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If you’ve been to business meetings, you know they can be dry, lengthy and confusing, but you’re probably still glad you were invited. Attending a meeting is a reward, or at least an acknowledgement that you’re not a rank amateur anymore. So what do you do when you get there?

Make sure you say something. It doesn’t...

In a recent YEC/Buzz Marketing study of young professionals, 79% of respondents were interested in entrepreneurship. Anyone, Generation Y or not, who read about Facebook’s suggested IPO market capitalization of up to $100 billion, garnering $28 billion of value for founder Mark Zuckerberg alone, could understandably...

The woman I interviewed had a gap in her resume. I couldn’t figure out what she did during that period.

“So how about this time frame?” I asked.

“Well…” she began, hesitatingly, “I did have a job at a pharmaceutical lab.”

Really? Why isn’t it on your resume?

Oh, I hate to talk about it....

Are you sick and tired of not getting ahead in your career and just don’t seem to be able to get yourself out of a rut? Yes, we’ve all heard that there are certain steps you need to take to get ourselves out of the rut and to help facilitate real change.  Do these terms sound familiar?  Accountability, responsibility, commitment to...

Are you happy?  Do you wake up in the morning excited to tackle your day?  In my line of work, I come across many girlfriends that are searching for the secrets to finding happiness and success in their professional and personal life.  From where I sit, there are a couple themes that keeping popping up in the lives of women that are struggling to achieve their “sass”.

You are waiting for others...

Power isn't complicated: Power is the capacity to get things done. To have impact. To make a difference.

Power isn't a thing that you have or you don't have. Power is fluid. It is constantly circulating and being negotiated. You ignore it at your own peril, your own impotence.

The UT Center for Women in Law just released a comprehensive report summarizing the Power Summit it hosted last...

A new report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) looks at how new businesses and start-ups have been raising money since the crisis.

With banks reluctant to provide loans to start-ups and venture capital firms preferring to invest in later stage companies, a growing class of experienced entrepreneurs and business people are stepping in to fill this funding gap.

These “angel investors” not only provide funding but also leverage their...

Originally posted on Wallstreetweek.com: http://www.wallstreetweek.com/noise-cancelling-investment-research-esg-analysis-and-sustainable-investing/

By Erika Karp

Recently on an Airbus A330 when settling in to listen to some music or a video from the on-board entertainment system, I was disappointed to find that the armrest had an audio headset already hard-wired to it. When I asked the flight attendant where I could plug in my Bose® QuietComfort® Over-Ear QC 15 Noise Cancelling® headsets, she said I could just use these. I...

You may have a partner with OCD, or you might be considering starting a relationship, but hesitant because the object of your affections has OCD. It can certainly be challenging if a person’s symptoms threaten to interfere with all the fun you’d like to have. But then again, nobody’s perfect. We all have something that nags us.

I've met many people with OCD, and without exception, they have been sweet, humble, empathic...

The first step is so @##**/ #\ hard. Anyone who tells you it's not, is lying. Especially when it comes to the really important stuff. The stuff that is going to make the big differences in your life. The stuff that you know is for your own good.