Do — Not Who You Are
Entrepreneurs should stop trying to be like great leaders and instead just start acting like them.
Building a Business
3 Tips for Dealing With the Inevitable Departure of Key Employees
Employee off-boarding is a regular part of business these days, but it could create positive opportunities for both you and your departing team member.
Building a Business
Leave the TPS Reports in 1998. Use These 4 Strategies to Update Your Business Communication.
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Building a Business
7 Investor Questions Startup Entrepreneurs Need to Know How to Answer
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Building a Business
Why Entrepreneurs Should Support Nationalized Parental Leave
The U.S. is the only industrialized nation in the world that does not provide working moms (or dads) with support during the vital first few months of a newborn's life. It's time for change.
Entrepreneurs
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Building a Business
Career Tips from 5 Millennial Women CEOs Leading Innovation
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Entrepreneurs
5 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Ease the Inevitable Holiday Stress
Avoid letting the stress of business and the holidays soil your spirits this season.
Thought Leaders
Why Entrepreneurs Need to Look Beyond Affirmative Action
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