4 characteristics of leaders who get hired, promoted
Imagine if you had the opportunity to sit down with a senior executive and get the real, straight up truth about what it takes to stand out as a leader...
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Social media is crucial to running a business. But which one?
Q: What social media platform is most important to your business now and why? Facebook. "We love Facebook for the advertising abilities. You can get incredibly specific on the exact...
Why a little battle for the sexes is a good way to foster innovation
Everything is personal nowadays, even business. Maybe a little too personal; especially when gender enters the workplace creating imbalance or counter-productivity. With women yielding the largest demographic for sales in...
Why we need the skills gap
There is a skills gap. There has always been a skills gap for as long as man has walked the earth, and there will continue to be a gap between...
Embrace your executive self as a female entrepreneur
In less than two years, I've gone from having an idea for a business to having a full-time team of 50-plus. We've raised venture capital, we've partnered with some of...
How to keep going when you think your work sucks
"Everyone sits in the prison of his own ideas; he must burst it open." — Albert Einstein Einstein was right about a lot of things, but in my mind this...
Learn how to grow your business just like Uber
At a $50 billion valuation, Uber is now valued higher than 80 percent of the S&P 500. With that kind of success, it's no surprise that a legion of startup...
Why your state should be a VC
The state of Illinois has serious financial woes. And it would be difficult to find any state that doesn't have money problems. There's plenty of misery to share and Alaska,...
Lessons that will help you take control of your career
Considering all the new ways to work, you might assume that big corporations and their employees are on the endangered species list. In fact, a Deloitte study finds that only...
3 takeaways from a former NFL star’s business playbook
NFL tight end Tony McGee, 44, founded Orlando-based HNM Enterprises in 2004, the year he retired from pro football. He initially focused on Orlando real estate investments, but worked his...