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Growing a Business

3 Important Business Skills They Don't Teach You in School

Knowing how to properly communicate, multitask and pay attention to details are essential, school or no school.

Growth Strategies

Entrepreneur By Birth Or Do You Become One?

Essential Personality Traits And Skills For Entrepreneurial Success

Thought Leaders

Business Skills vs. Entrepreneurial Thinking

While both business and entrepreneurship skills can be taught, they are very, very different.

Thought Leaders

5 Skills That Are the Foundation of Entrepreneurial Success

Some things you have to learn early or you won't make it.

Growing a Business

How Startup Founders Should Be Setting Long-Term Goals

Entrepreneurs need to understand what goals matter the most to their company and focus on setting goals, reviewing these milestones and seeking advice.

Social Media

Here's How to Get Liam Neeson to Endorse You on LinkedIn (Yes, Really.)

To promote his new film 'Taken 3,' the actor will endorse one LinkedIn member's 'particular set of skills.'

Business Process

7 Strategies for Tailoring a Custom-Fit Sales Pitch for Each Prospect

Nobody wants to hear how great you are and your product is, they want to know you understand their problem and if you can help solve it.

Making a Change

15 Free Online Learning Sites Every Entrepreneur Should Visit

The best places you can go to learn more about marketing, entrepreneurship, business management and more.

Growing a Business

How to Build Skills That Are Valuable: Lessons Learned From Selling Matches

Our society values skills, but everyone is obsessed with results. The problem with this is that it can become easy to get trapped focusing on results when you should really be building your skills.

Thought Leaders

Teach Yourself Coding on Your Own Time With These Resources

Learning the language of computers is an incredibly useful skill for entrepreneurs to have.

Growing a Business

Whether You're Starting a Business or Not, It Pays to Think Like an Entrepreneur

Applying these eight skills will differentiate you from a crowded and competitive workforce and prepare you if you do start a venture.

Growing a Business

5 Skills Every Successful Entrepreneur Must Master

Whether you're already great at the following practices or could use a few pointers, these are the areas you should focus on.

Leadership

Going From 'Least Likely to Succeed' and Charting a Path to Prosperity

An entrepreneur without a college degree gives his ingredients for overcoming hurdles and learning the skills to run a robust enterprise.

Growing a Business

Great at World of Warcraft? Put It on Your Resume.

Stephen Gillett, Symantec's chief operating officer and former Starbucks CIO, says the skills he learned playing the online game have helped him professionally.

Growing a Business

The Workplace Training Hotbed You May Be Overlooking

By tapping the expertise of colleges and universities, companies can boost staff skills and productivity and stay ahead of the competition.