Expert offers advice good for any new venture.
Three-year trend shows firms are still having difficulty finding financing.
Electronic device calculates and displays cost of employee sessions in real time
More than 40,000 new jobs were created in February 2010.
Free, paid listings offer a way to cost-effectively expand local sales footprint
To be effective, customers and marketers agree rewards efforts must be personalized and clearly explained.
Even at the beginning, a start-up must have an exit plan.
Author suggests ways of building happiness into the workplace.
Expert encourages companies to teach workers how to 'rewire' their brains.