Anything that makes a sale harder than it needs to be spells big trouble ahead for a business. In this day and age, I’m surprised that there are still so many businesses that seem to be completely ...

Imagine knocking on doors to sell fax machines—then, years later, becoming a billionaire. That’s exactly what Sara Blakely did. The 54-year-old founder of Spanx recently spoke with The School of Hard ...

If any of Rodney Eddins' accounting clients want his undivided attention at work first thing in the morning, they should shun e-mail or his telephone answering machine. Instead, they should send him a ...