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AS AN EXPLANATION for entrepreneurial success, the vision thing has been taking its lumps lately. Great ideas are a dime a dozen, goes the argument; what’s scarce is people who can execute on them. While the importance of execution is indisputable, a

New rules limit what you can ask about a job candidate’s prior salary. These tips will help you hire legally and stay competitive

SALESFORCE.COM In 2015, the San Francisco-based CRM company analyzed its payroll and then spent $3 million to close the pay gap it found. This year, it spent another $3 million topping up salaries when another audit showed that the gap had returned.

RECENT RESEARCH SHOWS that if you don’t hire an employee early in your startup’s lifespan, you probably never will. Among startups that launch with no employees, “the bulk of hiring occurs in the first few years of existence,” says researcher Robert

LIKE MANY WHO HAVE made the leap into Startupland, I guessed from the outset that I had a lot to learn. I was right. Indeed, I jumped into the wormhole of blind spots and unknown unknowns. This has been especially true on matters technological. At Io

The U.S. is deeply polarized and emotions are running high. But it’s possible to encourage discussion while deterring discord

THE EIGHT-YEAR economic recovery has been unevenly spread. Rising housing costs can be a drag on growth, because they deter worker mobility. And housing supply lags demand. To make sense of it all, Mark Fleming, chief economist for title insurer Firs

GETTING THE MOST out of Social Security is all about waiting as long as possible to start filing for benefits, right? Not quite—especially if, as a business owner, you get to decide how you are paid. You can actually live on a lot more money in ret

MATT LANE, CO-FOUNDER of SafeSplash Swim School, knows that some dip toes into the water while others plunge in. But when it comes to international expansion, only one approach works. “If you are going to go for it,” says Lane, “you have to go for it

Sooner or later, most of us get into difficult situations. And that’s when character is tested

Entrepreneurs don’t want to spend time on administrative chores, but payroll compliance is important. Software solutions can help solve the problem.

Your site is your front door for many of your customers. If old-school web design is holding yours back, follow these tips to make it inviting again

FROM 2001 TO 2015, the number of Americans who died from overdosing on opioids—the addictive painkilling narcotics made from opium or its chemical analogs—more than quadrupled, to 22,589, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. D

ONE CURRENT DEBATE in technology circles concerns whether mobile apps are still a must-have or on their way out. The correct answer, of course, is that’s the wrong question to ask. To understand why, let’s talk about Texas hold ’em. What makes playi

THREE YEARS AGO, Emily Lonigro Boylan feared her business was circling the drain. She’d started her user-experience design firm, LimeRed Studio, with the intention of working with socially minded startups and nonprofits. “I wasn’t selling aircraft to

FOR THREE YEARS, my company wrote, produced, recorded, and published a podcast called The Distance. Over nearly 60 episodes, we told stories about small private companies that had been in business for 25 years or more. The premise was that there’s a