A few months ago, I met Chandlee Bryan, a dynamic career expert who’s now blogging over at Career Hub.  Chandlee’s new post on career change echoes many of the questions we advice types have been getting since the economy first started nose-diving. How can I can my career in an alternative direction when I don’t have much experience?  ...

So Bill Gates is preparing to retire as CEO of Microsoft. Gates and his childhood friend Paul Allen founded Microsoft on April 4, 1975, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to make and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800, an early computer that was sold to hobbyists. Gates dropped out of Harvard University in his third year to focus on ...

Over at Employee Evolution, Natalie discusses common mistakes people make when starting a business.  According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, over 50 percent of small businesses fail in their first year and 95 percent fail within the first five years.  Among the mistakes, and Natalie’s tips: 1. Business owners don’t create ...

My colleague Steve Rubel participated in a teleconference for PR professionals hosted by the Public Relations Society of America. During the session, the moderator, Peter Himler, asked him what three essential sites or tools that professionals should be using as they go out and navigate this crazy new media landscape.   Steve says that his ...