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Happy customers become your company's best brand evangelists.

Leaders need others' trust. But it's equally important for them to trust themselves and those who work for them.

Meet the woman who's behind growing your mental muscles.

I remember when the portable personal computer was wheeled down the hallway on a hand-powered cart. It took two strong men to muscle it down the hallway. Much has changed since then. But, sadly, much stays the same. Wha...

TurboTax's free ItsDeductible software helps you keep track of what you give to charity and maximize your tax savings.

There are 5 mobile messaging companies competing right now to become the next Facebook. It's not clear which one will win, but my money would be on a small little company from Waterloo, Canada with big dreams called Kik....

Even in this age of globalization and virtualization, the geographic area where you choose to live and work can still make or break your startup business. I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best i...

Evaluating job candidates is tricky business since candidates are prone to tell you what you want to hear. For this reason, world-class interviewers pay just as much attention to the questions they're asked as to the ans...

A popular Android flashlight app has been surreptitiously collecting personal data and sharing it with advertisers. The Federal Trade Commission found that Brightest Flashlight, which has been downloaded over fifty milli...

Tonight's Grammy nominations special, "Grammy Nominations Live: Countdown to Music's Biggest Night," will seek to stir up excitement around the 56th Grammy Awards, held Jan. 26 in Los Angeles.

As the father of two kids under the age of four, I can confidently say that there is no greater lie regarding the recipe for a healthy, happy family than the supposed sanctity of the dinner table.

At Boxworks, the Box user conference earlier this year, the company announced Metadata - a service that received significantly less attention from the press covering the event than its importance deserved. (Disclosure, B...

Job growth continued at its moderate pace. It's becoming boringly steady, not fast enough to celebrate nor slow enough to lament. Unemployment dropped to seven percent, good only in comparison to our ten percent recessio...

The Federal Trade Commission this week hosted an all day workshop titled, ?Blurred Lines: Advertising or Content?? The Robin Thicke jokes aside, it?s a question any casual internet user has likely asked himself more than...

Think of America's most entrepreneurial city. Chances are Kansas City didn't come to mind,but that's exactly what the city began calling itself to communicate the importance of building a startup community. Kansas City, ...

Marketing wine in China is a challenge, but increases in education and mobile purchases indicate demand. Some exporters attract wine consumers by speaking the language of tea.

The real troubles are the ones you can't plan for and can't avoid.

Shane Parrish is on a mission to make you think, and think better. With over 30,000 subscribers, Shane runs Farnam Street (FS), an intellectual hub of curated ?interestingness."

Housing a startup in your home could be a money-saver or a necessity as your startup grows. Just make sure you're out of bed before your employees get there.

The Chancellor's Autumn Statement offered small businesses help with their business rates, but many want more assistance

Bitcoin draws accolades and feverish investing, but may also require FBAR filings.

For the sake of human progress, it?s a good thing that technology keeps improving. People buy the new technology if it gives them more benefit for less money. But for the companies that produce the technology, progress p...