Philanthropy 7 Ways Companies Can Include Philanthropy in Their CultureInc Magazine - Young Entrepreneur CouncilCorporate philanthropy -- whether it's volunteering in the community, supporting causes dear to you or making donations to charitable causes -- can have major benefits for a company. By developing and
Business Why Incorporating a Third Place Can Help Recharge Your OfficeInc Magazine - Jeff PochepanPeople spend most of their lives in two places: home and the office. But for socialization, engagement, and entertainment, we seek out a third place where we're stimulated by those we're with, the surroundings,
Spam Spam, the Canned Meat Product, Takes a Crazy Page From StarbucksInc Magazine - Erik ShermanThis is how you take a tired idea and turn it into a marketing win. Pay much attention to Spam? Not the glut of unwanted emails sitting in your inbox but the canned meat product. Owned by Hormel, the has
Amazon Accelerate Your Sales With a Marketing Agency Versed in Everything AmazonInc Magazine - Tracy Leigh HazzardChris Fryburger, founder of nReach and Amazon consultant, spent six months researching and interviewing branding, digital, and full-service agencies. The goal? To figure out where the Amazon experts were
Military Marines Learn Two Key Skills That Can Also Help You as a FounderInc Magazine - QuoraWhat skills did you learn in the Marines that help you as a tech founder? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand
Gilbert 3 Mistakes New Managers Typically Make (and How Best to Avoid Them)Inc Magazine - Mandy GilbertEvery new manager is going to make their fair share of mistakes. Having built two businesses from the ground up, I know a thing or two about making-;and learning-;from my slip-ups, in order to continuously
CEOs In This Single Statement, CEOs From the Largest US Corporations Just Changed the Purpose of BusinessInc Magazine - Peter GascaIt has long been accepted that the number one purpose of corporations is to make money for it shareholders. Nobel economist Milton Friedman first wrote about this mission in 1970, coining what is known
Introverts 8 Steps to Turn an Entrepreneur Introvert into a World-Class Business LeaderInc Magazine - Martin ZwillingIt really is possible for an introvert to succeed as an entrepreneur, even though you can't expect to start and build a business alone. You need to build business relationships with partners, team members,
Mental Health 7 Reasons Mental Health Issues And Financial Issues Tend to Go Hand-in-Hand (And It Has Nothing to Do With the Cost of Treatment)Inc Magazine - Amy MorinOf course, it comes as no surprise that most people who walk into my therapy office are experiencing psychological distress in one form or another. But, the vast majority of those individuals are also
Technology Why You Should Never Send a Discouraging Email, According to ScienceInc Magazine - John BrandonNew research can help explain why you might be inclined to send a negative email, and also why that is a bad idea. Your email is like a poison dart and Gmail is the blow tube. You blast out a digital to
Natural Light The Secret to Productivity and Success, According to a New Study: Well-Designed OfficesInc Magazine - Cameron Albert-DeitchWant your workplace to be more productive and successful? Start by redesigning the office. That advice comes from a survey released last month by financial giant Capital One that asked 3,608 full-time
Technology 10 Facts about Brex Founder Pedro FranceschiInc Magazine - Larry KimThe 23-year-old tech entrepreneur has a net worth of more than $400 million. Pedro Franceschi knew that to make it big in the tech world, he had to make big moves -- including uprooting his life in Brazil.
The Best Answer to the Sell Me This Pen Interview QuestionInc Magazine - Geoffrey JamesEverything you've read or heard about this 'tough interview question' is dead wrong. When companies interview candidates for sales jobs, they still fall back on the hoary "sell me this pen" challenge test
Play buttonTEDx 5 Easy Tips to Help Get You On the TED Stage as a Featured SpeakerInc Magazine - Heather WildeDid you know that every day, somewhere in the world, there is at least one TEDx event being held? And every year, just in the United States alone, there are over 250,000 conferences, conventions, open
Marketing How to Make a Business Case for ContentInc Magazine - Michelle ManafyMarketers must clearly understand larger organizational goals and map their work to them. Some annual performance reviews are worse than others. Mine is pretty standard: Fill in a form, boss returns it
The True Value of an 80 Hour Work Week (Part 1)Inc Magazine - David FinkelIf I made the assertion that eventually the gains of working longer and harder eventually cap out would you agree? I ask this question to business owners all the time and it seems universal that we all
Marketing A Surprising Way to Inspire Employees to ReprioritizeInc Magazine - Entrepreneurs' OrganizationErik J. Olson, an Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) member in Southeast Virginia, is the founder and CEO of Array Digital, a digital marketing agency. He also hosts the Journey to $100 Million podcast Amazon
Entrepreneurship Think Better on Your Feet with These 3 Strategies from Improv PerformersInc Magazine - Cathy HuygheI speak from experience: our business today is simply not what we thought it would be when we launched a few years ago. That has to do with a new business getting its feet underneath it, so to speak, it's
Elevator Pitches Women Really Need to Brag More. Here's How to Do It WellInc Magazine - Alison DavisThis communication expert explains how to assertively tell your story Bragging gets a bad rap. Do a Google search on "why bragging is bad," and you get 17 million hits, including "how to brag without people
Batteries Here's The Real Reason Apple Doesn't Want You to Replace the Battery in Your iPhone on Your OwnInc Magazine - Jason AtenThe iPhone is a pretty slick feat of engineering if you think about it. There is undoubtedly a lot of technology packed into that slim device in your pocket, but sometimes things break or wear out. When
Snacks 5 Office Snacks You Can Bring to Meetings (to Help You Stay Focused)Inc Magazine - Elise KeithThese snacks fuel important discussions, minimize distraction, and show your team you care. None of my three children ever want to go grocery shopping unless we're headed to Costco during "free sample"
Personality The Most Important Personality Trait Required for Startup SuccessInc Magazine - Chris HeivlyAre you searching to understand if you are cut out for the startup game? Everyone has doubts and your inner voice is screaming at you in an attempt to protect you. This is natural. And yet, the doubt still
Tortoise There's a Reason the Tortoise WinsInc Magazine - Howard TullmanStartups are under tremendous pressure to scale quickly. But it's an overused and potentially dangerous strategy. Stretching your territory is pointless if you can't take care of the customers you already
Gender Study: Be Careful How You Help Your WomenInc Magazine - Wanda ThibodeauxBy now, you shouldn't be a stranger to the fact that women are fighting a tough equality battle--they earn less than men, spend more hours doing household chores and caring for children, and disproportionately
Money The Danger Of Handing Out TitlesInc Magazine - Jim SchleckserOne of the things that we're tempted to do in the early days of a business is to hand out titles. That's especially true when you're limited in how much money you can spend even as you try and recruit
Management The CEOs of Apple, Amazon, Walmart, and Target Just Made a Huge Announcement. It All Hinges on 2 Very Important WordsInc Magazine - Justin BarisoThey sound alike, and even have the same number of letters. But they mean vastly different things. Yesterday, the Business Roundtable, a group of nearly 200 of the most powerful CEOs in America, made pretty
5 Ways to Recover From a Mistake at WorkInc Magazine - James Atamian Everyone makes mistakes. Author and speaker Minda Zetlin shares how to quickly bounce back from the most embarrassing ones.
Libraries In a Back to School Reading Goldmine Millions of Books Have Just Been Released for Free OnlineInc Magazine - Jessica StillmanLove to read? Then go ahead and buy as many books as you like. Experts from scholars to poets to tidying sensation Marie Kondo all insist that owning more books than you could possibly ever read says things
CEOs The CEO of a Major Headhunting Firm Says the Best Resume He's Ever Seen Had These 6 ThingsInc Magazine - Scott MautzYou've probably heard the phrase, "Time to dust off the 'ol resume." Whether you're currently looking for a job or not, it's always good to have an up to date resume ready. Now is as good a time as any
T-shirts 9 Essentials for Back-to-School Shopping This YearInc Magazine - Anna MeyerDorm decor, teaching tools, and more: Here are nine back-to-school essentials from this year's Inc. 5000. It's back-to-school season. That means once you've stocked up the kids on all of the highlighters,
