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The power and influence of paid media advertising, including print ads, TV commercials, radio, and even online digital campaigns is waning, in favor of unpaid earned and owned messaging from your website, social media, k...

Tied to the World Food Prize Foundation's 2013 Borlaug Dialogue, the Skoll World Forum is featuring several keynote speakers writing at the nexus of three subjects central to the global challenges we face in the 21st ...

Nokero just introduced its next generation of solar-powered light bulbs aimed at impoverished communities--and saving lives.

While crowdfunding has received considerable positive fanfare since the JOBS Act was passed in April 2012, there has also been considerable criticism leveled against the industry covering both the companies trying to cro...

In hospital and healthcare settings I'm often asked (as a keynote speaker and consultant on customer service and the customer experience) about HCAHPS and how to improve scores. (A quick digression for the civilians rea...

We've all been there: You land a new client but soon discover he has no idea what your company does -- let alone what he actually expects from working with you. This is the client who pisses off your employees, takes up ...

Procuring the resources needed to make products is a pillar of any business. How much easier would it be if you could simply find them washed up on a beach? Three American entrepreneurs operating in Chile are, apparently...

The following guest post is by Shama Kabani, a business strategist for the digital age, and serves as founder & CEO of The Marketing Zen Group (a full service web marketing & digital PR firm). She is also the author of T...

By Mark Chandler, the general counsel at Cisco Systems

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Monday's session are McDonald's, Netflix and Texas Instruments.

After weeks of Washington taking the market headlines, investors can now focus on organizations that actually create wealth -- companies.