If San Franciscans didn’t have enough reasons to boast about their city, Business Insider just gave them another huge bragging right. The prominent business news website ranked San Francisco as the "most high-tech city in the world." The list puts New York at the No. 2 spot. The city of...

Tourists from these 20 countries account for more than 87 percent of the 75 million record tourists that visited the United States in 2016. In fact, the U.S. travel & tourism industry contributed over $1.5 trillion in 2016, while supporting 7.6 million U.S. jobs. But from where do tourists come...

The achievement of lasting change as a result of performance coaching can be an illusive beast that requires ample levels of employee motivation. Understandably, managers often shy away from coaching simply because of the enormous challenge involved in the ability to lead a discussion that will inspire employee willingness to...

Starting an enterprise isn’t difficult. Making it successful is. Now, what is it that makes an entrepreneur successful? Is it the zeal to continue even after failure, is it grit and perseverance, is it an inherent risk-taking ability, or is it a combination of these qualities? Let’s take a look...

Unsurprisingly, for the 7th year in a row, Melbourne has been named as the "Most Liveable City" in the world. Close behind is the Austrian capital Vienna and Canada's Vancouver. Two more Canadian cities - Toronto and Calgary — rounded out the top five Adelaide came next followed by Perth...

Google is already testing out self-driving cars in California, and Uber is doing the same in Pittsburgh. Car manufacturers (e.g., Ford, Toyota and Volkswagen) are promising to introduce self-driving cars to the market by 2020. So when will these cars become the absolute and only means of transport? By 2023,...

Blaze Pizza’s rapid growth is a manifestation of the dictum that the right execution and synergy in strategy planning, marketing, and operation is the elixir for business success. Through its feat, it has demonstrated an almost textbook-perfect example to the business world. Before Blaze appeared on the scene in 2011,...

If you have a small, but growing business, or you are in the early stages of making that vision come to life, you should probably consider assigning the everyday non-core work to someone else. But, can you find someone reliable enough to do the job well so you can focus...

As my own online business approaches its 20-year anniversary, I’m often asked, “how did you do it?” BeckerTime.com has become one of the world’s largest online retailers of preowned Rolex watches. We’ve amassed tens of thousands of positive reviews, stellar BBB ratings, and reached multi-million dollar annual revenues. However, it...