Not everyone is ready or willing to lead. Here are six things you'll need to master to move masses, inspired by Seth Godin's latest talk. According to Seth Godin and his new book The Icarus Deception (Portfolio), more than 100 years of industrialization have led to institutionalism, and the glorification of being a follower. Buy it yourself. MORE >>

Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 25 Awesome Free Google Tools for Marketers – [link]. MORE >>

Instead of climbing onto a rooftop and shouting, why not have everyone on the street singing your praises? You can shout from the rooftops about how awesome your company is until the cows come home, but is anyone really listening anymore? These days, probably not much, if at all. So who do they listen to? Their friends. Family. Colleagues. MORE >>

We want to give away two free tickets to Crowdfund Texas , a one-day conference happening in Austin next Tuesday, January 8. This conference brings together investment professionals and thought leaders to talk about what happens next. Talk about whatever you want, as long as it’s about crowdfunding. Events January Announcements MORE >>

From failing to supervise the sales team to being just a little too feedback-happy, these young entrepreneurs learned some tough lessons about running a start-up in 2012. We asked 10 successful founders from the Young Entrepreneur Council to reveal which business mistakes taught them the most this year as they get ready for smarter growth in 2013. MORE >>