The beginning of any new venture is exhilarating. Whether it’s a startup or a new product, getting things off the ground can feel like an all-encompassing...
Part of building a business is acknowledging the responsibility you have to help the world as a whole. The best businesses, the ones that build loyalty...
Every year, Interbrand ranks the top 100 best global brands. On this list are brands many of us recognize in an instant: Apple, Google, Amazon, Coca-Cola....
The life of an entrepreneur is a hectic one. We are typically inundated with To-Do lists and responsibilities, juggling business, personal, and professional relationships, and trying...
For every unicorn startup success story you see in the news, there are ten that end with a founder being ousted from his or her own...
I don’t think anybody can say, “I have mastered the art of hiring or firing people.” Because hiring and firing are not just an art or...
Every founder wants to feel in complete control of their company. And yet, many founders ignore arguably the most important variable in their entire venture: their...
Any founder will tell you that raising money is a trial-by-fire process. We recently closed our seed round for our venture, Slumberkins, raising $2.8 million led...
There’s a false belief a lot of startup founders have, and it’s that at a certain point, “everything gets easier.” I was just having this conversation...
Company culture isn’t something you “create.” What I mean is, you don’t set the rules or write up a company handbook and then all of a...
Joe Gardner
The one sport that taught me the most about leading teams and building companies was hockey––a game of tenacity, toughness,...
Richard Newman
Life-changing conversations don’t always happen after a presentation in the workplace—they happen in elevators, hallways, and break rooms. Your greatest...
Brian D. Evans
People with an atypical mindset use what doesn’t work as a way to find opportunities that everyone else is ignoring.
Sami Rusani
Whether you’re giving an impromptu sales pitch or trying to make friends in a bar, your ability to connect is...
JC Grubbs
A strong privacy policy is a serious competitive advantage for a business. After all, if data is your stock and...
Minutes Staff
Here’s why storytelling, patient data-driven marketing, and—imagine this—offline marketing need to be part of your marketing strategy in 2019 and...
Jeff Byers
I told myself that not only would I work in the offseason, but I would find a job that required...
Bibop Gresta
Sustainability isn’t just about how the product is created. It’s also very much about how the product is destroyed. This...
Joe Gardner
If you’re an investor, know that these pieces must be in place before you invest in a startup: The founders...
Minutes Staff
Work-life balance means something different to everyone, but we all need it to be the best we can both at...
Matthew Jones
We all deal with major life changes—it’s part of being human. Whether it’s death, changing jobs, re-locating, or another significant event, each...
Matthew Jones
Capitalism turns people into commodities. People, in all of their complexities, get reduced to titles, net worth, and are only viewed...
Dan Moore
The other morning I woke to a bombardment of millennial tropes. They came from my timelines and news feeds, my...
Nicolas Cole
You’ve heard the term “mid-life crisis.” It’s that time in every person’s life when they wake up one morning, their...
Nicolas Cole
The term "thought leadership" is a fairly new one in the marketing world.
Nicolas Cole
A resume is nothing but a list of skills. Here's what's missing.
Nicolas Cole
This is precisely why improvement and growth is a process--not a destination.
Nicolas Cole
This 1 shift will immediately put you in a better mental state.
Nicolas Cole
It's not your company blog, that's for sure.
Nicolas Cole
That person with 1M followers? They might not be as influential as you think...