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Boringness: The Secret to Great Leadership

Until recently, I hadn't really known any great leaders. As a writer, the highest-ranking people I deal with are editors, and they're pretty much just writers who have gotten lazy...

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'The Golden Age of Silicon Valley Is Over, and We're Dancing on its Grave'

"I don't think [Facebook] is a bubble. I think it's the beginning of the end of the valley as we know it."

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The 100% Economy: Why the U.S. Needs a Strong Middle Class to Thrive

Nick Hanauer is the kind of innovator and venture capitalist expected to power the country's next wave of growth. So why does he insist that only the fading middle class can rescue America?

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Mortgage? RRSPs? RESPs? Get a grip on what comes first

Contributions to regular registered savings plans crucial to final goal

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Your Brain on Facebook

While Facebook's rise took many by surprise, its success was little surprise to the hundreds of researchers who study social interactions in neuroscience labs across the country...

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Do You Know What You Are Feeling?

Over the 23 years since we met, my wife Eleanor and I have spent considerable time, money, and energy on our development...

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The End of Soda?

Sales of soft drinks are falling in the United States. But don't start writing the industry's obituary yet.

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Why Did Zynga's Stock Drop After Facebook Went Public?

Believe it or not, other stocks besides Facebook traded on Friday. Although Zynga probably wishes…

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In Defense of Polymaths

Polymath is one of those words more likely to show up on the SAT than in everyday conversation...

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4 Mistakes to Avoid When Applying for a Bank Loan

Two leading banks, honored for National Small Business Week, offer their best advice to business owners seeking credit.Get the latest blog articles on...

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Seth's Blog: Not everyone

If you're marketing a bass guitar or an orchid or an electric SUV, why are you concerned with what everyone thinks about it? It seems to me that you should only care about the opinion of those that...

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Three Things You Must Know Before Pitching Investors

If you are seeking capital to fund your business, whether from angel investors or VCs, here are three things you need to know.Get the latest blog articles on...

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Divorce lawyers eye fallout from Facebook IPO

Big cash influx after initial public offering also expected to spark a flurry of weddings

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Ten best small business stories of the week

A roundup of the highlights from The Globe's home for entrepreneurs

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Facebook’s flat debut puts social media firms under microscope

Investors prove cool to much-anticipated IPO, and to similar social media platforms, on skepticism over viability, strength of advertising base

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Facebook’s flat debut puts social media firms under microscope

After weeks of anticipation, the company’s initial public offering was beset by technical difficulties and only modest gains

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Jobs or Zuckerberg: Who'd Make the Better Boss?

With the Apple founder's death and the Facebook IPO, there's been a changing of the guard in Silicon Valley. Here's how the two leaders'...

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Hayek Was Right: Why Cloud Computing Proves the Power of Markets

Guest post by Jim Manzi, founder and Chairman of Applied Predictive Technologies, and the author of…

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Book Review: 'Private Empire,' by Steve Coll

A meticulously prepared portrait of how ExxonMobil sees itself as bigger than individual nation states

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Here Is the Full Inequality Speech and Slideshow That Was Too Hot for TED

Nick Hanauer is a venture capitalist from Seattle whose speech at TED was deemed "too politically controversial" for the website.

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Euro zone exit might be best of bad options for Greece

Without control over its currency, the country is left without its best tool to fix the economy

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Five Ways to Organize Your Office--Stylishly

How to make your office project a professional image for your business, and a look at products to help you do it.

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How to Market to Someone Who Knows Everything

People talk about Francis Bacon as the last person to know everything. Apparently, these people don't know any 15-year-old girls. Because these girls know everything...

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Corporate debt a ‘perfect storm’ in the making, S&P warns

A $46-trillion mountain of debt will need financing over the next few years - and credit is bound to get tighter

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The DeLorean Is Back—This Time as a Bike

The man who plans to relaunch the iconic 80s sports car expands into luxury, two-wheeled transportation

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Mark Zuckerberg's Magic Touch

Facebook's shares open for trading today. Chances are, you're holding your breath or rolling your eyes...

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What to do About that Chip on Your Shoulder?

I’m fond of saying that I look for entrepreneurs that have a chip on their shoulder. That they have something to prove. That they’re not afraid to stick their noses up to the establishment...

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JPMorgan losses may hit $5-billion

CEO Jamie Dimon can no longer play down the situation as bank faces loss of an entire quarter’s earnings

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'If Facebook's Profit Model Stays the Same, This Valuation Doesn't Make Any Sense'

Espen Robak is the president of Pluris Valuation Advisors, where he tracks burgeoning trading on the secondary private market.

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Alberta grabs UN well-being index’s top spot in Canada

Newfoundland, NWT also make impressive gains on resource wealth

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Are You a Closer? Take the Test

My last HBR blog post, How to Close a Sales Call, reviewed sales call closing techniques. Now let's analyze whether or not you are a natural born closer...

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What Makes Facebook Worth So Much

Today's IPO could price the social network at more than $100 billion. Here's how you can try to emulate that success.

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Why Facebook friended Wall Street

The tech darling chose the most traditional method of raising capital for good reason

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China makes headway in cooling housing market

Government regulations that have slowed the market are seen as risky by many economists

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China makes headway in cooling housing market

Government regulations that have slowed the market are seen as risky by many economists

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Great Businesses Don't Start With a Plan

You want to start a business. So you need a plan, right? No. Not really...

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Seth's Blog: The quickest way to get things done and make change

Not the easiest, but the quickest: Don't demand authority. Eagerly take responsibility. Relentlessly give credit.

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