Think you know all there is to know about LinkedIn? Even expert users can squeeze out more productivity and sales with LinkedIns ready-made tools. We have all experienced that attracting new customers can be expensive and time-consuming. Still, all businesses need prospects. My personal favorite is No. 10—what's yours? Find out who's who. MORE >>

Question: I am considering joining a startup that is currently in the process of raising their next round of funding. What should I expect in terms of protection from both dilution and going under-water on my option prices given that I will be joining before term sheets and close of the round? Will my options be priced based on the previous round? MORE >>

It doesn't matter what industry you're in. This is the one thing all successful people know how to do well. asked about 20 business owners and CEOs to name the one skill they feel contributes the most to their success. What did every one of them say? Sales skills. Here’s why. all the used car salesman stereotypes. You'll learn to close. MORE >>

It was June of 2003. sat in a little ink shop on Rivington Street called Porcupine Tattoo. Emma was tracing the design I had given her--some wrap around barbed wire--onto my arm with a pen. She had flower sleeves of spectacular color. Seven Nation Army was playing. never really thought much of tattoos. knew I wanted mine, though. So there I was. MORE >>

It’s a system as old as mankind, a discourse that goes something like, “I can offer you this, in exchange for what you’ve got over there.”  Bartering is for all intents and purposes a system of trading a good or service for another good or service, outside of the realm of monetary value.  That’s not the case though.  Web design and maintenance. MORE >>