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SEO, like many things in life, can be really good or really bad, depending on who's doing it. Unfortunately, there are too many people claiming to be SEO professionals who don't seem to know much beyond the basics, and i...

Do you enjoy judging the Millennial Generation? If so, take heart: You'll have plenty opportunities to do just that in the coming years. That generation (which is also known as Generation Y, and which spans the ages of r...

A bevy of smart, fresh-faced Republican women is running for Congress this year, shattering the stereotype that the political right is a bastion of old, white men. They face enormous internal and external obstacles, yet ...

This article is by John Copeland and Jason Tabeling. Copeland is managing partner and co-lead of the marketing strategy and insights practice at Rosetta, a Publicis Groupe customer-engagement agency. Tabeling is partner ...

Back in December, Colgate University staged a "blitzkrieg fundraising campaign" that generated $5.1 million in a single day. Zack O'Malley Greenburg had a great piece in Forbes on it.

This article is by Jeff Fromm, executive VP at independent ad agency Barkley and co-author of "Marketing to Millennials: Reach the Largest and Most Influential Generation of Consumers Ever."

How do successful investors manage to amass and keep a fortune on Wall Street? By avoiding two costly behaviors that haunt successful people.

This article is by Kelly Mooney, CEO of Resource, a digital-marketing firm based in Columbus, OH.

Carmakers never miss a chance to tout their celebrity customers. What would a mention of Tesla Motors Inc. be without a quick nod to Matt Damon and George Clooney? Or a reference to Fisker Automotive Inc. without Leonar...

The fear of using development firms among founders and investors is holding back entrepreneurs (especially female ones), argues Ellie Cachette.

Link-sharing service Branch is acquired by Facebook and gets a chance to change how Facebook does news.

Businesses today can't avoid creating a social media presence. Generally, sites like Twitter and Facebook provide organizations a great opportunity to interact with their loyal customers, as well as get the word out abou...

Imagine if Tim Cook fired up the production lines and started churning out the Apple II instead of the latest Macbook Pro. The world would think he had gone barking mad. After all, what company in its right mind would de...

Software as a service (SaaS) is a popular business model because it facilitates the delivery of incremental value to customers, while allowing the vendor to adjust their prices over time. However, such price increases ge...

There’s a little known secret about our friends to the north. Canada is quickly becoming a startup powerhouse. In 2013, the top 10 largest VC rounds added up to over $500 million. Canadian investors definitely particip...

We asked 10 founders to weigh in on the best advice they received as new entrepreneurs. Take note of these (sometimes surprising) lessons for your own venture.

While the 20th century was about oil, the next century is going to be about data. This is what the CEO of IBM, Ginni Rometty, thinks. She calls data a "natural resource."

Leaders that strive to be significant seek to create the greatest impact and influence. These are the types of leaders that we value the most; inspired by their courage and resiliency, we seek to emulate them. They are t...

As Vice-Chair of WEF's Global Agenda Council on Youth Unemployment, I'm delighted that there are prominent scheduled discussions early in the WEF agenda on dealing with this "time bomb." One I'm especially interested in ...

Much time and attention has been given to the MOOCs started in the US, but as I have mentioned in my interview with Mike Feerick of ALISON, the phenomenon actually first emerged in Europe. Another more recent entry to th...

To further understand the bar and restaurant industry, I spoke to one of the leading experts in Jon Taffer. You might know Taffer from his hit reality TV show "Bar Rescue", where he takes bars that are about to close and...

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