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One of the quickest ways you can rise to the top in business is to establish a distinct and attractive personal brand.

This quarterly hackathon plans to aware more than $1 million in prize money in 2014.

A just-released report from the bean counters at the Congressional Budget Office is getting lots of attention because the bureaucrats are now admitting that Obamacare will impose much more damage to the economy than they...

Companies worldwide have outsourced manufacturing to China, and opportunities still exist despite rising labor costs. If your business is ready to take the plunge, here are four key points to consider.

As success after success piles up, crowdfunding money-raising platforms have proven to be a great way to fund your next startup. Settle on one of the multiple approaches of crowdfunding, and your product or service just ...

This week, Yahoo, CBS and ESPN launched their new, online fantasy baseball contests for the 2014 season.

I'm not sure that "gentlemen's club" is the greatest euphemism ever coined, but it is certainly up there.  "Strip joint" captures the essence much better.  Nonetheless, Potter's Pub fancied itself a "gentlemen's club"....

Stocks stumbled out of the 2014 starting gate, with the major averages all falling in January. Year-to-date through Feb. 3, the Dow had sank some 6.5% while the S&P 500 was off nearly 5%. Now to be certain, the losses in...

This article is by Charles R. Taylor, John A. Murphy Professor of Marketing, Villanova University. 

How do you feel about failure? Honestly, how comfortable are you with it, whether it’s your own, or the failure of one of your team members?

When you're considering a startup, are there other jobs or industries you should think about first?

The Women 2.0 conference speaker talks about growing SpaceX from a startup with a handful of employees to a company with out-of-this-world ambitions.

I will surely refrain from spouting off all the latest and greatest social media marketing numbers. From the gazillion numbers of people on Facebook on Twitter to the rapid rise of Pinterest and Instagram and on and on ...

You want to buy a business. Great. The first thing you need to do is stimulate deal flow. It’s a three-step process: Meet with credible corporate finance teams and business brokers to help guide you through the process...

Here's how mobile apps and other new tech twists will make your restaurant dining experience easier, faster, and more fun this year.

Which familiar American brands have made themselves a known name the world over? Here are the top 10 big fast-food brands with the most international units. Data provided by QSR magazine.

It's coming fast! Check out the latest speakers to be added to the Everywhere Else Tennessee roster.

If you’ve ever wasted time comparing overpriced tickets to a show, look no further. Rukkus aggregates tickets from over 100 sources of sale and sorts them to present you with the best deal, showing stadium layout for a...

Ray Bellamy, a doctor based in Florida, decided that he wanted to make a donation in a local congressional race. He began by Googling the Democratic candidate's name, "Alex Sink." He then clicked on one of the first res...

Today's hardest problems require a new approach to crunching huge quantities of data. And a Waltham, Mass.-based startup, Paradigm4, has figured out a better way to solve them and 2,500 big organizations -- including lif...

By Leonard Sommer

With data strewn across several apps, it can be impossible to know if your efforts to get healthy are working. Nudge wants to change that.