Here’s a simple test: Name your top five role models (aside from family and friends)? How many of them are women?
You may be unable to connect your inspiration to a female role model, simply because there aren’t enough female …
Hey Buddy, Got Any Eye Shadow I Can Borrow?
At first blush, the idea of makeup products for men sounds laughable. And yet men’s cosmetics and grooming products are among the fastest-growing segments in the beauty industry. What’s key to rising sales is that the M word is …
How to Negotiate Like a Pro
As a small business owner, you probably do a lot of your own negotiating (along with a lot of other things). Here are some tips that could help make you a more effective negotiator – which could mean more dollars flowing to your business.
Trash Talk
Romney’s stimulus bashing doesn’t square with a green garbage-can maker’s success
Apocalypse Marketing: Top 10 Products and Services for the End of the World
Blackberry Bankers: RIM Edges Closer to a Sale
Ahead of Thursday’s closely-watched earnings report, Blackberry-maker Research in Motion brushed aside a weekend story saying the company would separate its handset division and messaging network. The report came from the Sunday …
The Recent Evolution of How We Get Tipsy
A generation ago, a stocked liquor cabinet and a fridge filled with mass-produced beer were standards in the American home, and restaurants and bars served alcohol at a reasonable markup. In recent years, though, wine and craft …
Have Consumers Maxed Out on TV Purchases?
TV fatigue has appeared to have set in. No, not in terms of TV viewing, which even with the rise of cord cutting and increased use of the Internet for entertainment, seems to be as strong as ever. But in terms of new TV …
Can the Economy Get Healthy Without a Housing Recovery?
This spring has been filled with disappointing economic news, but one bright spot has been the possible bottoming out of the housing market. The conventional wisdom is that a stable housing market is important not only because …
Get into the Zone
Everyone aspires to get into “the zone,” or the mental state where you do your best work. Next time you’re trying to achieve peak performance, remember these three things:
$3 Gas, Here We Come
Gas prices, once all but guaranteed to hit record highs this summer, are now forecast to keep retreating well into autumn. At the current pace, by Thanksgiving if not sooner the national average should dip under $3 per …
Renouncing Your Citizenship to Stick It to the Tax Man? Not as Easy as it Looks
To hear some tell it, we’ve got the beginning of an Ayn-Randian capitalist strike on our hands – at least amongst American expatriates fed up with writing checks to the IRS despite living abroad. Indeed, as tax attorney Jim …