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Turns out that Kim - the "madman" - is teaching us all a few fundamentals about sales. Who knew?

If all your accountant does is make sure you don't get audited by the IRS, it's time to find a better accountant.

It doesn't have to be a waste of time. Really.

Two Canadian ice cream entrepreneurs playfully put "Jesus" in the shop name. Predictably, a lot of Christians aren't amused.

For centuries women have been paid less, and received fewer opportunities, than men. It was never right and it's no longer tolerable.

Talk about dealing with adversity

More than five million people watch the show every Sunday because it's very good at delivering what its audience wants.

It's not the ups-and-downs so much as the utter lack of control that makes it nerve wracking.

Are you passionate about taking out the garbage or unclogging the sink? Because that's what people are willing to pay somebody to do.

Whatever your fancy job title, you are what your company does.

When 'raw' water comes out of your tap, you're warned to boil it. But, these entrepreneurs say theirs is good for you.

The online giant is anything but a small business killer.

Online reviews are supposedly the gold standard for judging a business but, seriously, not all that glitters is gold.

We got on the phone with the client to clear the air and save the project. They fired us instead.

There will be many more learning opportunities next year.

Twin brothers in Paris left the insurance business to open a restaurant catering to nude vegans.

The epitome of professionalism is keeping your composure when an irate customer is bad mouthing you in public.

Admit it -- now you want to try some, too.

As the plane circled the airport burning off fuel, a passenger wearing a pilot's uniform kept fear from boiling over into panic by napping.

You can learn everything you need to know about pitching your product, your company and yourself by watching his 1969 Senate testimony.

A major study has concluded men are as stressed balancing work and home as women. Oh, please.

Everybody from Fortune 500 clients to the charity down the block will ask for discounts and donations. Say yes, and build the cost into your prices.

They want a job that affords them a life after work. How difficult is that to understand?

Jobs never lied about the first iPhone, he just told the truth prematurely.

Never forget that to them, you're just a bill they pay.

Making fun of your customers is bad business.

And why is he singing a song from Evita at the same time?

Finding your destiny is great but hedge your bets.

When your customers start going to your competitors to purchase what you refuse to stock, it's time to rethink your plan.

Teaching potential clients how to do what you do is good marketing.