#ideas

Business & Finance | BUSINESS

Don't Wait For a Lightbulb Business Idea to Come to You, Go Out There and Find It

Instead of waiting for that perfect idea to come to you, with a little bit of intention, commitment and planning, you can find it on your own terms.

Business & Finance | Business

How to Turn Your Idea Into Success

Those with a clear understanding of what it takes to turn an idea into reality are the ones that walk away with the title.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

No, Your Idea Doesn't Need to Be Original to Be Successful | Inc.

In their new book, Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman argue advocating smart ideas is just as powerful as having original ideas

Business & Finance | Business

7 Strange Startup Ideas That Succeeded in a Big Way (One Raised $35M on Kickstarter)

Strange startup ideas can sometimes be the most successful of all. If you need inspiration

Business & Finance | Business

7 Smart Business Ideas You'll Wish You'd Thought of First--and the Companies That Did

These startups came up with unique business models--and they turned out to be wildly lucrative.

Psychology | Personality

Key To Creativity May Simply Be A 20-Minute Break A Little Bit Of Incentive - Study Finds

Have you ever racked your brain for the perfect idea, only to discover it later while doing something else? If so, you have experienced the power of a creativity break. But is there another tool to propel imagination?

Business & Finance | Business

5 Simple Ways to Identify Business Ideas That Could (Really) Change the World

Want to come up with a world-changing business idea? First step, think locally. What exactly does your community need?

Miscellaneous | Other Interesting Stories

How We Killed Expertise - POLITICO Magazine

Average Americans have never much liked eggheads. That’s not a bad thing in itself: Americans are a skeptical but level-headed people

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

When Big Ideas Go Bad - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Power poses became the hottest thing on the internet. But the science doesn’t hold up.

Business & Finance | Careers & The Workplace

Why Managers Are So Bad at Recognizing Good Ideas - The Atlantic

In most settings, criticism tends to dominate. For any idea or book or movie or what have you, the question that people discuss is what’s wrong with it, why it didn’t live up to expectations.

Travel | Travel

My 30 Best Travel Tips After 4 Years Traveling The World • Expert Vagabond

It's now been 4 years since I sold everything and left the United States to travel the world. These are the best travel tips I've discovered along the way.

Business & Finance | Careers & The Workplace

When Your Big Business Idea Stalls, Ask These 3 Questions

It can be tough to determine if you're really onto something. After conducting a gut check, seek the advice of others.

Business & Finance | Careers & The Workplace

How To Know If Your Dumb Idea Will Change The World | Fast Company | Business + Innovation

Box SVP Sam Schillace shares how he quickly and cheaply experimented on an app no one wanted--that became the basis for Google Docs.