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The company man
In case you hadn’t noticed, funding by venture capital firms has declined significantly in the last few years. But investments by big companies such as Google, GE, Intel, SAP and IBM have picked up the...
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Do me a favor?: How to say yes, no or nothing
Whether or not you do the favor isn’t the important thing. What’s important is how you say yes or no. And how you should say yes or no is: moralistically. You run the risk of seeming uptight and...
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Terminal man
Say airline food, and most people contort their faces into a shape that resembles a squashed watermelon. The bane of frequent flyers around the world, airline food has gone through no revolution over...
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That’s gotta hurt
Like every startup entrepreneur, Rodney Nelson needed a great website. Woolly Pocket, the company he was building with his brother, Miguel, aimed to sell its cleverly designed, eco-friendly wall...
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We hear you
If this column were having a PR crisis, I would not put myself in charge of managing it. I would hire someone to do that for me. But I would put myself in charge of one crucial layer of the response:...
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How I did it
Bouncing back from Illness Woody Bedell, The Exercise Coach, Bannockburn, Illinois After about 15 years in corporate benefits consulting, my wife, Joyce and I decided we wanted to open a family...
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Ahead of the curve
Bent slightly upward like Mona Lisa’s smile, the LG G Flex is a near masterpiece of tech design. Featuring an ergonomic 6-inch OLED screen, the Android smartphone has a vibrant and clear display. The...
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New money
Q: My customers are asking to pay with Bitcoin. How does it work? A: It’s easy. On the surface, Bitcoin— a peer-to-peer payment system and digital currency not tied to any government—appears to be a...
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Control vs cash
When it comes to figuring out how much of your company to give away in exchange for investment dollars, there’s one maxim that holds true no matter what: It’s better to own one percent of a large...
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Endgame
As an entrepreneur, you probably have some part of your brain that’s always dreaming about your exit—that day when the headaches of building a business end with a big payout that makes it all...
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