Survival Kit for Entrepreneurs
When you decide to start a new business, at first everything is happiness, enthusiasm and energy to start your project. Nevertheless you need to take into consideration that only 15% of new businesses...
View Article20 Male Business Geniuses Every Leader Should Know
There has been a bright light shining recently on the lack of diversity in Silicon Valley, and the tech world in general. The discussion became so intense that it bled over into the larger corporate...
View ArticleCareer Success Through Intentional Networks
I've spoken to literally thousands of women about intentional networking and always ask "How many of you have gotten a job, promotion, or large piece of business from a connection in your network?"...
View ArticleWhen Fear Follows Focus
You spent hours doing the background research and more hours organizing all of the data and information. You focused on extracting the essential elements from the countless documents you read,...
View ArticleChina's New Five-Year Plan Embraces the Third Industrial Revolution
BEIJING -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has not only read Jeremy Rifkin's book "The Third Industrial Revolution" and taken it to heart. He and his colleagues have also made it the core of the country's...
View ArticleWhy Networking Feels So Dirty And Makes You Want To Shower
Networking is weird. It's weird because you're in a room with people you probably don't know and no one wants to be sold anything but everyone is there to sell something and most people feel horrible...
View ArticleLeadership Lessons From the Basketball Court
My fifth-grade classmate Mary Beth was one of the nicest people in our school. But playing against her in the girls' basketball league, I found her incredibly intimidating. This was not the NBA. Back...
View ArticleFrom Business as Usual to Business as Urgent -- City Signs Up for One Way...
The tide is rapidly turning towards widespread city acceptance of the need for a shift to a low carbon economy. This was just one of many important headline messages coming from an unprecedented group...
View ArticleLessons From a Part-Time Parisian for the Climate Conference
I love Paris. Thanks to my job I am fortunate enough to travel there several times a year. And I would like to offer a few words of advice to those attending (or planning to attend) the Climate...
View ArticleShould You Buy or Rent Your Home? The Answer Is More Complex Than You Think
Whether they should they rent or buy a home is one of the toughest financial decisions Americans face. The factors at play in making this decision revolve around not only where you are, but also who...
View ArticleReal Business Is About People
by Rod Collins, Director of Innovation at Optimity Advisors There is a rapidly emerging phenomenon that, while hidden in plain sight, is about to dramatically transform the longstanding fundamentals of...
View ArticleINDEX: Funding High Impact New Ventures
High-impact Design Driven Startups are investors' darlings and the INDEX: Award is taking advantage of this by applying their unique design award evaluation process to vetting candidates for venture...
View ArticleFacebook: Skyrocketing Stock Price 3.5 Years After Botched IPO
What a difference a few years make. Over the past year, Facebook shares have jumped roughly 38%. Just reported third-quarter earnings are 57 cents per share on revenue of $4.5 billion - exceeding...
View Article6 Things I Have Learned From Moving Internationally
An international move is not only a mentally difficult decision to make, but a serious logistical challenge. Two years ago I found myself packing my bags, sorting out the things I own and planning to...
View ArticleAre Banks Open on Veterans Day 2015?
By Paul Sisolak, Contributor Men and women who serve in the U.S. Armed Forces make sacrifices for their country. In honor of them, Veterans Day is celebrated. Unlike Memorial Day, which honors the...
View ArticleCollaborative Intelligence: The Competitive Advantage for Today's Organizations
Here is an example of a typical call that I receive from our clients at SHAMBAUGH: An organization is undergoing significant change. To keep pace with the evolving marketplace, customer demands, and...
View ArticleLevel 2 Passive Real Estate Investing
This article is for the investor who wants to move into real estate, but they want a higher level of involvement than just buying shares in a REIT, Real Estate Investment Trust. You still do not want...
View ArticleThe Key to Reviving an Afghan Peace Process May Just Be the Taliban
All signs point to an intensifying Afghan conflict, and prospects for an early resumption of a peace dialogue appear dim. Yet ironically, if security across the country continues to worsen and public...
View ArticleCan You Make The World Happier?
If you had the opportunity to make the whole world happier, where would you start? Educate adults and children about the tested, practical steps they can take to consistently flourish? Measure...
View ArticleStop, Collaborate and Listen: How Leaders Tackle Tough Business Challenges
How do you navigate those most difficult business challenges if you're an advertising agency or a brand marketer? By focusing on the end goal, and then hiring great people and allowing them to problem...
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