On July 14, 2010

How a Grandmother Started a Multimillion-Dollar Business

Starting a business was not something Anita Crook set out to do at nearly 60 years of age. But when her pocketbook organizer idea took off, this South Carolina grandmother found herself running a multimillion-dollar business.

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Creativity and Education

There’s an interesting article by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman over at Newsweek that talks about the decline of creativity in America. Titled, The Creativity Crisis, it focuses on how the lack of creative exercise in children is resulting…

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On July 14, 2010

Gadget Lust: The Indestructible Flash Drive

LaCie's XtremKey is watertight, heat- and cold-resistant, and encased in a 2mm metal pipe. It's the flash drive Superman would carry.

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On July 14, 2010

Vivus’ New Diet Drug Might Get You Pregnant (Whether You Like It or Not)

Does Vivus (VVUS)'s new weight-loss drug Qnexa make you sexy and pregnant? According to the FDA, which votes on whether the drug should be approved tomorrow, some women got unwanted pregnancies during the drug's testing, either because the drug defeated

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How Real-Time Data is Changing Business Optimization

Jeremy Richardson heads up Business Development at Mixpanel, Inc. a real-time analytics service that helps companies understand how users behave with web applications.

For a while, a big limitation of online optimization tools was their lack of real-time reporting.…

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On July 14, 2010

Morning People Better Positioned for Career Success

Are you a night owl? So sorry. Recent research shows that morning people have more success at work than you. One reason: While you are sleeping, businesses and schools are hard at work.

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On July 14, 2010

How Social Trends Benefit Business

Although many businesses now realize the power of social media, they have a hard time discerning which social services are effective and which are not. To make matters worse, new social sites, services and applications are emerging almost daily.

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Mr. Goodcents’ Great Idea: Hire a CEO Who Actually Knows the Business

So many franchise companies look to hire a "big gun" CEO -- someone from outside the company who's headed up another big franchise system. Instead, Kansas City-based Mr. Goodcents Subs & Pasta plucked the man who would replace founder Joe

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Why Richard Branson’s 5 Tips for Success Are Really only 4.5

Hard to have a more successful or more high-profile entrepreneur/winner than Richard Branson, so I clicked quickly this morning from email to the Amex OPEN forum to look at his Top 5 Tips for Entrepreneurial Success.

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On July 14, 2010

Writing a Contract Agreement

One of the critical instruments in any transaction, whether between a vendor and a customer, an employer and employee or even two private parties, is the basic contract agreement. For some business owners however, the basic contract agreement isn’t so…

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