For every entrepreneur and business leader there is a moment when things just go right. Whether it’s getting their business off the ground or being awarded a prize for your hard work, accomplishments make all the effort and time worth it. The
Could Employees’ Smartphones Harm Your Business?
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. There’s plenty of reporting about the popularity of smart phones and
6 Work-At-Home Moms Share How They Made it Happen
The current economy makes it harder for a family to live off of one income and moms who wanted to stay home to raise their children are finding it difficult to do so. To compensate for rising prices in consumer goods and housing, many mothers are
How Entrepreneurs Would Resolve the Fiscal Cliff
The president asked corporate CEOs to weigh in. But what would small business owners say? We asked, and you answered. The clock continues to tick down to January 1, the date on which the country is scheduled to go hurtling off the so-called fiscal
I Wouldn’t Be Caught Dead In Flats At Work.
Last week, Wall Street Journal reporter Christina Binkley dropped a bombshell: After decades in which high-powered women wouldn’t be caught dead at work without their high heels, flats are making inroads in the boardroom. Calling them “power flats,”
8 Customized Benefits to Keep Employees Happy
While you most likely do not have an Olympic-sized swimming pool in your office complex or a professional chef cooking lunch for your employees each day, there are many ways you can offer competitive benefits to help retain your employees. While many
Accessibility Partners: Pushing The Limits Of Technology Use in The Disabled Community
Technology is ever evolving and rapidly changing in today’s business and today’s education. While to many of us the use of technology is something we use everyday, and also something we tend to take for granted, there are also people in our
An Office Where Funny Business Is Encouraged
Why workplace teams that share laughs do better and more profitable work. (Yup, office yuks have been studied!) One morning around a dozen years ago, I walked into the bullpen of the magazine at which I worked, and sitting in my boss’s
Technology Entrepreneur Seizes her ‘Aha’ Moment in Business and Makes it Count
Have you ever experienced an “aha” moment in business, but weren’t quite sure how to make it count – or where to go from here? Dana Marlowe was faced with a similar challenge when an unsuspecting computer problem and a chance in-store encounter,
Need a job? 32 top entrepreneurs tell you how to get one in a startup (& they’re hiring)
Baskin Robins’ got nothing on these guys. Who wants a boring vanilla, corporate job, when you’ve got 32 flavors of startups right here? From a startup that hosts in-home lingerie parties (a la Tupperware circa 1974) to a startup whose job is to get