The second season of my Work Smart video series at FastCompany.com premiered yesterday, with a question from Suhasini Kotcherlakota about how to take better meeting notes, and some answers from me and Brad Isaac, who wrote a great piece on mind-mapping meetings at Lifehacker a few years back. Despite the fact that I still can’t […]

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For any entrepreneur, the challenge of taking an idea to launch can be a daunting and expensive journey. Fortunately, Adeo Ressi, founder of TheFunded and startup accelerator, Founder Institute, has a ten step plan. While there is no foolproof recipe for every launch, Ressi says his template will help any tech entrepreneur get a business off the ground for less than $2,000. The program, which Ressi recently presented at the Founder Institute's Boston location, is a bare bones guide to securing your startup's online identity, enhancing your appearance of legitimacy (through low-cost but well...

Every year, today’s greatest thinkers gather at various TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) conferences around the world. Their talks, which you can find on TED’s website, are often insightful, educational, and fascinating. As a TED junkie, I decided to compile 20 of the best business talks in the conference’s history. Each talk offers insights either […]

Some children suffer from disabilities which prevent them from crawling around and exploring the world, but thanks to projects like this one they might have an alternative way to move around: Baby-sized motorized chairs.

A business plan doesn't have to be all encompassing, especially when you're trying to generate buzz. Here are the elements you really need.

Researchers at Internet security service provider CyberDefender looked at some of the most dangerous things you can do online and explained how to protect yourself if you're not quite ready to give up things like Internet porn completely.

Amid fears of renewed recession, Treasury bonds are still ruling the roost.

A good proxy index for economic competitiveness around the world.

When you sit down to dream up a new business, you can imagine a world without constraints. Or you can choose to build in fundamental pieces that will make it more likely your idea will pay off.Here…

Even a good business idea might not be financially workable. Here's how you can determine if your product or service is a money-making enterprise.

Having difficulty understanding the 2008 US Financial Crisis? Here's a short animated video that explains - visually!

Youngme Moon of the Harvard Business School collaborated with XPLANE to create this video introducing her new book, DIFFERENT, an intimately drawn meditation...

A Wall Street Journal investigation finds that one of the fastest growing businesses on the Internet is the business of spying on American consumers. First in a series.

This is gonna be great! Oh no we might go out of business! But wait!

Why he turned down the toymaker's offer of $500,000

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Running a small business is no small task and though it is associated with great freedom, any business owner will tell you that there is also a burden to carry. To help you find success as an entrepreneur, we've compiled this list of 15 things (some obvious, though easy to overlook, and others less obvious) that you must keep in mind.

To build a solid foundation for your business, you must first identify your typical customer and tailor your marketing pitch accordingly.

How do we wean people off bottled water? Two design solutions from LUNAR just might help.

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