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Want to have dinner at an interesting restaurant, a trip to a spa or perhaps rent a canoe? If a bunch of other people want to do the same thing you can be in for some serious savings if you’re one of the 15 million folks on the Groupon e-mail list.

 

 

Part of the nation’s heritage — the American dream — celebrates the success of individuals of various backgrounds who had the freedom and liberty to pursue their goals. Corp! magazine, a longtime supporter of diversity and multiculturalism in business, is recognizing 39 businesses and organizations for their efforts to promote diversity in positive ways.

 

 

Imagine your state fair with robots instead of rutabagas,  battery-powered race cars instead of tractors, a life-sized version of  the Mousetrap game and perhaps the Next Big Thing in science or  technology – and you have Maker Faire, the weekend home for people who  make things and the thousands of visitors who come to watch.

 

 

 

- Hanging out at the water cooler has been the icon for social loafing in years past. In today’s world, social media tools are among the new vehicles that allow employees to connect, and for those managers who grew up during the water cooler era, their presence causes some heartburn.

 

- Attitude is everything in the sales and customer service business. There are seven factors to make sure your attitude helps, not hurts, your business.

 

- Control and command (CaC) management can be unpleasant and knowledge specialists say it is heading for extinction. Does your business have symptoms of a CaC management?

- Every entrepreneur is a CEO, right? Well, kind of… An entrepreneur starts a business, but a CEO builds something that grows far beyond what can be accomplished by one person. Taking that step is a choice. Here’s guidance on recognizing if and when it’s time to start that journey to becoming a Chief Executive Officer. Bonus: watch a video from the author.

 

- The professors said the true value of our top-flight educations would only be put to use if we changed the world for the better. Why a native Michigander graduating from college in NYC sees great potential in Detroit.

 

- Do you mark your products patented or mention patents in advertising?  Keep your company out of court by learning about some recent developments regarding false patent marking.

 

- After successful careers on Wall Street, a Baby Boomer couple leaves the Big Apple to tune up kitchens in the Midwest.