Articles From 2014 In August
Sat Aug 15 2014
- Shake Shack May Be Getting Ready For an IPO - Myles Udland
- Stores Have a Solid Start to Back-to-School Season
- Supervalu Becomes Latest to Suffer Data Breach
- Jason Fried: Slow Growth Is the Healthiest Growth - Laura Montini
- Here's How To Boost Your Creativity - Ximena Vengoechea
- Sales Commissions and Juiced-Up Entrepreneurs--Comments of the Week
- How a Little Motel Helped Save Woodstock - Jill Krasny
- Coca-Cola Bets on Energy Drinks with Monster Stake
- Did MLB Choose the Right Baseball Commissioner? - Ilan Mochari
- An Easy Way to Get More Out of Your Sales Team - Logan Chierotti
- 7 Things to Do Before Changing Your Career - Drew Hendricks
- Apple Sued by Shareholders Over Alleged Anti-Poaching Agreements - Dave Smith
- Samsung Buys Smart-Home Startup For $200 Million - Karyne Levy
- 10 Tips to Getting a Proper Raise - Drew Hendricks
- Kickstarter or Indiegogo? How to Decide Between Crowdfunding Platforms
- New 'Humin' App Will Revolutionize How You Network - Steven Tweedie
- 5 Investment Rules No One Ever Told You - Murray Newlands
- Anheuser-Busch InBev CEO Carlos Brito: Your People Are Your Biggest Competitive Advantage
- Carlos Brito: Leadership Is Simple to Define, Hard to Live
- Carlos Brito: The Challenge Is Retaining Great People
- Carlos Brito: Strive for Healthy Dissatisfaction
- Carlos Brito: To Develop Leadership Qualities, Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
- Carlos Brito: Which Companies Inspire You?
- Carlos Brito: The Ethics of Selling a Product That Can Be Abused
- How to Respond to Criticism for Better Self-Improvement - Laura Montini
- Company Behind Crocs Loses Its Footing: 3 Lessons for Small Businesses - Peter Gasca
- 3 Ways Your Company Culture Directly Impacts Your Bottom Line - John Boitnott
- How to Succeed as an Entrepreneur With Zero Business Experience - Christina DesMarais
- How Lyft Handles Fierce Competition and Heavy Regulation
- The Unassuming Interview Question You Should Always Ask - Paul B. Brown
- Best Advice I Ever Got: It's Not About You, It's About Your Customer - Young Entrepreneur Council
- Your Office Is Plotting to Kill You (Infographic) - Jeff Haden
- 5 Reasons Why Collaboration Is Essential in Today's Business Environment - Natalie Nixon
- Why the Ice Bucket Challenge Is Good for Company Culture - Janine Popick
- Study: Pre-Negotiation Small Talk Is Useless, If You're a Woman - Jessica Stillman
- 5 Habits of Extraordinarily Effective Leaders - Peter Economy
- Your Responsibilities for a Website Project - Paul Jarvis
- This Question Made Me $10,000 in 10 Seconds - Geoffrey James
- Why a Hectic Life Makes for a Good Business - Morgen Newman
- The Happiest Startup Hubs, and Why You Might Want To Move - Kimberly Weisul
- Small Business Optimism is on the Rise, New Survey Says - Jeremy Quittner
- 8 Expressions Really Good Communicators Always Use - John Brandon
- This Entrepreneur Got a Big Idea from Hungry Hungry Hippos - Ilan Mochari
- 3 Steps for Turning a Hobby Into a Successful Business - Lisa Congdon
- Trust Me: Content Marketing is Risky Business - Michelle Manafy
- 7 Ways Twitter Should Protect Robin Williams' Daughter (and Everyone Else) - Minda Zetlin
- How Relaxing Can Make You Unhappy - Jessica Stillman
- How to Break Up With a Rude Customer - Jim Belosic
- Punished for Puking: Bad Attendance Policies - Suzanne Lucas
Fri Aug 14 2014
- 4 Secrets to Success Richard Branson Learned From Nelson Mandela - Mark Thompson
- Does Telecommuting Kill Company Morale? - Logan Chierotti
- Report: Fantasy Football Could Cost Employers $13 Billion This Season - Laura Montini
- Zuckerberg Joins the ALS 'Ice Bucket Challenge' - Zoë Henry
- Don't Make These 4 Common Legal Mistakes - Annie Webber
- How to Nudge Employees to Be More Creative - Graham Winfrey
- How Peer to Peer Worker Companies Are Changing the Debate on Wages - Jeremy Quittner
- How Lean Planning Can Benefit Your Business - Sabrina Parsons
- This Is How Your Customers Really Want to Contact You (Infographic) - Graham Winfrey
- 3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Pitching Your Startup - John Rampton
- How Startup Funding Really Works (Infographic) - Laura Montini
- Gary Vaynerchuk on Billion-Dollar Ideas - Gary Vaynerchuk
- Berlin Taxi Drivers Hail City's Uber Ban
- Try This Marketing Secret, Courtesy of Def Leppard - Jeff Haden
- Wal-Mart Cuts Profit Outlook
- Cisco to Lay off Up to 6000 Workers
- 3 Tips for a Truly Productive Day
- 5 Life-Changing Lessons from the World’s Youngest Billionaires - Larry Kim
- The Biggest Lesson I Learned as an Apple Designer - Mark Kawano
- Hey Startups, Stop Turning Off Top Talent! - Jessica Stillman
- How Can Women Make as Much Money as Men? - Laura Garnett
- How to Groom New Leaders - Samuel Bacharach
- Steve Blank: How to Delight Your Customers - Steve Blank
- From Bellhops to Burger Flippers, Robots Look to Steal Even More Jobs - Andrew Lumby
- "Men Know What They Want in an Employee. Not in a Mate." - Meg Cadoux Hirshberg
- 6 Health Hacks for Frequent Travelers - Christina DesMarais
- 3 Entrepreneurial Lessons from The Wizard of Oz - Ilan Mochari
- Keeping Your Cool: 5 Tips for Investing in the Next Big Thing - Murray Newlands
- Your Emotion Determines Your Company's Success - Chris Heivly
- 4 Tips for Landing Stellar Employees - Entrepreneurs' Organization
- The Secret to Maximum Productivity? Balance
- Why Happiness at Work Matters - Ariana Ayu
- Women-Led Companies Thrive in Online Fundraising Markets - Ryan Caldbeck
- 6 Ways to Boost Your Creative Thinking - Jason Zook
- How to Learn to Be Luckier - Jessica Stillman
- The 70 Percent Rule--When to Delegate - Jim Schleckser
- 12 Tips for Strong, Credible Business Writing - Geoffrey James
- It Took James Dyson 15 Years to Make a Bagless Vacuum - Ilan Mochari
- Review of Reid Hoffman's 'The Alliance:' Where Honesty, Privacy, and Hiring Collide - Kimberly Weisul
- To Improve Communication, Head to the Mall - Alison Davis
- What Women Want, Technically Speaking - Rebekah Iliff
- Windowless Offices a Serious Drag on Productivity - Jessica Stillman
- 7 Proven Principles to Grow Your Business: Book Excerpt - Jeff Hoffman, David Finkel
- 4 Ways to Get VCs (and Other Busy People) to Make Introductions for You - Springboard Enterprises
Thu Aug 13 2014
- Building a Software Business? 3 Data Points Your VC Needs to Get Up to Speed - Mackey Craven
- Nobel Laureate Edmund Phelps on the Problem With Today's CEOs - Graham Winfrey
- BlackV Club: Silicon Valley Jumps the Shark (Again) - Jill Krasny
- 9 Ways That Doing Good Will Help Your Company Do Well - Steve Cody
- Why CEOs Should Enforce Employee Vacations - Ilan Mochari
- A New Fund for FinTech Startups - Jeremy Quittner
- Live Your Life Like Lauren Bacall - Zoë Henry
- How Great Leaders Use the Power of Language - Will Yakowicz
- Are You Making Progress If You Can't See It? - Leigh Buchanan
- How to Be Truly Funny in Your Next Presentation - Laura Montini
- Why Women Are Ditching the Engineering Industry in Droves - Jill Krasny
- Entrepreneurship the Answer for Some with Autism
- 3 Design Tips From iRobot's Roomba Vacuum - Graham Winfrey
- Try These Surefire Brain Boosters When You Feel Fatigued - Kevin Daum
- This Personality Trait Will Make You Indispensable to your Employer. Do You Have It? - Jayson DeMers
- Steve Ballmer Becomes Owner of LA Clippers
- 3 Positive Lessons From Robin Williams' Untimely Death - Michael Hodin
- In Search of Perfection; at the Risk of Action - Kristine Kern
- Uber Claims That Lyft Will 'Go Nuclear' If They Don't Acquire Them - Alyson Shontell
- US Retail Sales Flat in July
- Apple Releases Disappointing Diversity Stats - Sam Colt
- Rule of 3: The Secret to Explosive Growth - Eric Holtzclaw
- Lyft Founder: How to Build Buzz Around Your Brand
- 4 Reasons Why New Jobs Are Paying So Much Less - Gene Marks
- 3 Rules for an Authentic Brand Voice Through Content - Steve Sachs
- Amazon Debuts Mobile Payment App and Card Reader
- 5 Ways Incredibly Productive People Master Their Inner Procrastinator - Larry Kim
- Should You Turn Your Hobby Into a Business? 5 Questions to Ask - Jessica Stillman
- 9 Tests That Tell if You're a Jerk - Peter Cohan
- 5 Tips for Selling Your Startup - Murray Newlands
- 10 Reasons Why It's Cheaper to Buy From a U.S. Factory Than China  - Drew Greenblatt
- 3 Things Every Successful Entrepreneur Does Daily - Elle Kaplan
- How to Know When to Change Your Business Model - Christina DesMarais
- The Most Painless Way to Develop a Business Model - Laura Montini
- Knowing Your Brain Will Help You Take The Perfect Vacation - Geil Browning
- 3 Red Flags That Send Investors Packing
- Your Market Research is Flawed. Here's How to Change That - Anita Newton
- How to Get Creative With Your Networking - Heather Zynczak
- Should Your Startup Launch Nationally or Locally? Here's How to Decide - Matt Ehrlichman
- 4 Ways DJ Skrillex Dominates At Content Marketing - John Boitnott
- 11 Stubborn Myths About Company Culture - Young Entrepreneur Council
- 5 Reasons Why Panel Interviews Are Monster (Part 1) - Lou Adler
- 7 Habits of Remarkably Happy People - Jeff Haden
- 4 Neuroscience Secrets to Remain Calm Under Pressure - Geoffrey James
- The 10 Do-Nots of Branded Content - Rebekah Iliff
- Tablet-Maker Fuhu Readying IPO - Lindsay Blakely
- An Olympic Size Lesson in Focus - Lee Colan
- Tested: Lean Budget Laptop For Any Small Business - John Brandon
- What's Going on in Chattanooga? - Jessica Stillman
- Good Daters Equal Good Entrepreneurs - Paul B. Brown
- The Primacy of the Platform - Howard Tullman
- What You Can Learn From the ALS 'Ice Bucket Challenge' - David A. Frankel
- Amazon Takes on Square, Intuit, and PayPal in Card Payments - Erik Sherman
- 7 Proven Ways to Genuinely Connect With Your Employees - Peter Economy
- 3 Tips to Tame Your Materialism and Be Happier - Jessica Stillman
- 4 Ways Visual Content Romances Your Audience - Yoav Vilner
Wed Aug 12 2014
- 'Nathan For You' Recap: Nobody Messes With This Business Consultant - Graham Winfrey
- It's Time to Abandon These Long-Accepted Business Beliefs - Ian Jackson
- The One Thing That Causes More Stress Than Checking E-mail After Work - Will Yakowicz
- How to Get Your Team Out of a Summer Rut - Will Yakowicz
- [THE UPS STORE ] 4 Ways to Deliver Exceptional Customer Service - Gwen Moran
- Why Going Public Isn't Right for Everyone - Jeremy Quittner
- [THE UPS STORE ] 5 Interview Essentials - Gwen Moran
- [THE UPS STORE ] Get Your Online Audience Engaged NOW - Jeanne Achille
- 3 Design Lessons From Ray-Ban Sunglasses - Graham Winfrey
- [THE UPS STORE ] 6 Ways to Create a Killer Social Media Contest - Jeanne Achille
- [THE UPS STORE ] The Benefits of Guest Blogging - Gini Dietrich
- [THE UPS STORE ] 7 Ways to Increase Your Value Proposition - Melinda Emerson
- 9 Famous Entrepreneurs Remember Robin Williams - Zoë Henry
- How to Reach Your Next Big Customer: Generation Z (Infographic) - Laura Montini
- Gary Vaynerchuk Talks About Hashtags, YouTube, and Idols - Gary Vaynerchuk
- [THE UPS STORE ] 4 Ways to Build an Online Community - Gini Dietrich
- [THE UPS STORE ] How to Work with Family and Friends - Melinda Emerson
- Area Man Fixes Employee Reviews - Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
- New Apple Campaign Pitches the iPad as Ultimate Productivity Tool - Laura Montini
- Stop Limiting Your Potential - Rhett Power
- It's Hard to Be a Startup These Days - Jeremy Quittner
- Late Night's Seth Meyers's Top Interview Tips - Jill Krasny
- Why Former Employees Could Be Your Next Great Security Threat (Infographic) - Graham Winfrey
- Successful CEOs Spend More Time Focused on the Future - Will Yakowicz
- Julia Hartz of Eventbrite on Designing an Office Around Company Goals - Julia Hartz
- How Hierarchy Can Improve Employee Effort and Happiness - Ilan Mochari
- How to Manage Culture During a Pivot - Curt Hanke
- Being Acquired? Here’s How You Negotiate Your Retention - Quora
- 5 Myths About Facebook's Messenger App
- 9 Productivity Secrets From Hard-Working Chefs - Erik Sherman
- These 3 Workplace Distractions Will Make You More Productive - Ilya Pozin
- The Biggest Mistakes These Founders Wish They Had Never Made - Dana Severson
- US Agency Warns Consumers About Bitcoin Risks
- Why Sales Commissions Don't Work (in the Long Run) - Aaron Skonnard
- Economy Looking Better, Small Business Survey Says
- Where VCs Go to Spot New Hardware Startups - Jill Krasny
- Why You Should Hire People With No Industry Experience
- Science Explains Exactly How Your Phone Is Ruining Your Relationships - Jessica Stillman
- Other Social Media Back Facebook in NYC Dispute
- Lyft Accuses Uber of Ordering (Then Canceling) Thousands of Rides - Karyne Levy
- How to Network as an Introvert - Ilan Mochari
- Meet This Hotel's Robot Butler - Dylan Love
- 10 Jobs with Great Pay and Feel-Good Benefits - Larry Kim
- 5 Tools Guaranteed to Propel Your Social Media Strategy - John Boitnott
- The Danger of Riding Too Slow - Josh Linkner
- Marshall Goldsmith: Involve Those Around you for Positive Longterm Change - Marshall Goldsmith
- How Short-Term Lenders Keep You Coming Back For More - Ami Kassar
- 6 Ways to Make Time Your Friend - Kevin Daum
- How Lyft Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Pivot
- 4 Common Money Philosophies (And What They Say About You) - Jessica Stillman
- How to Hire People You'll Never Have to Manage - Chuck Blakeman
- 3 Ways to Make a Genuine Impact Simply by Saying Thanks - Jeff Haden
- 3 Ways to Turn Millennials Into Repeat Buyers - Ranjith Kumaran
- How Aereo Founder Chet Kanojia Stays Optimistic
- The Ultimate Balance: How Top Execs Juggle Work, Family - Janine Popick
- 5 Innovation Traps to Avoid - Samuel Bacharach
- 5 Classic Sales Blunders and What I Learned From Them - Geoffrey James
- The Unexpected Trait That Moves Leaders From Good to Great - Jessica Stillman
- How Much Sleep Do You Really Need? - Laura Montini
- 5 Easy Ways to Save Your Startup’s Money - Murray Newlands
- 3 Ways To Kill Your Competition--With Kindness - Neil Parmar
- Steve Case: Why the Second Internet Revolution Is Upon Us - Graham Winfrey
- Why PR is Becoming the Future of SEO - Adam Heitzman
- How to Gain Crucial Insights From Your Company's Bottom Line - Sageworks
- The Best Cities in the World for Digital Nomads - Jessica Stillman
- 5 Things Never to Say On a Sales Call
- Robin Williams and the Dark Side of Genius - Suzanne Lucas
- 7 Ways to Make Your Next 'Big Meeting' a Big Success - Alison Davis
Tue Aug 11 2014
- Social Media Users Can't Stop Talking About Spotify - Graham Winfrey
- How to Recruit a Data Scientist - Ilan Mochari
- What You Wish You'd Known About Startups Before Launching Your Business - Zoë Henry
- Content Marketing: How to Get the Biggest Bang for Your Buck (Infographic) - Laura Montini
- How Your HR Team Is Setting You Up for Failure - Logan Chierotti
- A Family Business May Not Be – The Family Business - Andrew Silver
- The One Key to Success: Self-Discipline - Rhett Power
- How IBM's Smart Chip Will Revolutionize Technology - Jill Krasny
- Your Personality Is the Most Powerful Tool You Have - Sims Wyeth
- These Are Some of the Most Common Mistakes of First-Time Entrepeneurs - Quora
- Mark Suster: Know When Giving In Is Better Than Being Right - Mark Suster
- Very Smart People and The Entrepreneur - Tim Askew
- Why Apple Trains Employees in the Art of Picasso - Graham Winfrey
- Latest Office Designs That Make Employees Healthier - Yolanda Lu
- Increase Sales By Setting Achievable Goals - Jill Konrath
- 5 Social Media Trends Buzzing in 2014 - Jayson DeMers
- Weird Al Knows How to Write a Mission Statement. Do You? - John Boitnott
- The 5 Numbers That Can Predict the Perfect Time to Sell Your Company - John Warrillow
- Why Passion Isn't Always a Good Thing - Anna Medaris Miller
- Why Optimistic Leaders Build the Healthiest Companies - Bert Jacobs
- 5 Tips for Connecting with Your Audience - Joseph Gulfo
- 4 Instances When It Is OK To Get Upset At Work - John Brandon
- Does Your Business Really Need an App?
- How to Parlay Your Value Proposition Into a Powerful Personal Brand - AJ Agrawal
- Got an E-commerce Company? Location Is Still King - Jessica Stillman
- Senator Warns That Fitness Trackers Are a "Privacy Nightmare" - Hunter Walker
- 10 Tips for Being the New Employee - Drew Hendricks
- 9 Ways to Become More Creative in the Next 10 Minutes - Larry Kim
- Andreessen Horowitz Invests $50 Million in BuzzFeed - Rob Wile
- How Hillary Clinton Would Solve the Amazon-Hachette Dispute - Ilan Mochari
- $2M Anti-Pot Campaign Warns of Becoming 'Lab Rat'
- Looking for Extra Motivation? 52 Quotes on Persistence - David Van Rooy
- Mark Cuban: Pro Sports Business Differs From All Other Businesses
- How Much Would a Startup Visa Help the Economy? - Jessica Stillman
- Why and How You Should Use Internet Marketing to Improve Brand Awareness - Peter Roesler
- 3 Secrets for Growing From $1 Million to $100 Million in 3.5 Years - Peter Cohan
- The Entrepreneur's Toughest Job (And How to Make It Easy) - Geoffrey James
- 75 Inspiring Motivational Quotes for Being Happier - Jeff Haden
- Why Multitasking Hurts Sales (Infographic) - Graham Winfrey
- The 5 Biggest Content Marketing Lies - John Hall
- 5 Most Important Business Skills Every Entrepreneur Must Have - Murray Newlands
- 10 Signs That You’ve Found Your Calling - Laura Garnett
- 4 People Every Successful Business Needs - Lolly Daskal
- More Entrepreneurs Open Up About Depression - Jessica Stillman
- 7 Ways to Keep Customers (Really) Loyal - Erik Sherman
- 10 Mind-Blowing Videos Every Entrepreneur Must Watch - Marla Tabaka
- Stuck? How to Get Moving Again in 4 Simple Steps - Paul B. Brown
- Bob Partington of OK Go's Latest Trippy Music Video Talks Optical Illusions and the Future of Design - Yolanda Lu
Mon Aug 10 2014
- Stepping Back: Five Ways Driven Entrepreneurs Can Improve - Adam Fridman
- Better Leaders Are Better Listeners - Molly St. Louis
Sun Aug 09 2014
- 5 Tips for Getting the Maximum Value from Your Startup - Murray Newlands
Sat Aug 08 2014
- From Slacking Co-Workers to Lousy Interviewers--Comments of the Week
- Why Disrupters Don't Always Topple Goliaths - Ilan Mochari
- Why the Bacon Craze Will Never End - John Boitnott
- How to Predict Your Future Happiness - Kevin Daum
- Milton Glaser on Why You Should Only Work With People You Like - Graham Winfrey
- Fed Survey: 25 Percent of Households 'Just Getting By'
- Leadership Lessons From the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Zoë Henry
- 3 Ways to Tell When a Customer Is Ready to Be Sold - Vanessa Merit Nornberg
- 7 Steps for Impressing Venture Capitalists - John Rampton
- Marc Andreessen's Advice For Any Company Looking For Funding - Jay Yarow
- Lululemon Founder to Sell Half His Stake for $845M
- In This Design Contest, The Worst Entry Wins - Anna Hensel
- The Corporate Venture Capital Boom - Jeremy Quittner
- Google Using Its Clout to Widen Use of Encryption
- Are You a Better Manager or Leader? Take This Quiz to Find Out - Kevin Daum
- Why Good Data Trumps Big Data - Ilan Mochari
- Why Real Innovation Comes From Powerful Pairs - Jill Krasny
- Are You Welcoming Your Email Subscribers? 3 Tips - Janine Popick
- Malcolm Gladwell on Why You Shouldn't Hire for Talent - Graham Winfrey
- FDA Lifts Hold on Experimental Ebola Drug
- The Pros and Cons of Sleeping at the Office - Ilan Mochari
- You Can Skip That Focus Group. Here's Why
- Amos Winbush III: The Hard Questions That Every Entrepreneur Needs to Ask
- Amos Winbush III: The 3 Pillars of a Successful Business
- Amos Winbush III: Why People Decide to Become Entrepreneurs
- Amos Winbush III: 'We All Share the Same Consumers'
- 3 Ways You're Driving Customers Away From Your Website - Jessica Stillman
- 5 Questions About the Malaysia Airlines Revamp
- See Belly's Expletive-Filled Company Values the NYT Didn't Publish - Graham Winfrey
- 5 Most Common Startup Marketing Failures - Murray Newlands
- Don't Overlook Your Local Credit Union - Vince Passione
- 7 Tips to Being a Power Networker - Drew Hendricks