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Building a Business

5 Reasons to Keep a Startup Mindset for the Long Haul

Working lean in startup mode should not end when your business has moved to the next stage in its lifecycle.

By Sue Vestri

Building a Business

The Future of Work: Freelancers Are the New Cloud Computing

Traditional employees can be replaced more and more by freelancers who live and work remotely.

By Phil Strazzulla

Building a Business

Want to Scale? Take Advice From the Founders of LinkedIn, Airbnb and More.

Stalled? Take a page from these experts to help you get to that next level.

By Andrea Huspeni

Tech

Trouble Scaling? Examine How You Approach Digital Transformation.

Research shows a large number of companies are lagging in the use of advanced digital technologies for non-customer-facing operating activities.

By Alex Yakubovich

Entrepreneurs

How Not to Be Crushed by These 3 Inevitable Types of Entrepreneurial Stress

Engineers build bridges that withstand relentless stress. You can do the same with yourself and your business.

By Tor Constantino

Building a Business

From 320,000 Properties to 47 Million: What I Learned From Successfully Scaling a National Commercial Real Estate Data Platform

So you've transformed your big idea into big business. But are you positioned for long-term, scalable success?

By Richard Sarkis

Building a Business

Acquisitions Can Help You Scale, but Come With Risks

Sometimes the only shortcut to growth is through acquisition, but can you afford it?

By Doug and Polly White

Marketing

5 Ways Marketing Automation Helps Startups Succeed

If you're going up against big players in your market, automation can save time and money while collecting big-data insights for your small business.

By Daniel Newman

Thought Leaders

Why a C-Suite Shakeup Is Exactly What Your Company Needs

Sometimes, founders are smart enough to step aside for new C-suite-ers who'll scale the company better than they could.

By Heather R. Huhman

Building a Business

Building Your Management Team as Your Startup Scales Is a ‘Make-or Buy’ Decision

How do you decide to let someone go, when there is a heartfelt attachment and perhaps a family or friend connection involved?

By Doug and Polly White

Thought Leaders

Sheryl Sandberg Shares 7 Ways to Build Resilience Into Your Company Culture As You Scale

Managing a team of four to overseeing 17,000 employees, the COO of Facebook knows what it takes to maintain a strong culture as a company grows.

By Andrea Huspeni

Building a Business

When This Cookie Dough Company Went Viral, Its Founder Had to Change Everything

After Kristen Tomlan opened her shop Do, she was stunned by just how thoroughly unprepared she was -- it was a disaster.

By Kristen Tomlan

Building a Business

Investopedia CEO Says These Are the 3 Things Entrepreneurs Need to Know

Here are three tips that David Siegel has found most useful in harnessing his intensity to become a more effective entrepreneur.

By David Siegel

Building a Business

Mark Zuckerberg Reveals the 5 Strategies That Helped Facebook Grow at an Insane Rate

These moves bring 'move fast and break things' to life.

By Andrea Huspeni

Online Presence

Why Mark Zuckerberg Runs 10,000 Facebook Versions a Day

In a rare interview on the podcast 'Masters of Scale,' the Facebook CEO shares how his obsession with testing everything has helped his company scale.

By Andrea Huspeni

Building a Business

6 Ways to Handle Rapid Growth

If you are not properly prepared for the big changes, things can easily spiral out of control and turn your dreams into nightmares.

By Sheila Eugenio

Building a Business

Why I Spent Hours Conducting Research for My First Clients — All Before I Was Paid a Dime

All that extra time helped me build my company into the multi-million dollar agency it is today.

Building a Business

The Perfect Product is a Myth. Here’s How to Scale the Almost-Perfect Product.

No product survives meeting the customer.

By Murray Newlands

Building a Business

The Shocking Reality of Scaling an Online Business

It's not magic; it's just math.

By Daniel DiPiazza

Building a Business

To Grow Your Business, You Need to Handcraft Your Experience With Early Customers

Our editor-in-chief Jason Feifer sits down with serial entrepreneur Patrick Bet-David to discuss the importance of creating special experiences for your first customers.

By Rose Leadem

Building a Business

Should Your Product Be Perfect or Scalable? Can It Be Both?

When I first designed my platform for Due, I knew all along that I was not going to wait to create the perfect product before I launched it.

By John Rampton