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9 Unlikely Entrepreneurs Who Changed The Market

Some entrepreneurs want to do something that's never been done before, while others want to build upon existing business niches or ideas and become a strong competitor. Here are nine unlikely entrepreneurs who changed the market.

9 Oft-Overlooked E-mail Etiquette Tips Every Young Worker Should Know

If you're wondering where all the smiley faces are at or why your co-workers don't forward funny YouTube videos to each other, then you clearly have a thing or two to learn about e-mail etiquette in the workplace. Here are 9 oft-overlooked e-mail etiquette tips every young worker should know.

The Best Way To Validate Your Idea? Ask The Right Questions.

So how can you transform your idea into a sustainable business? Ask the right questions.

How Small Businesses Can Pack More Punch

To stand a chance of winning the hearts and minds of consumers, small businesses need to take advantage of their nimbleness, flexibility and agility to outwit and outmaneuver the bigger boys. Walter Lim suggests a few ways.

22 Big Reasons To Start A Small Business While Still In School

You’re young, strapped for cash, and totally busy with school - but college is an ideal time to get your venture off the ground. Read on for 22 compelling reasons to start your dream before you finish your degree.

Financial Tips For The Young Worker

From budgeting and saving, to investing and spending, financial decisions are about weighing your choices and making informed decisions. Successful model and author of "Beautiful Ambition" Tara Brooke shares some tips.

Of Ideas And Pitching: Four Thoughts For Founders Facing A Judging Panel

Having sat through as a judge for the recent ideas.inc Business Challenge semi-finals, I'd like to offer startup founders some insight into what can go on in the minds of judges sitting in such business competition panels.

8 Bad Habits That Are Driving Your Coworkers Crazy

Everyone has bad habits that have a way of showing their face while you're at work. Check out these 8 bad habits to see if you're that annoying person in the office after all.

8 Personality Traits Of Effective Business People

If you find yourself a part of the workforce after high school or college, and are wondering what traits you might nurture and cultivate - within yourself or among your employees - to create a successful career and business, consider these eight points.

8 Office Etiquette Tips For Young Workers

If you're a young worker and you want to stand out from the other baby-faced rookies in the office, check out these eight etiquette tips

DEMO Asia: 10 Tips To Create Your Perfect Business Pitch

DEMO Asia, the biggest startup event in the region, had no lack of outstanding and memorable pitches. We got hold of five startup founders to share with us some tips on how they prepare and deliver their presentations.

Why All Business Founders Should Learn Basic Programming

Shen Han Lee says business startup founders are better off if they know a little something about programming.

Eight Ways To Retrain Your Brain To Notice The Little Things

In the age of information overload, Jason Womack warns that when it comes to what we have time to focus on, we are often forced to sacrifice quality for quantity. He offers advice on how we can start paying closer attention to (and reaping the rewards of) the details.

Ten Power Questions You Should Ask To Distinguish Yourself During A Job Interview

Got a job interview coming up? Don’t waste your energy thinking up talking points to impress the interviewer, advises Andrew Sobel, author of "Power Questions". Nothing you can tell him or her will ever equal the impact of what you can ask.

Perspectives In Setting Your Financial Goals

Whether your ambition is to retire a millionaire, or to put your children through college, or make enough money to pay the bills this month, your financial goals help drive you and define you. Brentt Taylor shares his views.

[Infographic] New Grad’s Guide To Personal Finance

Here's an infographic from OnlineCollege that gives you an idea of how you can put your financial matters in order.

Demystifying Billing And Receivables Solutions For Your Small Business

Financial matters keep small business owners up at night. Western Union Small Business Payments offers the following five tips to help small business owners to help find and choose the best billing and receivables solution for their business.

Want To Get In The Game? You’ll Need A Coach.

CEO of EMSI Public Relations and author of "Celebritize Yourself", Martha Friedman, shares that everyone needs a coach.

Starting A Business? Find Someone To Hold You Accountable

With a very high startup failure rate across the country, you don’t want to be another negative statistic. So, how do you avoid this? You need to find someone to hold you accountable, suggests Jessica Sanders.

Don’t Fall for ’Em: Ten Tricky Job Interview Questions To Watch Out For

No matter who you are, in order to land your dream job, you’ll have to undergo a job interview. To guarantee you get hired, author Joyce Lain Kennedy of "Job Interviews For Dummies" advises that you take some time to prepare for these ten tricky questions.

Do You Stand Out From The Crowd?

if you want to have an impact and make your voice heard you need to stand out, says Murray Newlands. Creating a personal brand means that you have something to support and accentuate who you are and what you do.

What Running 39.3 Miles Taught Me About Business

Pirq.com's Keegan Hall (@keeganhall) used to hate running. But these days his marathon training has taught him a lot about what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur.

How Women Can Get Better At Singing Our Own Praises…And Get Ahead In The...

A new study reveals that men are better than women at talking up their accomplishments, a factor causing women to be overlooked in the workplace. Vickie Milazzo teaches women the art of confidently positioning their achievements and abilities and sets them on the path to wicked success.

Why 88% Of New Year’s Resolution Fail And What You Can Do About It...

Tom Connellan, author of The 1% Solution, offers up some very helpful analysis and advice on how to make those New Year resolutions stick.

Will Time Torpedo Your New Year’s Resolution?

If you want to increase the success rate of your New Year’s Resolutions, Doug Sundheim, executive coach and co-author of "25 Best Time Management Tools and Techniques" offers these suggestions.

Jobless Execs: It’s Time To Dump The Old School

To find work you must go digital, recruiting expert Colleen Aylward insists.

“Effective”, “Motivated”, “Track Record” Most Overused Words On LinkedIn Profiles In 2012

If you used the words "Effective", "Track Record" and "Motivated" to describe yourself in your LinkedIn Profile, it may be time to give your profile a bit of a makeover.

Turning Your Anxiety Into Creativity

Author and writing expert Gini Graham Scott believes you can turn anxiety into creativity.

Know What You’re Good At

Kelly Austin of Higher Salary offers you a game plan for actually turning your passions into a lucrative career.

The Micro-Manager And The Delegator

Being a delegator - instead of a micro-manager - can mean the difference for your long term business success, argues Maren Kate, founder of personal concierge service Zirtual.