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Draper University: Apply to School for Entrepreneurs Apply to the unconventional world-class boarding school founded by Tim Draper. Become an entrepreneurial hero in 8 weeks in Silicon Valley!

Do you think listening, communicating, and sharing ideas within an organization is important? Steve Jobs apparently thought so. "We're run by ideas, not by hierarchy," Jobs once said in an interview. It's something to consider for your new business.

Steve Jobs talks about managing people "we are organized like a startups"

'People can have it in any color, so long as it's black.'-Henry Ford

Do your employees click hyperlinks with utter abandon? Take a look at this advice from the Federal Communications Commission on how to keep those cyber creepy-crawlies at bay.

http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2012/db1018/DOC-306595A1.pdf

'Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.' — Warren Bennis

"The trick is to stop thinking of it as 'your' money." - IRS auditor

'Persistence and determination are not executed by the plan; they are executed by the people. I invest in people.' - Saad Khan

The convergence of technology with marketing marks the rise of the "social leader." What does that mean for your business? Social leadership is the new 'must' for winning the "talent wars."

Trends in Tech Careers: How to Stay Competitive and Ahead of the Crowd Three major trends in staffing in the technology industry are changing the competitive landscape. Here's how tech professionals can be prepared.

Administering discipline to an employee doesn't have to mean the end to a relationship. Check out these five tips for mentoring your employees, even when they make mistakes.

Semantic Seed » Five ways to discipline your employee, while preserving the relationship. Criticism hurts. After all, who wants a dressing down while on the job? Yet, there are ways to soften the blow to an underling’s self-esteem, when the need to discipline an employee is unavoidable. If the occasion calls for correcting a staffer, consider these five ways to instill character, while a...