How motivated are your workers? We asked 15 successful young entrepreneurs to share secrets to sparking happiness and company loyalty around the office. The Young Entrepreneur Council asked 15 successful young entrepreneurs to explain their secret for keeping their start-up employees happy and motivated. Here are their best answers. means so much. MORE >>

That business plan, that business plan, I do not like that business plan. do not like the writing part, I do not even like to start. do not like them at a bar, I do not like them from afar. Dharmesh (with h/t to Dr. Seuss, who I read every day to my son). My feelins on business plans varies: from extreme dislike to just mild irritation. Have idea. MORE >>

Conventional wisdom says they're a pain. In reality, they are doing you a huge favor. What you do and how you do it are important. But it’s the “why” that provides the real motivation to succeed. The second group shared accounts from former students about how their scholarships helped them with their education, careers and lives. MORE >>

Below are the lightning talk videos from five speakers at the Business of Software conference 2011, starting with the winning talk by Justin Goeres of JKI. Lightning Talks are terrifying and very hard to pull off - each speaker was allowed 15 slides with 30 seconds for each slide. That's 7 minutes and 30 seconds in total. Justin. No mean feat.  MORE >>

Instead, like the military, nurture an environment of moral courage, one in which team members break stupid rules, and suggest smarter solutions. When Fred Krawchuk was a lieutenant colonel, the U.S. Army sent him to business school. As the class explored leadership issues, one of his classmates argued "For you, Fred, leadership is easy. Or a dog. MORE >>