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Few things are more important for a leader than the ability to formulate and implement strategy. Not only is it one of the primary roles of a great leader, it is also one of the critical areas of competence that inspires...

It's a brutal economy for recent college grads. Here are some tips on how to survive--and thrive--in turbulent times.

Recruiting leaders for many companies can often be arduous, time consuming, costly and stressful. Despite this, it is critical to any firm's success as staffing leaders will either enable or prevent an organization from ...

Miki Agrawal's book DO COOL SH*T encourages readers to identify their passions and take an entrepreneurial path, mixing personal stories with experience-based advice and work-book like questions. This article is both a r...

A couple of years ago legendary Venture Capitalist and technology entrepreneur Marc Andreesen famously opined that software is eating the world. Andreesen should know, as someone who sits on the boards of  Hewlett-Packa...

Australia is not too far and too remote for Sydney-based startup Canva and a growing number of young businesses that are tapping connections overseas and raising capital to scale overseas.

The proposed rules are extremely impractical because of the restrictions and procedural hurdles a crowdfunding issuer, investor and funding portal will have to endure to raise capital.

Successful people are great storytellers.  They have perfected the art of persuasion.  They can frame strong arguments and voice them clearly and succinctly.  These storytellers are often pros at sharing their Success...

Its that time of the year again.   Your company is rolling out the annual employee survey so that management can measure the engagement levels across the entire organization.   Yet, with all the costs and efforts to ...

We like to think we're rapidly moving forward into a computer-enhanced world in which big data makes our decisions, robots do our work, and everyone lives an augmented reality. But this is false. Increasingly, our world ...

In January 2012 Guidewire Software (GWRE) came public at $13 and ended its first day up about 32%. But this would not be the end of the good times. Keep in mind that the stock price is now trading at $47.

In any pitch both you and the audience are communicating over two channels - verbal and nonverbal - resulting in two distinct conversations going on at the same time. Here are five tips to improve your nonverbal conversa...

Ralph Lauren and Dylan Lauren (Image courtesy of Zimbio.com) Last week I talked about the genetic aspects of entrepreneurial traits, along with the parts of entrepreneurship that every person can learn. In response to th...

For almost twenty years, my work has given me the opportunity to help people who want to live and lead at a higher level.  Every week my colleagues and I at The Iclif Leadership & Governance Center (.iclif.org) have the...

The empirical evidence highlights the lack of women and minority founders in the startup world. A 2012 Dow Jones' report entitled Women At The Wheel  encompassed 15-years of data on venture-backed startups. During the p...

  Handcuffs (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Does the IRS forgive or forget? Rarely, and when it comes to offshore accounts, even more seldom. The IRS quest for offshore accounts--some call it a Jihad--is hardly new. Armed wi...

An e-marketplace aimed that helps women purchase goods and services from women, helps entrepreneurs

Starting your own business is scary. Here's a month-by-month guide to preparing for the big step.

Home-based businesses are quickly becoming the fastest growing form of business start-ups. Although working at home requires self-discipline, the benefits can be substantial - especially in the start-up years.

It's 9.30pm on a Wednesday in Manhattan's trendy Buddakan restaurant and the dining floor is filled with well-dressed New Yorkers fervently bidding on works of art. The occasion is a star-studded charity event for the Lu...

By Raf Weverbergh, a European journalist and editor of Whiteboard.

Rainbow Loom is not just a craft set. It may also be a portal to digital literacy. When I recently bought Rainbow Looms for my two sons (6 and 8), I discovered that this is really a tangible/virtual hybrid toy. They sit ...