Archive for April, 2009

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Gather Your Guts!!!!!.



Despite the mass layoffs dominating the headlines, plenty of companies are still hiring. Are you looking for a diamond in the rough? How to use skill tests, applicant tracking software, video interviews, and industry-specific job sites to find the best candidates in a large stack of resumes.


With credit tight, unemployment rising, and spending slowing dramatically, only one sector of the economy seems poised for growth: government. The federal government is about to start spending hundreds of billions of dollars to stimulate the economy — and some of that money will go to small companies. What it takes to become a government contractor.


Despite the mass layoffs dominating the headlines, plenty of companies are still hiring. Are you looking for a diamond in the rough? How to use skill tests, applicant tracking software, video interviews, and industry-specific job sites to find the best candidates in a large stack of resumes.


How Tony Hsieh uses relentless innovation, stellar customer service, and a staff of believers to make Zappos.com an e-commerce juggernaut — and one of the most blissed-out businesses in America.


Last week, close readers of the New York Times might have discovered…


What U.S. cities were home to some of the most important entrepreneurial moments of the past 30 years?


We put the question to six experts: Who are the most interesting entrepreneurs of the past 30 years? More importantly, here is the chance to weigh in with your picks.


We put the question to six experts: Who are the most interesting entrepreneurs of the past 30 years? More importantly, here is the chance to weigh in with your picks.

How Essie Weingarten went from a suitcase full of nailpolish to building a $150 million cosmetics empire.

Designer Philippe Starck has put his touch on everything from toothbrushes, lemon juicers, and the house of former French President François Mitterrand. Now, he’s taking on speakers.