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Leadership

1 Unique Trait That Will Define Your Next Linchpin Employee

Hint: This unique trait is not emotional intelligence (though that's a good thing, too).

Business News

How to Bounce Back After a Business Venture Goes Awry

A wavering or unsuccessful business endeavor is nothing new to the majority of active entrepreneurs. What's important is how you bounce back.

Thought Leaders

A Men's Yoga Brand Learns the Real Meaning of Flexibility

With slow sales, yoga brand Vuori realized it had a branding problem.

Growing a Business

Pivot or Die: How One Travel Company Finally Hit Its Stride

When Tripping.com's customer base wasn't interested in buying what it planned to sell, the company had to find a new model -- and let go of the past.

Leadership

How One of America's Most Beloved Toy Makers Rebounded From Near Death

Wham-O created the Frisbee, Slip 'N Slide and more. Then it fell into disrepair -- until a new leader came along.

Thought Leaders

5 Big Brands That Had Massively Successful Pivots

YouTube, Slack, Yelp, Shopify and Groupon weren't always the giant successes they are today.

Leadership

How to Get Your Team Onboard When Accomplishing Your Mission Means Setting a New Course

When your company needs to pivot to keep up with the changing world, getting your team to embrace and enact your new focus is crucial.

Entrepreneurs

4 Ways To Pivot When You're a Lean Startup

When their first business model wasn't delivering, Kyle Torrington and Andrew Taylor chose to find a different solution to achieve the same goal. Here's how they did it, and why they've seen 50% month-on-month growth ever since.

Growing a Business

The Founder Behind Furniture-Maker Poppin Explains Why the Company Needed to Transform Itself

After realizing it was selling to the wrong customer, the company had to change its brand voice, marketing, products and supply chain.

Starting a Business

When This Ticket Scalper Couldn't Find Work, He Made His Own Ticket Business

Need a ticket printed? Now he's your man.

Science & Technology

Ice Cream Company Dippin' Dots Will Use Its Freezing Tech for Cryogenics

The company best known for its 'beaded' ice cream will sell its equipment to other industries.

Growing a Business

Why This Entrepreneur Ditched Helping Companies and Decided to Compete With Them Instead

This CEO explains why she pivoted her company from a consulting studio to supplying the products.

Growing a Business

This Entrepreneur Shares the Tough Decision He Had to Make to Survive

'It's usually the hard decisions that you choose not to make that will end up killing you,' says Ryan Rzepecki, CEO and founder of Social Bicycles.

Starting a Business

How I Got Over My Fears About Starting My Company

When the company I was selling for put itself up for sale, I had a choice to make.

Growing a Business

How Yogurt Brand Noosa Thrived By Cancelling Its Biggest Retail Deal

The brand's first big break nearly broke it. But it also taught Noosa an important lesson about growing at the right pace.