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The Best Leaders Are Not "Born Leaders"
I have been a team captain for as long as I can remember. It started in my youth in athletics, carried over to student government, and continued on as I started working. I am grateful for these...
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4 Mistakes That Smart People Make When Asking For Advice
Conventional wisdom is that as we advance in our careers, we make fewer mistakes. This isn't true. We actually make more of a certain type: smart people mistakes. These are mistakes we become prone to...
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The Name Game: Is a Branded Coworking Space Best For Your Business?
In business, first impressions are everything, which is why companies of all sizes have gravitated to coworking spaces that offer the latest designs and amenities at a price even the smallest of...
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Investors Are Worrying About Puerto Rico's Debts While Puerto Rican-American...
Puerto Rico is imploding. Every major media outlet in the world has written about our government's failure to repay billions in loans to the United States and private investors who put their money into...
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Do We Really Want Equal Pay?
By Ann Friedman The other day a little girl asked Hillary Clinton whether she'd be paid as much as a man if she were elected president, a frustrating reminder that the gender-based wage gap persists,...
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Sharing the Millennial Way
While the classic American Dream is to own everything, cars, homes, luxury items and such, millennials are creating their own version of the American Dream: sharing with access, without owning. "For...
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The Real Cost of 'Free'
Have you ever gotten something for free and it fell apart and you thought, "I should have just paid for that stupid thing"? If you're a business owner you've probably fallen prey to this limiting...
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The Number 1 Question You Must Answer Before Selling Anything... Ever!
I remember getting a sales call recently, and, yes, they still annoy me. "Mr. Davis, we have a great deal to tell you about!" the caller said with extraordinary excitement. There was only one slight...
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'Anchor Babies' and Other Horror Stories About Immigrants: Be Not Afraid
I was on a call-in radio show late one night this week to discuss immigration and my new book, Dream Chasers: Immigration and the American Backlash. The radio station, WBZ, is a CBS affiliate in Boston...
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The Sesame Street/HBO Partnership Is Good for Kids
Early in 1969, Dean Burch, the new Republican chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, called me to ask for some advice. "Ok, big shot," he said, "you talked me into taking this job. You told...
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5 Reasons to Keep a Consistent Schedule
Most people already keep a daily routine - often, it is shaped around their work hours, and when they naturally get hungry, or tired. While these are not unhealthy impulses (after all, it's good to go...
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How Being More Average Can Increase Productivity
Dissecting the average daily grind can lead to more efficient workflows.***In our personal quest to achieve more with less, we often learn from two primary sources:1. Academic studies that reveal...
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7 Productivity Hacks I Couldn't Live Without
I've spent a lot of time as an entrepreneur, but these seven hacks are some of the best tricks I've found. As an entrepreneur, productivity is absolutely indispensable. You have so many tasks, so many...
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7 Productivity Hacks I Couldn't Live Without
I've spent a lot of time as an entrepreneur, but these seven hacks are some of the best tricks I've found. As an entrepreneur, productivity is absolutely indispensable. You have so many tasks, so many...
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Should My Startup Take Chinese Capital?
In seeking startup funding, many entrepreneurs are now being actively pursued by Chinese investors and VCs who are eager to put their capital into U.S. companies. In 2014, it was announced that Misfit,...
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Facebook Ads are the ONLY Way to Successfully Market Your Business on...
There's no doubting that Facebook is a great way to stay in touch with friends -- but are you using it successfully to expand your own business? Chances are, you've tried, but it turns out that the...
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4 Common Loan Mistakes Small Business Owners Make
If it's time to seek a business loan for your company, you're probably worried about whether or not you can actually make it happen. After all, funds have dried up significantly since 2008 and it's...
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3 Parts of Business Every Entrepreneur Needs to Understand
Are you a new entrepreneur, about to switch careers and embark on your very first business? Or maybe you're a skilled manager looking to hone your skills? No matter where you are on the scale, every...
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Amazon's Most Important Stakeholders
Many of us have read the New York Times article "Inside Amazon - Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace." If you haven't, you can find the article here. Some former employees and other workplace...
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INDEX: Award -- Show me the Money
Announcement of the INDEX: Award is much more than a loud rally for promoting high-impact and beautifully formed design solutions. The Index Award is backed by the largest monetary design award and...
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