'THE OTHER MARK'
Rare Interview With Zynga Chief Mark Pincus

Lauren Westbrook, 06/27/12

Founder/CEO & Head Consultant at Westbrook Strategies

A recent employment study confirms what so many of our past clients who have successfully secured (or doled out) coveted jobs and promotions have shared with us: technologically savvy is great, but socially savvy is even better.

Cari E. Guittard, 06/27/12

Senior Associate, Global Strategic Partners; Professor of Global Management, Hult International Business School

If America is serious about our economic recovery and competitive edge, we need to be serious about truly welcoming and supporting not only high-growth, high-potential entrepreneurs but the entire entrepreneurial ecosystem. Our policies need to match our priorities.

Danny Groner, 06/27/12

Manager, Shutterstock

How do you find clients? Should you specialize in one area? What should you charge? For most freelance designers, comfort comes with experience. Here are five tips from design pros about how to turn your personal business into a thriving enterprise.

Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, 06/27/12

Co-director, Mizrahi Family Charitable Trust

When championing the causes you care about, you have have to ensure that your non-profit organization is effective, efficient and achieves its goals. Here are ten tips to making that happen.

Tim Devane, 06/27/12

Co-founder, Birthright Earth

Startups have no age limit, height requirement, or a record of years in an industry to have a massive impact. The wise are not exclusively the elderly, youth is not wasted. Anyone can do anything at anytime.

David Eastman, 06/27/12

Worldwide Digital Director and CEO, JWT North America

As emerging technology surges through the fast-emerging economies of the world, a power shift unprecedented in scope is inevitable. As marketers, we need to be prepared for it, and we need to be able to harness it.

Claire Broadley, 06/26/12

Copywriter, technical writer and runs her own business, Red Robot Media

I've always worked in male-dominated industries, so that aspect of becoming an entrepreneur never bothered me at all. The real challenges were juggling family life with work commitments and having the motivation to keep all the plates spinning when the business took off.

Ian Wolfman, 06/27/12

CMO, MEplusYOU

While the unemployment crisis in America isn't one of altruism, I can't help but contemplate our ability as capitalists to simultaneously contribute and prosper. After all, isn't this the Land of Opportunity?

Steve Strauss, 06/27/12

Best-selling author, USA TODAY columnist, leading small business expert. Visit TheSelfEmployed.com

If you have a lousy boss (and I had a few, as have we all), if you are bored at work, if you are out of work, if you have a crappy job, I invite you to join us.

Evan Burfield, 06/27/12

Chairman, Startup DC

At 18 years old, I decided to jump off the path that everyone assumed I'd take and become an entrepreneur.

Mona Elesseily, 06/27/12

Author, Professional Speaker

Everybody has a website these days, but not all of these sites are created equally. While some webmasters own virtual billboards, other business owners operate effective pieces of digital real estate.

Patrick Raymond, 06/26/12

Invention Expert

if you are an inventor, here's downer news that few will tell you... you probably can't do it. The odds you face are just too long. So don't quite your day-job, OK? Here are the five forces working against us.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter, 06/24/12

Professor, Harvard Business School

To keep America strong and Americans working, opportunity must flow to everyone. Regions with lower unemployment and greater growth prospects break the ice by finding the connections between innovation, collaboration, and education -- a flow of resources to create, attract, and grow jobs.

Lisa P. Jackson and David Levine, 06/24/12

Our economy is going to grow precisely because we are taking care of our environment, and the leading job creators are going to be companies that specialize in sustainability and the green economy.

Paul Adams, 06/26/12

Global Head of Brand Design, Facebook

In a world of exponentially increasing information, people need ways to navigate the volume. The way we navigate this new world is, interestingly, the same way we have navigated the world since the beginning of humanity -- we are turning to our friends.

Thomas M. Menino, 06/25/12

Mayor of Boston

Critics say we have an overly personal approach to economic development in Boston, but I think it's one of our great strengths. As companies increasingly embrace the collaboration economy and its relationship method, cities that want to cultivate these businesses will need to do the same.

Aaron Hurst, 06/26/12

President and Founder, Taproot Foundation

In a few years, we might find that pro bono opportunities are as common in corporate office buildings as on MBA campuses. That would be great news for employees and the nonprofits they would serve.