We mostly hear about what great businesses do well. But there are lessons to be learned from the traits that keep many businesses from reaching their potential. Plenty has been written about the characteristics of highly successful businesses. We think it is worthwhile to understand the traits of unsuccessful companies. If you identify the factors […]

The crowdfunding website tightened its terms of service in order to increase transparency and manage backer expectations. Crowdfunding website Kickstarter announced new guidelines Thursday, which aim to increase project transparency and stop prevent its platform from being used to sell finished products. “Today we’re introducing a number of changes to reinforce that Kickstarter isn’t a […]

A lot of qualified candidates are looking for jobs these days. Here’s how to quickly weed out those who don’t–and won’t–fit what you need. High unemployment has saturated the job market with applicants so it’s harder than ever for employers to weed out top candidates. Recently my company was looking for an office manager, and […]