Have you considered starting a business while still employed? Some entrepreneurs only launch their business officially once they leave employment. However, they incubate the business concept while employed. Other times, they actually launch the business and run it on the side while still employed. They may continue to run it as a side business for a period of months or even years. Only later do they leave their jobs. No matter how you do it, I’ve got some practical tips for starting ...

I’ve noticed a pattern lately. Many people are quickly promoted and moved to another part of the business. This has happened time and time again.

What do you think the most important ingredient to a successful internet marketing strategy is? It might sound a bit silly and basic, but you would be surprised how many business owners and marketing professionals don’t really think through what is necessary to successfully market a business on line so that their website actually generates new business.

How To Track Your Competitors In business, you always need to know what your competitors are doing. To survive you must perform competitive intelligence activities and monitor the broader market for new developments that could affect your company, your products and brands, suppliers, and distributors.

Take note of recent strides in understanding how our brains control sleep, learning, memory and other functions, and–even more important–how we can improve these faculties. Improved brain imaging has opened windows into how we learn, remember, recover and rest.

Top 10 mistakes entrepreneurs make when writing a Business Plan. -- Writing a Business Plan isn't rocket science, but it isn't a walk in the park either.

You may have the greatest company in the world. But if you don't know how to convey that to customers, you may as well not exist.

As a freelancer (or potential freelancer), you live and die by your ability to sell your services. And unless you’ve got some kind of agent or marketing firm doing your marketing for you, you’ve got to be your own marketer. If you’re like me, that doesn’t come naturally.

Taking a young business global shouldn't be a long-term dream -- it should be a reality. But going global, even in the fully-connected Web world, still requires more than just hanging up an Internet shingle and watching orders come in.

A must-read for any of those involved with a start-up company.