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Considering a career change to follow your dream and do great things? Five things to do before you take the plunge. We do a lot of talking these days about becoming an entrepreneur, following...

A non-profit aims to help start-ups explore European markets with a new six-week mentorship and exchange program. With well over 700 million inhabitants, Europe offers start-ups rich pickings for...

Have you ever used a coding style guide when working with a team? If you haven’t, it’s about time I introduce you to the concept. All well-disciplined teams, regardless of their specialty, have a...

When United Airlines broke Dave Carroll's guitar, he took to YouTube. Now, Carroll has launched GripeVine and Resolution 1 to fix companies' customer service woes. It was the customer service...

The Chinese New Year starts this weekend. Here's what the zodiac predicts for your company.

Journaling isn't just for angsty teenagers. A work diary can help entrepreneurs pinpoint problems and improve their professional performance. Journaling may conjure connotations of angsty...

The founder of LocalVox offers a few choice words of wisdom for ambitious self-starters hunting for a mentor. Start-up founders and employees have raw talent, but need real mentorship to thrive....

A quick reader’s guide:Don’t Make Me Think, by Steve Krug Perhaps the best guide to web usability ever written, Don’t Make Me Think is a must read if you build anything that anyone anywhere ever...

How is a business like an apple tree? Sharpen your pruning shears and find out. Back in July, I wrote about our efforts to bring more focus and discipline to 37signals by parting ways with some...

The buy-build-sell strategy is spreading thanks to a few high-profile successes. Here's how it works.