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Sometimes it's little, simple steps that can quickly get your workplace on the path to being green. Read More

Want to know the secret to email follow up? TWO WORDS: Subject line. Because that's the only thing customers see. Because that's the only thing customers have the time to read. Because that's the only thing customers will use to decide whether or not to open it. Because that's the only way you can immediately differentiate yourself in the Read More

What's more stereotypically trivial than shoe shopping? Using Twitter, of course! Online shoe retailer Zappos does shoes and social media remarkably well. Scores of bloggers, lots of video blogging and 198 employees on Twitter help keep the company's profile high and humanize the folks behind the shoe sales. Of all the different types of soci Read More

Picture this: you get to work on time (because you've followed a well-thought-out morning routine!), you have fresh coffee just the way you like it, your computer is completely booted up and ready to get some work done, and you look over to see your neatly stacked pile of projects for the day—already prioritized because you've mastered your paper Read More

We want to continually increase productivity and are always looking at ways to work more efficiently so that we “find” more time. When we are accomplishing more, there actually ends up being more time for us to enjoy life. Unfortunately, we sometimes make mistakes that lower our productivity. Here is a list of 8 things unproductive people do: Read More

Selling for a startup presents unique challenges even for highly experienced sales professionals. Because your company is new, your potential customers don't know anything about it and, sad to say, in business unfamiliarity breeds contempt. Not to worry, though. Here are the six rules of selling for startups: Read More

Clayton Christopher, founder of Sweet Leaf Tea (one of fastest growing iced teas) shares a great cycling story analogus to the many times his company almost went under over the last 10 years, but he never gave up. Now he's in 6,000 stores & in every state. Read More

From article: Despite the broader economic rumblings, it' s never been cheaper to start a company and there's still a ton of venture money out there. In fact, Ressi told me that there is so much money out there for startups that VCs are now offering to partially buy out founders' personal stakes to get deals. In effect, they are paying off the fou Read More

Startups have a hard time staying focused. It's the nature of the beast. The enthusiasm founders have for their startups can very quickly lead to chasing too many opportunities. The big risk? Running in every direction, chasing every lead, idea and opportunity only to realize at the end that you've made very little progress. And this might not Read More

It seems that many small businesses are having trouble finding these key employees in the first place. Three quarters of small business owners surveyed said that finding qualified employees is difficult and nearly three out of ten rely on family members such as their spouse to help them off the clock. 58% of those surveyed said that the benefi Read More