Marketing
Marketing Stunts: The Risks and Rewards You Need to Consider
Plan carefully or you could sacrifice major brand equity in exchange for cheap attention.
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Thought Leaders
The One Thing You Have to Do to Win or You’ve Lost Already
You can't win if you don't play but winning consistently requires more than merely playing.
Thought Leaders
4 Entrepreneurial Lessons Every Graduate Should Know
As students cap off their high school careers, they, and everyone else, should take this advice to heart.
Thought Leaders
What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Pro Hockey
A look at the many parallels between great hockey teams and great businesses.
By Carol Roth
Thought Leaders
Despite the Risks, Entrepreneurship Will Always Beat a 9-to-5 Job
There is much more involved in running your own business, but there is also great potential for reward.
Building a Business
Reduce These 9 Startup Risks for a Better Shot at Investor Funding
Entrepreneurs can build leverage during negotiations by addressing these common causes of funders' anxieties.
By Peter Gasca
Thought Leaders
From Fermented Food to Video Streaming, These French Entrepreneurs Are Making a Splash Stateside
Attitudes towards entrepreneurship are evolving among today's French youth.
By Geoff Weiss
Building a Business
5 Signs You’re Ready to Start Your Own Business
While there are no perfect times to start a business, there are good times to start a business.
Entrepreneurs
The True Meaning of ‘Entrepreneur’
If you want to become a successful entrepreneur, don't start out wanting to be one.
By Steve Tobak
Building a Business
3 Critical Lessons ‘The Walking Dead’ Taught Me About Startups
The hit AMC show is more than just a zombie flick. It teaches us a few management lessons that we must not forget.
By Yoav Vilner
Building a Business
Move Beyond Just Managing Into the Fertile Turf of Mentorship
Business leaders can empower employees to be entrepreneurial, test out new ideas and spread a culture of innovation.
By Brant Cooper
Building a Business
5 Ways Entrepreneurs Learn to Manage Risk
A CEO argues that comfort with taking chances is something that's learned not inherent, yet successful startup leaders become experts at weighing the options.
Thought Leaders
Discoveries From an Entrepreneur’s Risk Experiment
You might be surprised to find out what holds back people from going after the things they want -- in business or life.
Thought Leaders
The 10 Commitments for Excellence in Business
Each day presents an opportunity for you to master skills and further goals. Success often comes down to having the right attitude and smart decision making.
Thought Leaders
Billionaire Wisdom: 8 Insights From a Quartet of the World’s Most Effective Entrepreneurs
Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Larry Page have harnessed technology to build companies of enormous influence and scale, says the co-author of the new book 'Bold.'
Thought Leaders
5 Things Entrepreneurs Caught in Comparisons Should Remember
When you're a newbie business owner feeling intimidated by the competition, remember these essential truths.
By Kate Swoboda
Building a Business
The 5 Parallels Between Entrepreneurs and Bull Riders
Both pursuits contain big risks and a degree of giving up control.
By Bryan Ansley
Building a Business
The Nitty-Gritty Truth About Loans From Family and Friends
The risks enter into emotional as well as financial turf. Here's how to protect these relationships.
By Josh Steimle
Thought Leaders
Know How Much Risk You Can Stomach Before Launching Your Own Business
The first step on the road to success is realizing that failure is a very real possibility, no matter how smart and hard working you are.
By Mike Harden
Thought Leaders
5 Iconic Entrepreneurs and Their Business Gambles That Paid Off
Success comes to those who work hard and aren't afraid to trust their luck.
By Larry Alton
Building a Business
How to Make Someone Want to Do Business With You
Here's how to attract customers, so your sales process becomes as simple as saying 'yes' when they beg to hire you.
By Dorie Clark
Building a Business
What Dating a Model Taught Me About Chasing Opportunities
If you let yourself be intimidated, you will be just like all the others who are scared to take risks.
Building a Business
How Perfection Can Ruin Your Business
Very often, perfection is the enemy of success. Don't let it be.
By Lisa Evans
Thought Leaders
4 Lessons on Staring Down Fear and Taking Risks from Tightrope-Walker Nik Wallenda
Meticulous preparation and tireless practice, not bravado or recklessness, are the foundation of success when failure really is not an option.
Thought Leaders
Ever Notice the Similarities Between Toxic Business Leaders and Politicians?
The same manipulative and narcissistic types occupy the top rungs. Learn to recognize the 10 signs.
By Paul White
Building a Business
Built for Business: Midtown Manhattan in the 1920s
A swirl of development, spurred on by Grand Central Terminal's construction, shaped New York City's central business district as a major epicenter of American capitalism.
Building a Business
Investors Consider These 7 Elements to Be High Risk
If you're seeking money for your startup, you should be prepared to address potential issues that may face your business.