The Hard-to-Swallow Truth About Branding

The Hard-to-Swallow Truth About Branding If Starbucks can lose its brand mojo, do you think your brand can remain immune to erosion? Plus, the 5 questions you must ask yourself right now. By David Brier From FastCompany.com Businesses too often do “what’s worked.” That’s a good practice, as long as it continues to work. Unfortunately, companies [...]

Video: TED Talk: Business model based on happiness

From TED Talks Hotelier Chip Conley shares with TED audiences how his company embraced happiness in its business model. Inspired by Maslow’s Hierarchy of Need and a Buddhist king, Conley learned the importance and value of “the intangible of happiness.”

10 Great Seasonal Summer Businesses

10 Great Seasonal Summer Businesses See the slideshow at Inc.com. What makes Hawaiian Rumble, in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, worthy of hosting the Masters of mini golf? A 40-foot volcano that shoots 15-foot flames. “It rumbles so loud, it shakes the ground,” says owner Robert Detwiler, who also started the U.S. ProMiniGolf Association. Vegetable [...]

Business Tips from Small-Town USA

Business Tips from Small-Town USA By Kasey Wehrum From Inc.com Survival stories from rural entrepreneurs. From the pages of The Oklahoman comes a reminder to big-city entrepreneurs that their rural counterparts may operate under a different set of circumstances, but they still have some important lessons to teach on how to run a business. Becky [...]

How to Improve Your Financial IQ

How to Improve Your Financial IQ Stop avoiding your numbers–there’s nothing to be afraid of and everything to gain. By Peri Pakroo From Entrepreneur.com Like many things we know are good for us–exercise, getting a good night’s sleep, laying off the French fries–keeping careful track of yourbusiness‘s finances is one of those must-do tasks to [...]

Feature: Junior Achievement’s efforts to teach kids around the world about business

Feature: Junior Achievement’s efforts to teach kids around the world about business By Kate Foley, Fearless Ambition When people think of Junior Achievement, the first thing that comes to mind may be the JA they experienced when they were a kid. “Their perception that all we do is teach kids how to make lamps and [...]

Video: Wise Words from Financier Jim Rogers

Wise Words from Financier Jim Rogers From Fortune Online

The accidental CMBS recovery

The accidental CMBS recovery By Heidi N. Moore From CNN Money FORTUNE — Back in 2009, when there was no market for securitizations and credit was still mostly frozen, a group of experts including Paul Volcker called for a return to an old strategy as a way out of the financial crisis: Start up another [...]

Opinion: Startups Should be Colocated

Startups Should be Colocated By Francine Hardaway From FastCompany.com Editor’s note: This blog is written by a member of our expert blogging community and expresses that expert’s views alone. Long before I went to China and got to know Mark Suster, I read and admired his blog.He’s one of the new generation of open, transparent VCs. So it’s [...]

It’s All in Your Head

It’s All in Your Head When it comes to your business, are you tapping into power you already have? By Allison Nazarian From Entrepreneur.com It’s been said that there is no stronger, faster or more powerful tool on earth than the human brain. Yet when it comes to our businesses, too few of us fully tap [...]

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