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by George Bradt, Contributor on April 19, 2018 at 10:18 am

Converge with the culture of the portfolio company and with the private equity firm. […]

by Alastair Dryburgh, Contributor on April 19, 2018 at 9:47 am

From two founders backed up by a team of interns to an international business with 180+ staff, a presence in five countries and funds raised of $15m. What does it take? I talk to Adam Ludwin of Captify about people and processes, and how those need to change as you move from one level to the next. […]

by Shep Hyken, Contributor on April 19, 2018 at 9:30 am

Consumers are spending five times longer texting each day than they are making phone calls. More and more, the “phone” part of a mobile phone is becoming less and less important, but the texting function is of the utmost importance. And, some may say this is a millennial “thing,” but it’s not. […]

by Ashley Stahl, Contributor on April 19, 2018 at 9:00 am

Technology has made it super feasible for freelancers to work remotely, anywhere from a local cafe to a beach in Bali. […]

by Enrique Dans, Contributor on April 19, 2018 at 7:38 am

Russia’s Federal Service for the Supervision of Telecommunications, known as Roskomnadzor, orders the immediate blocking of instant messaging application Telegram and sets the Russian internet in chaos, and effectively turns the founder of the company, Pavel Durov, into Hollywood material... […]

by Barry Libert and Megan Beck, Contributor on April 19, 2018 at 6:23 am

In the era of digital platforms, corporate leaders will need mindfulness to succeed at leverage new types of assets and new business models. […]

by Kitty Knowles, Forbes Staff on April 19, 2018 at 6:00 am

Today we meet Céline Lazorthes, the FinTech founder who's shifting billions of euros across Europe through her companies Leetchi and MangoPay (acquired by French banking group Crédit Mutuel Arkéa). A busy woman, with big ideas, Forbes asks Lazorthes how she gets it all done... […]

by Sylvia Vorhauser-Smith, Contributor on April 19, 2018 at 5:20 am

It’s a great time to have a growth mindset – a belief in your own and others’ abilities to learn, adapt and grow, throughout life and despite circumstances. We need the belief in a growth mindset. We need to cultivate that belief into action to enhance how we think and how we work. […]

by Megan Bruneau, Women@Forbes on April 19, 2018 at 4:49 am

As horrified passengers screamed into oxygen masks and braced for impact, pilot Tammie Jo Shults safely landed the Boeing 737 and its 148 survivors. The 56-year-old former U.S. Navy fighter pilot is being hailed as a hero, applauded for her calmness and skill in a successful emergency landing. […]

by Panos Mourdoukoutas, Contributor on April 19, 2018 at 12:44 am

Bitcoin is the current engine pulling the crypto train out of the station, heading for $15,000, according to cryptocurrency experts. […]

by Stan Phelps, Contributor on April 18, 2018 at 11:45 pm

This is the fourth post in a seven-part series on differentiation. The W in the FLAWSOM framework stands for withholding. Withholding is about doing LESS, but not less of what makes you weak or weird. Instead, doing less of what makes other brands normal. Withholding involves offering fewer options. […]

by Liz Ryan, Contributor on April 18, 2018 at 10:32 pm

How can Erika build her confidence? Here's a seven-day plan! […]

by Christopher P. Skroupa, Contributor on April 18, 2018 at 9:07 pm

“CSR, for a company like ours, needs to demonstrate the power of technology for the benefit of humanity,” says Joe Verrengia, Global Director of Corporate Social Responsibility at Arrow Electronics. “That’s really the purpose of our program... […]

by Paul Laudicina, Contributor on April 18, 2018 at 9:00 pm

Australian business leaders are expressing concern that the last few decades of uninterrupted growth in their country may have made them too complacent to see clearly changes lurking over the horizon. […]

by Doron Levin, Contributor on April 18, 2018 at 8:35 pm

GM is in a hurry for Cadillac to show more progress, and sources indicate the brass decided a CEO with more optimism and positive spirit than the blunt de Nysschen was needed to marshal employees, partners and dealers to improve performance. […]

by Workday Contributor, Workday on April 18, 2018 at 8:29 pm

In this Q&A, Erik Hansen, senior sustainability manager at Workday, shares what participants love about the Workday Green Team program, why it’s important to appoint local leaders, and what team members around the world are doing in celebration of Earth Day. […]

by Michelle King, Women@Forbes on April 18, 2018 at 7:36 pm

Working mothers are on the rise in organizations but they continue to bear a disproportionate portion of household and parenting responsibilities. This is having a real impact on their long term career success according to a new report. Here we share what workplaces can do to fix it #IfOnlyIKnew […]

by Susan Adams, Forbes Staff on April 18, 2018 at 7:25 pm

Micheal Brown, the Houston public high school student who got into all 20 of the top colleges where he applied, wrote not one but three main essays. […]

by Susan Adams, Forbes Staff on April 18, 2018 at 7:25 pm

Houston public high school senior Micheal Brown gained admission to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Penn and 14 other selective colleges and he won eight of the 32 scholarships where he applied. […]

by Sarah Ferguson, UNICEF USA on April 18, 2018 at 7:05 pm

UNICEF and partners are supporting children freed by rebel groups, helping to reunite them with their families and providing medical care, counseling, education and vocational training. […]