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Alibaba's year-long effort to endear themselves to the global community has yielded a major benefit: they have been left off an annual blacklist of e-commerce platforms targeted by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) fo...

"People are our most important resource" is a cynical platitude at many companies, ignored as openly as, say, "Safety is our first priority." But in a customer service-intensive business, explains customer service consul...

Getting a traditional MBA in social entrepreneurship is not enough. Here's why.

Joe Udo is the creator of Retire By 40, which chronicles his own journey from unhappy engineer to stay-at-home dad and blogger. In this career change profile, I asked Joe to share how he made the leap.

Harness the spirit of the season to show your appreciation to your leads, and embrace the "goodwill to all" attitude that can turn them into a crew of loyal brand advocates by this time next year.

The year 2015 was defined by lots of deal making among rivals in China and India, a rebound to plentiful unicorn financings, delisting from public markets, and a forward march of innovative tech across the Asian region.

Windows Phone fans and fanboys have a tough job. They have to stand by an operating system with a new name every few years, significantly fewer apps than the competition, and a distant third place spot in the market. The...

Starting a business takes everything that you have: all your money, time, effort, and patience. Though you may have plenty of help in the form of your team and your business partners, in the beginning stages of entrepren...

ANALYSIS: It may be that 2015 will be remembered as the year tech IPOs slipped into a coma. Or maybe it will be known as the year your company’s chances of getting acquired shriveled. Bizarrely, it also seems to be the...

GUEST: There is no question that Bitcoin is causing a lot of worry and hand-wringing in the banking sector — and in national governments uncertain of how to regulate it. It is, after all, a highly disruptive technology...

Baby boomer business owners will be retiring in droves over the next decade, and whether an owner wants to pass on the business to a family member or sell to key employees or a third party, the process will be much easi...

This year, we've seen dramatic developments in the movement to transform healthcare. The digital health ecosystem hit its stride, becoming a significant part of the healthcare economy. With 2015 giving some hints of what...

Moving to work full time on our new business startup meant giving up on all sorts of other interesting potential future paths, ones which seemed a lot less risky and which would have kept us closer to friends and family....

How technology in the classroom is shaping the future of education

Wanna bet? A side bet, you and me, for $1,000. I'm saying you won't reach that number.

Last year, Delhi took the honor of becoming the world’s most polluted city.  The number of air pollution-related illnesses globally has been on the rise.  In India, the reasons are apparent: cars, industrial fumes, b...

I've learned, and came to believe, that some of the very best tips come from folks who run, strangely enough, big companies.

It's difficult to read about the ongoing saga of Martin Shkreli, hedge fund founder and pharmaceutical CEO, without feeling the overwhelming need to take a shower. Shkreli first burst onto the scene earlier this year whe...

In a time when trust in leaders is hard to come by, and followers are scrutinizing leaders against high standards, leaders must know what it is followers really want rather than contorting themselves into inauthentic peo...

The tax law Congress just passed has new and improved tax deductions and tax credits and makes some current breaks permanent. Here's how you can benefit.

At the start of a new role, everything is magnified. Thus it is critical to be particularly thoughtful about everything you do and say and don't do and don't say--and what order you do or say them in.

Earning a degree from one of America's top private colleges is a good investment, and if you'd like financial aid to make your son or daughter's dream college more affordable, there is good news. The process of completin...