The hierarchy of communication in descending order of effectiveness: talking in person, yelling live in-person, talking on the phone, yelling on the phone, videoconferencing (while talking or yelling, take your pick). Video conferencing is among those things that all of us generally endorse but is in fact new enough that many of us haven’t fully [...]

Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.” But, to become great leader isn’t easy. Successfully maneuvering a team throughout good and bad of starting a new business can be among the greatest challenges a small-business owner faces. [...]

First, understand that you no longer care to be simply a millionaire. You have to become a multimillionaire. Although you might think a million dollars provides you with financial security, it will not. Because of the volatility in economies, governments and financial markets around the globe, it’s no longer safe to believe a million dollars [...]

U.S. schools may serve up a lot of lessons to the 49 million students who roam their halls, but a majority don’t offer entrepreneur minded kids much guidance in pursuing their passions. Matt Smith, a freshman at Georgia Tech already launched two startups to his credit, GoRankem.com and, now in beta, Insightpool.com. Smith was 13 [...]

Much is considered in regards to the advantages and benefits of social media for businesses, but what about the drawbacks? Though we’ve long heard about the productivity drain among employees that use social media at work, the latest downside starting to get some attention: ethical violations. Active social networkers throughout office — those that spend [...]