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Karen E. Klein is a Los Angeles-based writer who covers entrepreneurship and small-business issues. E-mail your questions to Klein to get specific advice from experts in her twice-weekly columns.
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Time to Sell? Setting a Price for Your Cash Business
To determine the value of a services business, calculate the "seller’s discretionary earnings"—the total financial benefit the owner derives from… -
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How to Lower Your Company's Property Taxes
To convince officials to reduce a company's tax burden, build a case backed with data and get peers and politicians to support it -
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Advice for Small Employers Confused by Obamacare: Part 2
Can benefits vary depending on employee type? Are multiple businesses counted in employee tallies? Industry experts weigh in on questions about… -
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Struggling Cities, From Detroit to New Orleans, See Startups as Saviors
Efforts are spreading to lure tech entrepreneurs to places not known for their tech scenes -
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Cutting Health-Care Costs for Aging Employees
Employees who don't participate in a company plan are still counted in its rating pool. To reduce costs, offer an attractive retirement plan
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Advice for Small Employers Confused by Obamacare
What size businesses are affected? Does it pay to drop coverage? Industry experts weigh in on a handful of common questions about the law's… -
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Advice for Small Employers Confused by Obamacare: Part 2
Can benefits vary depending on employee type? Are multiple businesses counted in employee tallies? Industry experts weigh in on questions about… -
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Higher Minimum Wage? Small Business Doesn't Mind
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Paying Yourself When You Start a Business
To avoid cash-flow problems and hassles with the IRS, understand the implications of taking money from your business for personal use -
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How Small Businesses Use Big Data
Startups and small companies are finding ways to use voluminous data sets to gain insights into customers, employees, and products
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Struggling Cities, From Detroit to New Orleans, See Startups as Saviors
Efforts are spreading to lure tech entrepreneurs to places not known for their tech scenes -
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Advice for Small Employers Confused by Obamacare: Part 2
Can benefits vary depending on employee type? Are multiple businesses counted in employee tallies? Industry experts weigh in on questions about… -
Advice
Time to Sell? Setting a Price for Your Cash Business
To determine the value of a services business, calculate the "seller’s discretionary earnings"—the total financial benefit the owner derives from… -
Technology
How Small Businesses Use Big Data
Startups and small companies are finding ways to use voluminous data sets to gain insights into customers, employees, and products -
Smart Answers
Advice for Small Employers Confused by Obamacare
What size businesses are affected? Does it pay to drop coverage? Industry experts weigh in on a handful of common questions about the law's…
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Struggling Cities, From Detroit to New Orleans, See Startups as Saviors
Efforts are spreading to lure tech entrepreneurs to places not known for their tech scenes -
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Advice for Small Employers Confused by Obamacare: Part 2
Can benefits vary depending on employee type? Are multiple businesses counted in employee tallies? Industry experts weigh in on questions about… -
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Paying Yourself When You Start a Business
To avoid cash-flow problems and hassles with the IRS, understand the implications of taking money from your business for personal use -
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Breaking Into the Energy Drink Business
First, determine how to raise the $100,000 you'll likely need to launch your product. Then evaluate whether to hire a consultant or go it alone -
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Time to Sell? Setting a Price for Your Cash Business
To determine the value of a services business, calculate the "seller’s discretionary earnings"—the total financial benefit the owner derives from…
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