- What I Learned From Spanx Founder Sara Blakely
Sara Blakely is weird. I wish I could think like she does. I want to be weird like her.
- 5 New Lessons I Learned From Daymond John
Do you ever feel that: jealousy? Or if not jealousy, then maybe regret? Like there’s so many things you could’ve done…if only…
- The Big Short and 14 Other Great Movies About Money and Wall Street
So in honor of the upcoming 2016 Oscars, here are 15 of the best movies about Wall Street, business, corporate greed and money.
- How a Five-Letter Word Built a 104-Year-Old Company
THINK—printed on signs, deskplates, business cards and notepads—was the seed from which the rest of IBM’s culture would grow.
- 22 business-etiquette rules every professional should know
Having a basic understanding of business etiquette rules is crucial.
- 5 things I wish I knew before I started a business
Looking back at my failed venture, there are several things that I wish I knew then that I know now.
- 7 Surprisingly Simple Ways to Become a Millionaire
What do you picture when you hear about someone who's a millionaire?
- The 3 Reasons You’re Not Earning What You’re Really Worth
You're worth more than you think. Really and truly. Why aren't you earning what you're true value is?
- 4 Lessons Every Entrepreneur Can Learn From Donald Trump
Love him or hate him, the Republican candidate and New Hampshire GOP victor Donald Trump can sometimes say something extremely powerful.
- Bentley Motors Limited Story
Bentley Motors Company has known for their hand-built luxury cars made in England but over the years has grown it become known for motorsports equipment, accessories, sports goods, handbags, leather goods, golf equipment, jackets, polo shirts among others.
- What are the biggest obstacles to becoming a millionaire?
I never feel I deserve anything. For me, this is the biggest obstacle. If someone like me, I can’t believe it. If someone wants to give me money, I have a hard time accepting it.
- Top 5 tips for a kickass startup with Tim Ferriss
Business innovator and investor Tim Ferriss, the best-selling author of The Four-Hour Work Week, is here with five quick tips to make sure your small business is firing on all cylinders.
- 9 different ways to cold email someone when you’re trying to sell and make tons of money
Plenty of people find cold emails annoying, but it's actually one of the most tried-and-true sales tactics for generating new leads.
- How I Turned a $15 Article Into a 7-Figure Income
When over 30 million people read my article, I knew I had an opportunity to create something big.
- The Ultimate Cheat Sheet For Investing All of Your Money
In the history of capitalism, this is the hardest time ever to invest. People are going broke, losing their jobs, and fear more than greed rules the news and tries to rule thoughts.
- How to Create a Million-Dollar Business This Weekend
Noah Kagan built two multi-million dollar online businesses before turning 28. He also looks great in orange.
- Real-World Blueprint for a $5-Million Week
I asked Ramit to dig into the specific details of his most recent success: a $5 million week. Here’s the blueprint he used to make it happen. Enjoy!
- Larry Ellison explains why life isn’t about money: ‘At some point, you can’t spend all of it. Trust me, I’ve tried’
On Friday, self-made billionaire Larry Ellison gave a funny and poignant speech filled with life advice to the University of Southern California's class of 2016.
- How the Star Wars producer went from secretary to studio boss
Kathleen Kennedy has long worked in the shadows of moviemaking legends such as Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.
- Why Bert Jacobs Failed Six Times Before He Was Able to Trademark ‘Life Is Good’
Bert Jacobs, co-founder of Life Is Good, describes to Inc. senior writer Christine Lagorio-Chafkin how a keg party and a pro bono lawyer helped solidify his brand.
- How to Price Anything: The Psychology of Why We’ll Pay What We Pay
There are some enduring studies that can help us understand just what someone sees when they look at your price tag.
- The 5 Most Common Leadership Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)
Whether you're new to the game or are a seasoned pro, it's likely you'll fall victim to one of these common leadership mistakes.
- Money for Lunch: Anthony Michalski , Ken Coleman, Dan Gregory, Kieran Flanagan
Anthony Michalski founder and owner of Kallisti Publishing “The Books You Need to Succeed.” He introduced the world to Charles F.Haanel and The Master Key System and is the world’s foremost expert on Haanel’s incredible philosophy of success as well as on the man himself.
- Have an App? The Step-by-Step Guide to Marketing It Free
Did you know that as of June 2015, more than 100 billion mobile apps had been downloaded from the Apple App Store alone?
- These Are the 5 Richest Superheroes
The wealthiest superhero is worth over $90 trillion.
- Forget About Your Brilliant Idea. You Only Need to Be 10 Percent Better to Win
Stop wasting your time looking for the big idea. Entrepreneur Kevin Ryan says focus on improving the small things and you'll give yourself a better chance for success.
- Stoicism 101: A Practical Guide for Entrepreneurs
In the last three years, I’ve begun to explore one philosophical system in particular: Stoicism. Though my preferred Stoic writer, Lucius Seneca, I’ve found it to be a simple and immensely practical set of rules for better results with less effort.
- The most expensive items ever auctioned
Going once, going twice, sold! Wealthy collectors are smashing records at auctions around the world. Here are some of the most expensive items ever sold.
- A 32-year-old CEO who sold her startup for $250 million reveals her one piece of advice for aspiring entrepreneurs
Alexa von Tobel is a startup founder, a New York Times best-selling author, and a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship.
- 7 tips for raising startup capital, from a founder who’s been doing it for 18 years
Venture fundraising is a funny thing. It’s a sophisticated game with teams and rules and failures and victories; there’s a lot of skill, sure, but much more luck. All sorts of things can impact a raise: the idea, the team, market conditions, fund dynamics, competing raises. Hell, even the damn weather has an effect.
- The Secret That Helps Mark Zuckerberg Make Big Choices (Steve Jobs Knew It Too)
The most successful people know that decision fatigue is the enemy. Here's how to fight it.
- The Grateful Dead as Business Pioneers
The Grateful Dead is often credited with popularizing hippie culture, but to the legion of followers who eventually left their VW busses to join corporate America, the band is a pioneer of common business and marketing strategies.
- A serial startup employee explains 4 key steps to building a $1 million business in under 48 hours
The purpose of this post is simple: to teach you how to get a $1 million business idea off the ground in one weekend, full of specific tools and tricks that Noah has used himself.
- 11 high-paying jobs college students can do in their spare time
You don't have to wait until you have a degree to get a job and start paying off your college debt.
- 7 Ways To Know It’s Time To Break Up With Your Job
Sure, your job would never physically put you in harm's way by trapping you in a coal mine or holding your hand near a lathe, but that doesn't mean that your job isn't abusing you in other ways.
- This résumé for Elon Musk proves you never, ever need to use more than one page
They created a sample résumé for Musk to prove "even a highly successful career like his can be presented in a one page résumé," cofounder Andrei Kurtuy tells Business Insider.
- A former hostage negotiator explains the 4 words you need to use to negotiate with someone in business
Mullender gave a crash course in "life-or-death listening" at Advertising Week Europe in London on Monday and revealed the four most important words you need to use if you want to negotiate with someone.
- 7 Networking Tips for Introverts
How even shy people can master the art of schmoozing.
- These 10 Mental Tricks Separate Billionaires From Everyone Else
If you want to be the founder of a billion-dollar empire, study these mental tricks.
- How This Entrepreneur Made $100,000 With Facebook in Six Months
So why is this important to you? Why should you set up a Facebook group for your business NOW?
- How to Build an Attractive Business and Personal Brand
Should you brand yourself or your business? The short answer is both. The better question is what should you brand first — your business or yourself?
- This Is the Right Way to Introduce Yourself in an Interview
Nailing the introduction will break the ice and improve your chances of moving to the next steps.
- 5 Movies That Will Inspire The Leader In You
For me, five movies stand above all the others. They made me the leader I am today and pop up when I'm in a moment of professional doubt. Check them out, and maybe they'll do the same for you:
- It’s Time to Ask for a Raise!
One of Donald Trump‘s rules from his book The Art of the Deal is to “Think big!” Should you ever forget to think big, should you ever feel that you are thinking too big, it will do you well to remember this poem from 1918 by Jessie B. Rittenhouse.
- Stephen King Used These 8 Writing Strategies To Sell 350 Million Books
Stephen King is one of the most prolific and commercially successful authors of the past half century, with more than 70 books of horror, science fiction, and fantasy to his name. Estimates put the total sales of his books at between 300 and 350 million copies.
- This CEO Runs a Billion-Dollar Company With No Offices or Email
The art of running a global company without the usual trappings of corporate life.
- Why Your Employees Should Read More and How to Make it Happen
Find out why it’s crucial to have your employees read more books.
- 130 Ways to Get More Website Traffic: A Sumo-Sized Guide
There are over 120 ways, and every single way has a short description to help get your ideas flowing.
- Steve Jobs was one of the greatest procrastinators ever — here’s how that helped him become so successful
With all the advice out there about how to stop procrastinating, it's fair to say most of us think of procrastination as a barrier to success.
- 5 HIDDEN TAX DEDUCTIONS
What if you realized that a small amount of tax knowledge could save you from unnecessarily paying hundreds, if not thousands of dollars to the tax man? How much faster could you reach your financial goals?