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When I was relocating my business from the UK to San Diego, I was struck by the cost of living. I had drastically underestimated the costs of renting an office too, and it was looking like I was going to be conducting sa...

A common excuse that entrepreneurs make for not being able to innovate is the lack of venture capital in their region. They argue that because investors are not ready to take a risk, they can't succeed. Policy makers al...

Too many good people tend to view their organization like a family rather than the setting for a business transaction. This can lead to setbacks.

A couple of weeks ago I moderated a women's panel for Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT):  Their annual Women's Leadership Conference composed of thousands of women in the cable and telecommunications fields. The ...

500.com, which is a top online lottery operator in China, got a nice IPO prize today. The company priced its deal at $13, which was at the top of the $11-to-$13 range. So far in today's trading, the stock is up 48%.

By Joshua Reeves, CEO of ZenPayroll

The frenetic pace of starting a business can erode trust and kill the joy of partnership. Candor, common ground and gratitude can get you through the tough first phase of business.

Whether it was Romney's #bindersfullofwomen or the #Breakingbadfinale, the combination of social media with television has provided some of the most popular memes (or, hashtags) in recent times. The experience of social ...

A Series of Forbes Insights Profiles of Thought Leaders Changing the Business Landscape:  Mark Lancaster, Founder and CEO of SDL...

"Turkey was not able to feed them," Jülide Yaşar Soncu says simply of why her family moved from Turkey to France when she was just two years old.

The VCs backing Facebook, Spotify and Warby Parker share what makes a great entrepreneur tick.

Can tech giants execute as agilely as startups? This question was originally answered on Quora by Jason M. Lemkin.

A very popular Forbes Greatest Hits post recently popped up on my Twitter feed recently, seductively entitled "Why Your Employees Hate You."  It was an interesting premise in that, unlike so many employment advice arti...

Credit spreads referencing Time Warner Cable (TWC) surged wider again this morning amid reports that Charter Communications is nearing a long-rumored leveraged bid to acquire its substantially larger peer. But speculat...

Here's the situation: your company needs $500,000 in seed capital, so you decide to approach venture capitalists to help with your fundraising. As the offers start coming in, you realize you're over-subscribed and have t...

Below is an except from my soon to be released Social Media Book Tweet Naked.

More than three million people were injured on the job last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. While workers compensation insurance covers medical expenses and lost wages, your startup also needs lia...

I attended TechCrunch Disrupt in Shanghai this week and while there had the chance to sit down with Soujanya Bhumkar, Co-Founder and CEO of Cooliris, a company providing an iOS app that allows you to aggregate all your...

By far, the post at this blog with the longest tail is my post about TOMS. People seem really interested -- still! -- in questions surrounding the authenticity, integrity, and commercial viability of the hip shoe company...

The value of any business is most critical at one specific point in the company’s life: at the time the business is sold. Never is a valuation more important than when corporate assets change hands. Entrepreneurs may t...

Celebrity 100 members who over or under achieve in social media.

Tinder, the dating app that's not that embarrassing to be a part of, is now finding love abroad. The Los Angeles-based company, partially-owned by IAC, says that its largest foreign markets, Brazil and the United Kingdom...