I’ve met some of the most renowned entrepreneurs and business experts of our day. Some were disappointing in person, while others lived up to their ...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 05.17.2012
Email overload may be doing more than driving you crazy -- it could be sending you to an early grave. Research from the University of California at Ir...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 05.15.2012
How much do moms love their smartphones? Let's put it this way: Their husbands have good reason to be jealous. According to a new study about how moms...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 04.26.2012
If you dread business travel, you're not alone. A survey of frequent international travelers by Priority Pass found that trips typically get off to a ...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 04.24.2012
You’d be nuts to pay more for something that performs worse, right? Then maybe the next time you need to hire, consider promoting from within. Exter...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 04.23.2012
It may be a little late to dispensing tax advice, but often the best time to start preparing for next tax season is while the IRS is still fresh on yo...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 04.18.2012
Googling job candidates and checking out their social networks has become a standard part of many companies' hiring process. This is especially import...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 04.17.2012
Is your business website optimized for tablet use -- or do you just think it is? Consumers have high expectations about how websites should perform on...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 04.16.2012
How much do American employees want to telecommute? So much that 5 percent of them would get a divorce in exchange for being able to work from home (w...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 04.12.2012
Is spam a fact of your daily life? You're not alone. A survey of small and midsize companies by GFI Software found the spam problem isn't going away. ...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 04.09.2012
Attitudes toward workplace romance are changing -- at least for Millennial employees. A whopping 84 percent of workers ages 18-29 say they would have ...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 05.18.2012
Relationships that lead to new business can happen just about anywhere -- even in bars and bathrooms, according to a new survey from Manta. In fact, s...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 04.04.2012
The marriage of shopping and smartphones is a hot topic among business owners right now. But while Americans may love browsing and shopping for deals ...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 04.03.2012
We all know posting photos of your weekend keg party on Facebook can cause problems at the office, but now there's evidence that it can hurt your chan...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 04.02.2012
What's worse: taking company information or having sex with one of your employees? According to a recent survey by FileTrek, 79 percent of people say ...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 03.26.2012
Should bosses and employees be friends on Facebook? With rules about personal and professional behavior blurring, it's a bit surprising that only 21 p...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 03.23.2012
Nomophobia is on the rise. In a recent study by SecurEnvoy, 67 percent of respondents are afraid of losing or being without their mobile phones, up fr...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 03.22.2012
Including Facebook "like" and Twitter "tweet this" buttons on your website is widely considered a no-brainer -- a great way to encourage interaction w...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 03.20.2012
U.S. workers still want to be successful, and some even want to be the boss one day. What they overwhelmingly don't want to be are corporate executive...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 03.19.2012
Do you think millennial employees' work ethic falls short of other generations? If so, you're not alone. In a recent poll for Workplace Options, 68 pe...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 03.15.2012
Do you make customers register an account in order to leave comments on your blog, access information or shop? You could be driving them away. A study...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 03.13.2012
What's the biggest headache small-business owners face in running their businesses? Nearly one-third (29 percent) say legal issues are their least fav...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 03.12.2012
As I recently told you, the number of tablet users is growing more rapidly than many experts had predicted -- and that number will likely soar even hi...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 03.07.2012
As if Apple needed any more of a boost with its announcement of the new iPad 3, U.S. tablet sales have been surging as of late -- and only expect to c...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 03.05.2012
Worried that people aren't reading your tweets? In a study led by Carnegie Mellon University, Twitter users rated only 36 percent of the tweets they r...
The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 05.24.2012