Done right, a performance review is one of the best opportunities to encourage and support high performers and constructively improve your middle- and lower-tier workers.

Understanding your employee's perspective can go a long way towards increasing productivity and happiness.

You know, as most entrepreneurs do, that a company is only as good as its people. The hard part is actually building the team that will embody your company culture and propel you forward.

Have a go-to pump up song. Mine is Shakira's 'Waka Waka' from the 2010 World Cup (don't judge). Play it only when you're ready to turn into your most badass self.

So many of my rookie mistakes could have been avoided by first-hand exposure to other, more experienced technology entrepreneurs.

Get your product in front of actual, living, breathing strangers. Your college roommate's approval does not mean there's market demand.

Most weeks, I work 100-plus hours on TheMuse.com. There are definitions of 'work-life balance' that would say I have none.

One of the top causes of startup death - right after cofounder problems - is building something no one wants.

Thinking big is only one part of being a successful entrepreneur.

For those working menial jobs or putting in 100-hour weeks for corporations, the lure of starting your own business can seem like a great way to get more flexibility, upside, and ownership.

Call it nature or nurture, there are differences in how men and women approach professional conduct, and facing these issues head-on will make us all more equipped to succeed.

To regret religion is to regret Western civilization.

If you are waiting to be compelled before you could invest your time productively, then, it means you are not the owner of your life but the system that is compelling you.

Joy is found in simple things.

Be responsible. Your abilities ensure that you respond to the responsibilities that you encounter daily.

My mind is clouded with a doubt.

We did not have a television while I was growing up, and so I read voraciously. My earliest memory of being utterly transfixed by a book was Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time.

The death of a young wolfe doth never come too soon.

It's not like I'm sitting at home coming up with some secret beauty plan. I try to eat fruit and be healthy. If I'm feeling a bit sickly, I usually get a good spray tan.

Many pedestrians have been maimed or killed at the intersection of Resistance and Commerce.

Some people hide more than others, and it does intrigue me.