8 ways to become the most proactive person you know
One of the things I often tell my team is, "Be proactive in your own becoming." This sounds like a weird phrase at first, but when you break it down,...
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Life of Pie: Ingrid Kosar’s invention keeps delivery pizzas hot
Ingrid Kosar always dreamed about running her own business. She didn't know what kind of company it would be, but she liked to picture herself carrying a little briefcase. As...
Should you provide unlimited vacation to your employees?
Few nations vacation less than the United States. Among developed countries, only Japanese and South Koreans earn less time off from work than Americans, according to a 2012 Expedia study....
Not that kind of ghoul: George Garcia’s costume emporium is open year-round
George Garcia walks through the wig section of his costume store. He passes the aisle of new George Washington and "Renaissance maiden" styles, packaged in clear plastic with full-color photos...
8 traits your new hire should have
Question: What's one underappreciated trait you look for in all new hires? Communication "We look for candidates who over-communicate: they reconfirm times and locations for interviews a day in advance,...
The music man: Jim Jozwiak gets the school band together
Jim Jozwiak first picked up a trumpet in second grade. There was a local band instructor who visited area schools in a weekly rotation, and on Wednesdays he gave private...
How to make a megastar
When he worked for digital marketing agency ThinkTank, Brian Scully helped turn Lady Gaga into the biggest star on the planet. In 2011, he left to co-found a new firm,...
How to run a successful sibling startup
Adora Cheung had tried starting companies with co-founders before. But it wasn't until 2012, while working on her laptop in her brother's filthy apartment, that Cheung both hit on a...
An entrepreneur at heart, Debbi Fields misses running the show
Debbi Fields was 20 when she decided to turn her chocolate-chip-cookie recipe into a company. She opened her first Mrs. Fields bakery in 1977 in Palo Alto, California, and built...
Meet the startup turning your Thanksgiving scraps into fertilizer — and cash
With a turkey feast only days away and more holiday meals on the calendar shortly thereafter, it's easy not to think about what happens to that abundance of food after...