Delivering a successful brand ad campaign requires two kinds of ‘creative’ effort. There is the creative expression of the brand: “What statement are we trying to...
“How do you spark joy in a joyless time?” Someone asked me this recently. I had just joined an intimate business networking group and was sharing...
Innovation means different things to different people. On a granular level, it means creating new things out of old things. More generally, innovation can mean doing...
People want to do business with people they trust. In the past, that trust was established in a few select ways. For example, a mutual friend...
Business books are becoming more popular every year. Being the author of a book, especially one associated with your industry, is a different sort of marketing...
You never master the art of leadership. This is something that seems to be missing from the public conversation around how to be an effective leader...
If you want to innovate, you don’t necessarily need to be in Silicon Valley. And if you are already in Silicon Valley, try to consider looking...
Hiring talented people is an art (and science) in and of itself. I have been a founder, angel investor, and networker for a while now, and one of...
For every entrepreneur, the biggest challenge when running a company is knowing how and where to spend your time. I remember when I started my first...
Every company wants to rank on the first page of Google. The problem is, Google doesn’t really prioritize the “best” companies, or the “best” products. The...
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...