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The catchphrase 'hire slow, fire fast' is popular in the start-up community, but is it actually good advice? Depends on what you mean by hire slow. Danny Boice, the co-founder and CTO of Speek,...

Before she built a beauty empire, Bobbi Brown gleaned business instincts from her Cadillac-selling grandfather. Bobbi Brown may be the most famous entrepreneur in her family, but she wasn't the...

Of course, getting Congress to move in lockstep with the White House is obviously a challenge. But the latest impasse could offer some lessons for entrepreneurs in similar predicaments.

A quick reader’s guide: Release It!, by Michael T. Nygard There are days when I believe that anyone can develop a web app. But even when I’m willing to go that far, I’m never prepared to say...

How local and national publicity helped Julien Leitner, the 14-year-old founder of the Archimedes Alliance, spark change and move the world, $2 at a time.

Just as your computer can crash when you have too many programs open at once, multitasking too much can crush your ability to focus. Business coach Antonio Neves offers some tips for finding focus.

As your company grows you need to think less like an entrepreneur and more like a CEO. As entrepreneurs, we inherently resist structure and conventionality. Entrepreneurs succeed in many cases...

Dread the idea of calling prospects you haven't met yet? Using these tips can make cold calling easier for beginners.

Why getting comfortable with failure is part of the entrepreneurial struggle.

You evaluate individual performance before entrusting a new hire with a big task. Science suggests you should apply the same principle to teams. Teams, as we've all experienced, aren't simply the...