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• Top 100 Lead Response Companies at salesforce.com's Dreamforce 2012

  InsideSales.com releases largest research study of its kind with 4,309 companies 'secret shopped' with leads submitted on their website to measure how fast and how persistent their sales and marketing teams are. The top 100 are displayed here below (congratulations by the way, way to hussle!). Average response time [...]

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  Ken Krogue,Contributor

• What You Need To Know About Hortonworks, Splunk, and 28 Other Big Data Companies

  

  A month ago I posted The Big Data Landscape. I got 100s of emails from vendors, customers, PR people, and consultants. In addition to talking with customers, I set a goal of talking with 30 Big Data companies [...] more>>

  Dave Feinleib,Contributor

• Mario Brothers and Level-up Leadership: Social Entrepreneurship, Gamification, and Religion

  

  Super Mario Bros. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Social entrepreneurship is popular; gamification is ubiquitous. Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Princess Peach raise some questions about both. When I play New Super [...] more>>

  Jordan Shapiro,Contributor

• New Orleans Pays It Forward For Hurricane Sandy Victims

  

  As Thanksgiving approaches, the vestiges of Hurricane Sandy are still widely evident in New York City and New Jersey. Storm damage may take months to clean up, some people are still without power, and [...] more>>

  Micheline Maynard,Contributor

• 3 Steps to Save Your Family From the Caregiver Crisis

  

  IMPORTANT AND URGENT MATTER:  CAREGIVING November is Long-Term Care Awareness Month.  And it is time for everyone to get real and make a caregiving plan.  This week, I caught up with the leadership team [...] more>>

  Michael Lindenmayer,Contributor

• Billionaire Berggruen's Focus On Governance Offers Solutions For The EU

  Billionaire Nicolas Berggruen clearly understands a thing or two about how to make money but he differs from many philanthropists on how to spend that money. [...] more>>

  Miguel Forbes,Forbes Staff

• How Business Can Help Close the Opportunity Divide

  

  For disadvantaged youth, the path to Wall Street - or other great careers - may be through a Year Up internship. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) How did you get your first real break in business? For Gerald [...] more>>

  Dorie Clark,Contributor

• Angel Fund Members Make a Personal Investment in a Community Ravaged by Sandy

  

  About a dozen of us were wielding sledgehammers and shovels at the Little League field next to Last Chance Pond Park in Staten Island. The park was aptly named. On October 31 the water was so high that [...] more>>

  Alan McGlade,Contributor

• Athletes Need To Stand Up Against Bullying

  For some of us, middle school and high school was a time for creating wonderful memories of friendship, unique events and learning. For victims of bullying, the school experience can be a daily terror, mental and emotional abuse---the crushing of self-esteem, and even physical violence. These students may carry the [...] [...] more>>

  Leigh Steinberg,Contributor

• Time to Talk Toilets: World Toilet Day

  

  TIME TO TALK TOILETS Over 40% of the world has zero access to a toilet.    People are forced to do their private business in public streets, fields or nearby waterways.  Diseases spread, girls drop out [...] more>>

  Michael Lindenmayer,Contributor