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COVER STORY Senior Startups
For thousands of senior entrepreneurs, business is better the second time around. Their life experience, surging
creativity, connections, and savings help their new companies thrive
TABLE: Senior Startups TABLE: Are You an Old Pro, or Just Old? TABLE: Are You Ready? To B2B or Not to B2B
Small businesses are scoping out
online exchanges, and the adventurous are plunging in. But there are a few kinks to work out
before the idea can really soar
TABLE: How B2B Might Be TABLE: A B2B Site Sampler Printing Money What's Wrong with Franchising?
Cloning a business is one of the fastest ways to expand. But finding the right partners--or any qualified partners--in this strong economy can be next to impossible
TABLE: So, You Want to Franchise Your Business? Why Franchisees See Red Getting Started Business Brokers Beware What VCs Really Want Who's Grabbing Who? Inspirational Journey ''A Wealth of Choices'' (July 10, 2000) Click on the Dotted Line Match This! CHART: Last Year, Small Businesses Changed Tactics to Lure Workers...And to Hold on to Them QuickBooks Shortcut CHART: Power Outages Can Burn You Been There, Done That It All Depends Where You Sit CHART: The Most Important Innovation in Technology of the 20th Century Frontier Online One Iota Hike if You Like CHART: Sticker Shock I'm O.K., You're Not CHART: Small-Company Owners and Execs See Tougher Times More Net Names Tax Breaks for Renewal Got Spanish?
Adwoman Anita Santiago pitches products to Latinos in a language they like to hear--Spanish
Background Checks I've Asked You Here Because...
Focus groups are a tried-and-true marketing tool, but they're pricey. Chalk up another job for the Net
Smart Answers O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?
You can take it with you: how to save thousands in death taxes
Paternalism Pays Off Pop Goes the Diesel Depleted Stocks
How small business is coping with the brutal pain at the pump
Techie in a Box
Fed up with managing your technology?
Think about outsourcing
TABLE: Pain Relief Make That Meeting Happen Share Your Fast Access A Business Lives On
Tragedy takes an entrepreneur's life--but the business survives
Rookie Central
They weren't quite good enough for the majors, but these players still found their way into the ballpark
Cover photograph:
Katherine Lambert
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