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There are more angles to building (and destroying) your company?s brand these days than ever. With various social media outlets in play ? as well as the traditional means of getting customers? attention ? businesses have...

My Facebook feed lit up yesterday with news from Kansas City. Most often when that happens, it's about sports. Not this time, but in some ways the posts had just as much to do with the Midwestern jewel's identity.

Savvy startups in restaurant and the service sector are beating the competition and standing out with snarky, funny, sexy names. While a few are growing through corporate stores, most are getting franchise owners to buy ...

Ten video marketing mistakes businesses make -- and advice for how to turn the tide and keep viewers engaged.

Want to follow up on a job interview? Networking with some new connections? Just want to bounce ideas off a coworker? Find out how you should be getting your message across.

Forty years ago, someone asked a profound question that fundamentally changed how we communicate with each other every day. At the time, I was nine years old living in South Africa. When our family visited my grandfather...

With no pun intended for this summer's hit song by Robin Thicke, the lines between some traditional companies and technology companies as we know them, are blurring at a rapid pace.

A strategic plan is a roadmap to grow your business, and these are the 13 sections that will help you identify and achieve your goals.

Lending Club is taking on big financial institutions with its peer-to-peer lending model.

Unclaimed property has become a revenue source for states because if the state can't find the rightful owner of the property, it keeps the property. This has made states aggressive in their audit practices.

It never ceases to amaze me. Ever. The "it" I am referring to is how a given brand - who over years has built up an incredible amount of equity in their brand, can do something that puts all that hard-earned equity in pe...

Awhile ago, I was sitting beside the CEO of a red-hot startup that had recently launched a campaign on Kickstarter.

Did you know some foods stimulate brain cell production, while others prevent memory loss? A guide to 10 top brain-boosting foods to keep your thinking strong.

The U.S. Treasury Department's New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program is designed to spur investment in low income communities. Coastal Enterprises, Inc., a nonprofit based in Maine, through its for-profit subsidiary CEI ...

Last month, Acxiom, the giant U.S. data broker holding individual consumer dossiers on virtually everyone in the United States, made the bold move of letting individuals see their files.

Up Global is having a huge month, announces a major partnership with the State Department also, Google becomes main sponsor. More here.

It is quite common for tiny startups to post eye-popping growth rates -- that is partially due to the law of small numbers. But San Francisco-based Gustin -- a crowdfunder for blue jeans and other clothing lovers -- say...

How tax policy supporting innovation in the U.S. fueled Tesla Motors.

Silk Road competitor Black Market Reloaded is back up and running after being taken down on Thursday for security concerns.

Austin startup Boxer raises $3 million dollar seed round led by Sutter Hill Ventures to expand their mobile email platform that just works.

As a part of a series with a focus on entrepreneurs, I sat down with Brett Meyers the founder and CEO of CurrencyFair. His peer to peer foreign exchange company allows you to exchange currency and send funds to bank acco...

Bank Frey's "Truly Swiss, Truly Private" slogan could soon be "Truly Closed." The bank is one of 14 under investigation for allegedly helping Americans evade taxes. The bank's statement says its shareholders want to ceas...