If there are nine people in a room and every person shakes hands exactly once with each of the other people, how many handshakes will there be? How can you prove your answer is correct using a model ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Being creative in a business environment comes easy for some, but for most of us, it is challenging to come up with innovative and unique ...

Perhaps sparked by the now-forgotten recession, I’m seeing a new era of the entrepreneur, with startups springing up all around. Based on my own mentoring and investing experience, the best ...

Problems are often opportunities in disguise, and they are almost always portals for learning. A methodical approach based on business problem-solving steps increases the odds of developing long-term ...

Nearly all great ideas follow a similar creative process and this articles explains how this process works. Understanding this is important because creative thinking is one of the most useful skills ...

Problem solving is one of today’s top skills—students who apply problem-solving strategies in the classroom are building important talents for college and the workforce. The math classroom is one of ...

Two multi-ethnic workers working in a plastics factory, standing on the factory floor, looking at the control panel of one of the machines. The African-American man is pointing to the panel. His ...

“I don’t have enough time.” “I have too many meetings.” “My experience tells me this project is doomed.” Sound familiar? You may have heard this common refrain, or some variation, at work. And it’s ...

Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner shared in a Dec. 6 blog post a five-step method she devised to help employees tackle most problems before coming to her for solutions. Epic launched its ...

A rancher left 17 horses as a bequest for his three children. When the rancher passed away, his children opened his will. The will stated that the eldest child should get half of his 17 horses. The ...