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Articles From 2013 In September

Tue Sep 30 2013

Tumblr's CEO: 'I'm Not Super-Passionate About How We Run the Company' - Stephanie Meyers
Don't Limit Your Search for Qualified Talent - Inc. staff
Week in Tech: Take the iPhone 5s for a Speed Test - John Brandon
Your Optimism Needs a Dose of Reality (and Vice Versa) - Inc. staff
Study: 40% of Small Businesses Have Been Victims of Cyberattacks - Laura Montini
Fury, Dismay, Cutbacks: Entrepreneurs React to the Shutdown - Jeremy Quittner
Obama Wants to Talk ... If Shutdown Is Taken Off the Table - Eric Pianin and Josh Boak
What Stifles Innovation (and How to Fix it) - Will Yakowicz
Fast, Easy, and Online - Jill Krasny
Is This the World's Most Creative Manufacturer? - Josh Dean
The Best of Augmented Reality - Ryan Underwood
The Good, Bad, and Ugly of AngelList Syndicates
Suster: You Can't Be Totally Transparent - Mark Suster
4 Things the Rolling Stones Can Teach Marketers - Erik Sherman
The Best (and Worst) Reasons to Be a Leader - Minda Zetlin
The Real Cost of Hiring the Wrong Employee - John Brandon
3 Things Alexis Ohanian Looks for in a Pitch - Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
Steve Jurvetson on How to Pitch a Venture Capitalist - Burt Helm
How To Sell Today: Be A Student, Not A Teacher - M. Jeffrey Hoffman
Wanted: Good Policy for Small Business Growth - Margo Epprecht
How to Rally the Troops - Burt Helm
Don't Rely on Gut Instinct to Measure Employee Performance - Inc. staff
8 Tips for Empowering Employees - Kevin Daum
8 Silly Phrases Marketers Should Avoid - Geoffrey James
Success: If You Define It, You Can Accomplish It - Jessica Stillman
17 Ways to Deal With Unhappy Customers - Young Entrepreneur Council
Onboarding: Don't Underestimate the Power of a Good First Day - Janine Popick
Why Generalists May Soon Rule the Day - The Build Network staff
Why There Are No Job Titles at My Company - Jeff Haden
7 Tips for Making Powerful New Connections - Marla Tabaka
Your Company's Financial Roadmap, in Just 3 Steps - Elle Kaplan
Pro Tips for Cheaper Flights (It's Actually Not Rocket Science) - Abigail Tracy
Be a Brand, Not a Label - Marc Ecko
How Scott Harrison Wins Over a Crowd - Burt Helm
Learning by Error: How to Make Hay When Things Go Hay-Wire - Paul Schoemaker
How We Built GoBank - Reshma Memon Yaqub
The Way I Work: Philippe von Borries, Refinery29 - Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
How to Add More Pep to Your Presentations - Leigh Buchanan
Editor's Letter: The 2 Paths of Entrepreneurial Success - Eric Schurenberg
Both Simple And True: The Secrets of Effective Storytelling - Leigh Buchanan
Augmented Reality for Businesses - Ryan Underwood

Sat Sep 27 2013

Kelly Stoetzel: Examples of Great TED Talks - Burt Helm and Andrew Maclean
Street Smarts: What Kind of People Should I Hire? - Norm Brodsky
On the Track or in the Boardroom
How to Incubate a Company From Start to Finish - Stuart Ellman
Status Quo: Your Most Powerful Competitor - Will Yakowicz
5 Apps to Manage Your Social Media on the Go - Dave Kerpen
What's the Economic Impact of a Government Shutdown? - Josh Boak
A Management Strategy That Will Blow Your Mind (and Lead to Massive Profits) - Srikumar Rao
4 Myths About Success to Ignore - Laura Garnett
Advertising for Investors? Duck the Celebs and Crowds - Erik Sherman
Don't Get Rid of Comments Just Yet - Stephanie Meyers
Aaron Levie of Box: How to Wow a Crowd - Burt Helm
Take Care of Yourself Before You Take Care of Business - Christine Lagorio-Chafkin and Andrew Maclean
6 Tips for Successful Cold Calls - Barry Farber
11 Questions Every Entrepreneur Must Be Able to Answer - Ilya Pozin
How to Ace a Television Interview - Burt Helm
You Need People Who Tell You What You Don't Want to Hear - Lee Colan
Phil Libin: The One Item I Cannot Work Without - Phil Libin
Lessons from Barilla: Keep Your Politics at Home - Eric Holtzclaw
How to Take Control of a Difficult Conversation - Minda Zetlin
How to Get Job Candidates to Take Off the Mask - Jessica Stillman
MIT Professor: Let Your Customers Drive Innovation - Will Yakowicz
Sales Secret: Show <em>Why</em> Customers Should Buy - Geoffrey James
5 Steps for Accomplishing Any Goal - Kevin Daum
6 Tech Must-Haves for International Business Trips - John Brandon
Start-ups Take on Google Glass - Ryan Underwood
4 Ways to Avoid a Bad Hire - Scott Elser
When Business-Model Disruption Is the Status Quo - The Build Network staff
What Kind of Leader are you? - Adam Bluestein
Follow The Map to Find Your Leadership Style - Adam Bluestein
Tested: Thin and Light Laptops--Now With More Power - John Brandon
Why the Series A Crunch Might Be a Good Thing - David H. Freedman

Fri Sep 26 2013

Dr. Brené Brown: 4 Powerful Things Leaders Should Know About Vulnerability - Kimberly Weisul and Andrew Maclean
Dr. BrenÃ© Brown: Vulnerability & Criticism - Kimberly Weisul and Andrew Maclean
A Huge Question Leaders Should Ask - Kimberly Weisul and Andrew Maclean
Dr. BrenÃ© Brown: The Biggest Myth About Vulnerability - Kimberly Weisul and Andrew Maclean
Dr. BrenÃ© Brown: Vulnerability & Innovation - Inc. staff
QuickBooks to Synch Up With Square - Jill Krasny
5 Reasons You Should Own a Motorcycle - Dwain M. DeVille
Senator Ted Cruz and the Pitfalls of Zealot Leadership - Samuel Bacharach
Why Most Start-Ups Don't Get Press - Camille Ricketts
Inside PayPal's Big Purchase - Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
The Surprising Identity of Each Social Network - Cooper Smith
10 Simple Marketing Tips for Small Businesses - Eric Holtzclaw
Why Creativity Is Like Karaoke - Leigh Buchanan
How to Be More Likeable: 7 Things You Need - Christina DesMarais
What Google's Secure Search Means for Online Marketing - Erik Sherman
4 Ways to Justify a Good Idea - Samuel Bacharach
Is an MBA Worth the Cash? - Young Entrepreneur Council
25 Revealing Questions That Build Better Work Relationships - Shelley Prevost
Yes, Your Employees Use Social Media. Now Stop Spying on Them - Suzanne Lucas
How to Give a Great TED Talk - Burt Helm
B2B Marketing and Social Media: What You Need to Know - Jon Miller
A Really Busy Person's Guide to Work-Life Balance - Jessica Stillman
Success in Q4: The Year Is Almost Over--Go Out on Top - Les McKeown
3 Keys to Winning a Retail Customer - Karl Stark and Bill Stewart
Manage Your Most Important Employee: You - Geoffrey James
Jim Collins: My Reading List for Military Inspired Leadership Tips - Bo Burlingham
Here Are the Ads Your Customers Trust: Study - Abigail Tracy
Small Agencies Cash In On Obamacare Ad Blitz - Adam Bluestein
The Secret to Lasting Partnerships - Will Yakowicz
3 Ways to Avoid a Twitter #Hashtagfail - Carrie Kerpen
How to Pose Like a Pro - Burt Helm
How Will the Sharing Economy Disrupt Your Business? - John Warrillow
How to Make Tough Decisions - Janine Popick
It's Not Just Twitter. Why IPOs Are Back - Jill Hamburg-Coplan
The Re-Education of Jim Collins - Bo Burlingham
The Secret to Pioneer Green Energy's Success

Thu Sep 25 2013

What's the Best Age to Start a Business? - Stephanie Meyers
Why Consumer Hardware Start-ups Fail - Marc Barros
The Right Pinterest Strategy for Your Business - Jill Krasny
To Patent or Not: What to Learn from Rainbow Loom's Battle - Debra Kaye
3 Simple Steps to Avoiding IP Disputes - Matthew Swyers
Buying Fake Reviews: 6 Things to Know if You're Tempted - Michael Fertik
4 Traits of True Intrapreneurs - Will Yakowicz
How Kevin Ryan Comes Up With New Business Ideas - Allison Fass
'There's Too Much Interesting Competition Going on Around Us' - Inc. staff
How Jeff Lawson of Twilio Perfected His Pitch - Burt Helm
Stephen Wolfram: 3 Things You Should Know About Science - Allison Fass
PayPal Unveils New Small Business Loan - Stephanie Meyers
How Tony Haile Conquered Public-Speaking Anxiety - Burt Helm
2 Telltale Signs Your Idea Is a Dud - Will Yakowicz
How To Deal With Marginal Mentors - Howard Tullman
Let the Affordable Care Act Pass So Businesses Can Keep Running - Gene Marks
The 5 Traits That Customers Value - Geoffrey James
So, How Are Those Thiel Fellows Doing? - Jessica Stillman
You're Introverted? Did Myers or Briggs Tell You That? - Alexis Ohanian
George Stephanopoulos on the Art of Conversation - Burt Helm
Hiring & Recruiting: A Fail-Safe Hiring Tactic: The Peanut Butter and Jelly Test - Christine Lagorio-Chafkin and Andrew Maclean
How to Build a Loyal Following - Kevin Daum
The Last Great Untapped Talent Pool - Patricia Fletcher
Is There Such a Thing as Too Many Startups? - Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
6 Ways to Break Through the Static - The Build Network staff
How to Increase Your Twitter Followers: Be More Confident - Christina DesMarais
My Worst Mistake in Business - John Brandon
Do You Deserve Investment Capital? - Alan Ying
4 Ways to Break Your Team Out of a Slump - Lee Colan
The Entrepreneur's Biggest Pitfall: Boredom - Norm Brodsky

Wed Sep 24 2013

Aereo Keeps Growing, Keeps Making Enemies - Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
How Wendy Kopp Came Up With and Launched Teach for America - WOBI
6 Reasons Companies Fail at Content Marketing - Dave Kerpen
StumbleUpon's First Acquisition Is in Video - Stephanie Meyers
Small Business Sales Slow - Jeremy Quittner
Sir Richard Branson: Hire for Personality - Will Yakowicz
How to Create Repeat Customers In a Hit-Driven Market - Robin D. Schatz
5 Steps to Becoming an Innovation Champion - Samuel Bacharach
Android vs. iOS: Which Is Better for Mobile Start-ups? - Erik Sherman
Angel Investor Esther Dyson: 'There Are Too Many Start-Ups' - Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
Angel Investor Esther Dyson: 'Automate All the Boring Jobs' - Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
Why Esther Dyson Invests In What She Invests In - Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
Angel Investor Esther Dyson: Redundancy Is Wasteful ... But You Need It - Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
Angel Investor Esther Dyson: Find Something That Hasn't Been Done - Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
Angel Investor Esther Dyson: How Gamification Changes Behavior - Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
7 Reasons Investors Are Looking South - Marcelo Sada
Super-Successful Entrepreneurs: 6 Best Hiring Questions - Issie Lapowsky
How to Be More Confident: 6 Tips - Christina DesMarais
The One Thing That Will Keep Your Employees Happy - Inc. staff
4 Extreme Hiring Tactics - Issie Lapowsky
Easy Way to Higher Profits: Meditation - Jessica Stillman
Al Gore and Maggie L. Fox: Why You (Yes, You) Should Care About Climate Change - Issie Lapowsky
Are You Ready to Start a Business? Take This Test - Peter Cohan
Are You a High-Performer--or Just an Overachiever? - Les McKeown
How the iPhone Changed Selling - Geoffrey James
6 Reasons to Ignore a Bad Reference - Suzanne Lucas
Advice to Start-ups: Stack the Deck - Eric Paley
To Bid or Not to Bid--The Classic Sales Dilemma - Tom Searcy
FDA Releases Guidelines for Mobile Health Apps - Abigail Tracy
Become a Better Leader by Letting Go (A Little) - Peter Economy
The Counterintuitive Cash Flow Strategy That Works - Kimberly Weisul
5 Alternatives to Venture Capital - Karl Stark and Bill Stewart
3 Reasons To Launch a B2B Start-Up - Jill Krasny
Why B2B Startups Are Suddenly So Sexy - Jill Krasny
How Much Should You Pay Yourself? - Jessica Stillman

Tue Sep 23 2013

Melinda Gates to Start-ups: Use Technology for Social Change - Issie Lapowsky
Stephen Wolfram's Scheme to Turn More Ideas Into Businesses - Allison Fass
BlackBerry to Go Private at $4.7B to Save Business. Next: Pigs Fly - Erik Sherman
Week in Tech: Microsoft's Surface 2 & BlackBerry's $4.7 Billion Deal to Go Private - John Brandon
Build Your Customers' Businesses, Not Your Own: 4 Steps - Vanessa Merit Nornberg
3 Core Principles of Great Leadership - Will Yakowicz
5 Simple Steps Guaranteed to Make You Happier - Minda Zetlin
Tagline Takedown: Deconstructing Nonprofits (When Pink Turns to Red) - Steve Cody
Who's Managing the Reputation Managers? (Avoid Bogus Reviews and Bottom-Feeders) - Steve Cody
Does the Location of Your Startup Determine its Success? - Scott Jones
How to Build a Successful Online Video Business - Will Yakowicz
Find Your Calling: How to Ask Yourself the Right Questions - Miki Agrawal
Why Dropbox's Founders Said No to Steve Jobs - Will Yakowicz
Social Media: What Makes Customers Go From "Liking" to Buying - Janine Popick
5 Ways Raising Capital Is Changing - Marla Tabaka
An Unlikely Startup Hub - Jessica Stillman
5 Words That Customers Absolutely Hate - Geoffrey James
Hiring & Recruiting | Which 5 People Would You Hire If You Could? - Margaret Heffernan
Ban on General Solicitation Lifts for Start-ups Seeking Funding - Eric Markowitz
Make the Most of Any Opportunity - Kevin Daum
Removing Your Organization's Fear of Failure - The Build Network staff
Best Advice I Ever Got: Matt Ehrlichman - Young Entrepreneur Council

Sat Sep 20 2013

Everyone Loves Tesla. Except California Car Dealers. - Jeremy Quittner
Thinking of Starting a Business? Print Profits in 3-D Printing - Abigail Tracy and Samuel Wagreich
Cash Costs U.S. Businesses $40 Billion a Year - Will Yakowicz
How Small Businesses Sell to Big Ones - M. Jeffrey Hoffman
Wise Up: 5 Things to Study This Weekend - Michael Alter
How to Build a Company of Entrepreneurs - Peter Economy
Are You Really That Angry or Is It Just Twitter? - Jessica Stillman
Life Isn't Fair-- So Be Optimistic - Geoffrey James
The Powerful Trait Shared by Gates, Jobs, Buffett, Zuckerberg... - Kevin Daum
A Few Design Lessons From Apple - Abigail Tracy
Organizational Change Is Just Large-Scale Behavior Modification - The Build Network staff
How to Get a Business Loan (Even in Tough Times) - Minda Zetlin
Small Businesses Want Customers and Capital - Abigail Tracy
Meet the Brains Behind the Brawn: SoulCycle Founders Talk Growth - Kimberly Weisul

Fri Sep 19 2013

Never Out of the Fight - Brent Gleeson
Best Advice I Ever Got: Phil Laboon - Young Entrepreneur Council
Is TechCrunch Disrupt Getting Too Big? - Eric Markowitz
4 Guidelines For Improving Your Marketing - Tom Searcy
The New Business Model: Doing Well and Good - Laura Garnett
Feeling Successful? Don't Get Too Comfortable (or Else) - Les McKeown
How to Measure Your Content Marketing Efforts - Janine Popick
The Informative Edge of Content Marketing - Aaron Aders
Beware the CMO Who Can Do It All - Jon Miller
Why Great Ideas Are Usually Worthless - Geoffrey James
Meet Whitetruffle, a Small Start-up With a Big Data Approach to Hiring - Eric Markowitz
What To Do When You Lose a Rockstar Employee - Eric Holtzclaw
Is the Price Really Right? 5 Ways to Tell - Matthew Swyers
Fred Wilson: Maximizing Runway Can Minimize Success - Fred Wilson
Do These 3 Things <em>Before</em> Launching Your Online Startup - Mayra Jimenez
5 Hints You're About To Be Dumped - Suzanne Lucas
Fast Growth: 3 Values Your Company Should Have - Abigail Tracy
A Super Simple 2-Word Social Media Strategy: Be Useful - Abigail Tracy
Drowning in Advice? 3 Tricks to Sort the Good From the Bad - Jessica Stillman

Thu Sep 18 2013

Essie Weingarten: Be a Bumper Car - Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
How To Boost Your Company's Value: Mind the Intangible Assets - Curtis Kroeker
Hiring Lessons Learned the Hard Way - Carolyn Cutrone
Are the Strongest Teams Only Temporary? - Will Yakowicz
Company Culture: How to Keep Your Entrepreneurial Edge as You Grow - Raman Chadha
Selling Online: The Bottom Line on What it Takes - John Caplan
When is it Time to Fire a Customer? - Drew Greenblatt
4 Ways to Turn Visitors into Buyers Online - Neal Cabage
Five Years Later, Inc. 500 CEOs Reflect on Lessons Learned During the Financial Crisis - Jeremy Quittner
What Would Marissa Mayer Do? Advice for Everyone Else - Carrie Kerpen
Why Small Wins Beat Big Ones - Howard Tullman
A Customer Walks Into Your Store With a Gun. Now What? - Bill Murphy Jr.
Superhero Sunday: Gimmick or Not, Customer Satisfaction Soared - Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick
Long Work Hours Hinder Success - Geoffrey James
Why Hiring for Culture Fit Is Baloney - Barry Schuler
Are Your Employees Covering Up Their True Selves? - Jessica Stillman
Stand Firm or Compromise? That Is the Question - Kevin Daum
Everyone is a Hacker - Neil Blumenthal
When Being the Boss Hurts - Jen Bilik
Joy Chen: 3 Simple Tips For Solving a Big Problem - Carolyn Cutrone
How Does Bill Belichick Develop New Leaders? - Adam Vaccaro
4 More Ways to Boost Your Twitter Followers - John Brandon
Bump Sells to Google: Saved From Being Just a 'Feature'? - Erik Sherman
15 Things Inspiring Leaders Do Differently - Lee Colan
6 Ways to Ruin Your Day - Christina DesMarais
Immigration Reform Will Foster Innovation and Competition - Gene Marks

Wed Sep 17 2013

Bitcoin Lawsuit Shakes the Industry - Eric Markowitz
There's More to Great Decision Making Than Just Instinct - Abigail Tracy
Over Half of Americans Now Use Cell Phones to Go Online - Abigail Tracy
Stephen Wolfram's 3 Brightest Ideas - Will Yakowicz
Want a Better Business? Start By Being a Better Person - Andrew Griffiths
Creatively Drained? 8 Tips to Recharge - Ilya Pozin
Fred Wilson: All CEOs Should Do Exit Interviews - Will Yakowicz
The Best Kind of Entrepreneur to Be - Jeff Haden
An All-Day Video Conference for Remote Workers: Crazy or Brilliant? - Will Yakowicz
You've Got to Be the Best at These 3 Things - Les McKeown
The 4 Sales Questions You Absolutely Must Ask - Geoffrey James
Lady Gaga Got Busted. You Will Too - Suzanne Lucas
Why You Should Stop Trying to Be So Efficient - Jessica Stillman
Help Your Team Make Smarter Decisions - Peter Economy
Is Social Media Ruining Your Marketing? - Irving Fain
For Founders, the Hardest Part Is Letting Go - Inc. staff
Have You Successfully Reached Your Company's Mission? - Inc. staff
How to Keep Your Company's Mission Alive - Inc. staff
Gary Hirshberg: How You Know It's Time to Get Out - Inc. staff
What to Do When You're Bored With Your Business - Inc. staff
Why You Should Stop Advertising - Curt Hanke
3 Start-Up Tips From 'Yale's Professor of Coffee Shops' - Peter Cohan
Minerva Project to Offer Elite Undergraduate Education for $10,000 - Issie Lapowsky

Tue Sep 16 2013

What It's Really Like to Be a Woman in Tech - Jill Krasny
What I Wish I'd Known as a Struggling CEO - Marc Barros
Branding Fail: McDonald's Tries to Kick Out Teens for Bringing Own Silverware - Minda Zetlin
Tagline Takedown: "You Get One Chance" - Steve Cody
What if a Job Candidate Shows Up at an Interview With His Parents? - Margaret Heffernan
Simple Trick That Made Backblaze Cash-Flow Positive - Gleb Budman
Daymond John: How I Started FUBU - Scott Gerber
FUBU Founder Daymond John: Every Market Is on the Verge of Disruption - Scott Gerber
FUBU Founder Daymond John: Make Money Off of Other People's Mistakes
FUBU Founder Daymond John: If Nobody Else Likes It, It Might Be a Hit - Scott Gerber
FUBU Founder Daymond John on Branding: Sometimes the Message Gets Lost - Scott Gerber
FUBU Founder Daymond John: How Celebrity Solves the Advertising Dilemma - Scott Gerber
FUBU Founder Daymond John: You Have to Protect Your Mark - Scott Gerber
FUBU Founder Daymond John: Is This a Person I Want to Work With? - Scott Gerber
FUBU Founder Daymond John: How Can You Teach Entrepreneurship? - Scott Gerber
FUBU Founder Daymond John: Always Have Distribution In Place First - Scott Gerber
FUBU Founder Daymond John: Secrets From a Master Brand Builder - Scott Gerber
Physical Space as Brand Innovation - John Caplan
5 High-Tech Hotels With Super-Fast Check-Ins - John Brandon
3 Simple Steps to Banish Negativity - Marla Tabaka
How to Get Your Team to Take More Risks - Jessica Stillman
Report: The Internet of Everything Could Boost the Economy - Abigail Tracy