Building a Business
3 Lessons Entrepreneurs Can Learn from Global Companies
Growing companies can learn a lot by studying the strategies of Disney, Coca-Cola, Microsoft and other global business giants.
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Building a Business
Rethinking Mentorship: 4 Steps to Take Control of Your Own Success
Nontraditional avenues can help you make new connections, pursue lifelong learning and benefit from peer-mentoring experiences.
Online Presence
5 Tips for Starting a Successful Business
Here's a hint: You can't do it all on your own. And while it may seem counter-intuitive, taking time away from work can help you grow your business, long-term.
Building a Business
3 Ways to Keep College Debt From Stifling Your Entrepreneurial Spirit
Use this time to experiment on someone else's dime while you learn what will propel your own business.
Entrepreneurs
3 Steps to Find a Business Mentor
With the right approach, entrepreneurs can get free business coaching.
By Judy Carter
Thought Leaders
6 Tips for Developing a Mentorship Program That Keeps Millennial Employees Growing
Millennials are likeier to stay with a company that helps them learn, advance and prosper.
Building a Business
Diversity Programs Often Make Workplaces Less Diverse, New Study Finds
Sociologists have found that the diversity strategies companies most readily adopt end up failing. To start, don't use the word 'diversity' often.
Thought Leaders
4 Ways Millennials and Baby Boomers Make the Dream Team
They may be from two different generations, but millennials and baby boomers can learn a lot from each other.
Thought Leaders
3 Steps for a Mentorship Program That Works
Brad Bunt offers his tips for making your mentor program effective.
Thought Leaders
Yahoo’s Chairman Reflects: What My Father’s Early Departure Taught Me About Business
Yahoo's chairman recalls the lessons of fairness, coaching and helping others gleaned from the other paternal figures in his life.
Thought Leaders
The Most Powerful Advice Entrepreneurs Ignore
Follow these six steps to dropping your ego and finding the right mentor.
By Graham Young
Entrepreneurs
5 Ways to Give Advice Without Wasting Your Time
Entrepreneurs who share their wisdom should do so on their own, time-effective terms.
Business Ideas
6 Reasons Why You Need to Mastermind Your Business
A mastermind retreat can give you support, renewal and even a good kick in the pants.
By Lain Ehmann
Thought Leaders
The Power of Good Advice
The guidance you choose to follow or reject could be the difference between success and failure. So, whom will you listen to?
Entrepreneurs
3 Tips For Finding a Mentor
The right approaches to wooing the right person, from those who've been there and made it work.
Entrepreneurs
The Power of Mentoring and Entrepreneurship
Learning to think like an entrepreneur put author Rodney Walker on an unlikely path from at-risk youth in Chicago to the Ivy League.
Thought Leaders
Why Real Leaders Don’t Pay Attention to Phony Leadership ‘Experts’
People who do their work as well as they can don't worry about who is the leader and who is the follower.
By Steve Tobak
Building a Business
OkCupid Co-Founder: Mentorship Can Bubble-Proof Startups
'It's not just about the capital. You need the minds around the table,' says Sam Yagen.
Entrepreneurs
So, You Want to Be a What?
What is your primary motivation in life? Find that out and see where that leads you.
By Marty Fukuda
Building a Business
5 Pieces of Common Startup Advice That Do More Harm Than Good
Endless repetition has made some business aphorisms sound right, but do they hold up? Let's think it through.
By Larry Alton
Building a Business
Do You Really Want to Be Your Own Boss? Answer These 6 Questions First.
Think of a startup like boat-building. Do you know what you're doing before you take it out on those stormy seas?
Business News
One Man Reflects on His Relationship With Bill Campbell
Silicon Valley has lost one of its greats.
Thought Leaders
Leadership Is Learned From Experience, Mentoring and Failure
Follow these eight tips to move from entrepreneur to business leader.
Building a Business
10 Places to Find Mentors and Advisors for Entrepreneurs
What are the entrepreneur 'hot spots' in your area? Find them and use them.
Building a Business
Giving Feedback Is Far Better Than Giving an iPad. Just Sayin’.
Helping others to be the best they can be is the best gift you could ever give.
By Jim Joseph
Building a Business
4 Unconventional Rules for Building a Better Professional Network
Steps to consider when it comes to building a network outside of your comfort zone.
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.
By Peter Gasca