Every entrepreneur realizes that change is now the norm, and they have to adapt their business quickly to survive and prosper. In fact, the best entrepreneurs seem to see...
Read moreSmall businesses play a vital role in fueling the economy, making critical contributions that help to keep our country alive. They’re crucial for job creation, responsible for two out...
Read moreIn a lively show, mathemagician Arthur Benjamin races a team of calculators to figure out 3-digit squares, solves another massive mental equation and guesses a few birthdays. How does...
Read moreIf you want to build a successful business, you’re going to do battle with the demons of distraction. The world’s most successful people are those who have streamlined their...
Read moreFirst, Keith Barry shows us how our brains can fool our bodies — in a trick that works via podcast too. Then he involves the audience in some jaw-dropping...
Read moreAs an entrepreneur, you are most likely looking to change an industry — either by improving its current operations or by introducing a new product, concept, service and so forth. I support...
Read moreIn a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above all else, it can be difficult, even shameful, to be an introvert. But, as Susan Cain argues in...
Read moreBehavioral economist Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational, uses classic visual illusions and his own counter-intuitive (and sometimes shocking) research findings to show how we’re not as rational...
Read moreThe life of an entrepreneur sounds glamorous when you’re on the outside looking in. Setting your own schedule, creating your own rules, and building the type of company you...
Read moreWhile many people know Mark Cuban from his role as a “shark” investor on the popular TV show Shark Tank, Mark is a fabulously successful entrepreneur and investor who...
Read moreAs a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, the most common question I get is, “I want to be an entrepreneur — how do I start?” The obvious answer is that you...
Read moreYou think selling Girl Scout cookies is easy? Well, of course it’s easy. They’re delicious. But selling more than 21,000 boxes? That’s an art. The Art of War, by...
Read moreYou’ve never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called “developing world.” Click here to...
Read moreYou can’t beat this for getting schooled at the ultimate startup: Guy Kawasaki, as a former chief evangelist at Apple, had a front-row seat to the early days of...
Read moreDan Gilbert, author of “Stumbling on Happiness,” challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel truly...
Read more“Capitalism has transformed the modern world, but it has also evolved greatly over the last hundred years,” said Cotopaxi CEO Davis Smith. “I’m a believer that capitalism and businesses...
Read moreBusiness trips are often intense, and come with high expectations on what will get done to justify the cost. Approach them thoughtfully to make them less stressful and more...
Read moreThere are entrepreneurs, and then there are serial entrepreneurs. The process of coming up with a business idea and successfully implementing it involves risk. It’s difficult to accurately gauge...
Read moreIn middle school, I always loved presentations that started, “Webster’s Dictionary defines X as blah, blah, blah.” It felt like we heard five of those a day. I’m well...
Read moreCertain words invoke powerful images in the mind—and “grit” is one of those words. When we associate grit with someone, it goes far beyond just being tough. It’s that...
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