Small Business
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No Rebound Yet For Smallest Businesses
The Discover-Small Business Watch offers more evidence that the small business economy is lagging behind Wall Street and the Fortune 500
- Black Friday Recap: Cautiously Optimistic
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Starting a Food Company
Setting up a food company is more difficult-and more expensive-than you might think. Rachel Kruse, founder of Organicville Foods, explains how she launched her signature salad dressings nationwide
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Putting a Fair Internet Use Policy in Place
Business owners who are worried about employees shopping online this holiday season should consider David Kelleher's ways to manage access
Featured Columnists
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Gene Marks
Gene Marks, CPA, is the owner of the Marks Group, which sells customer relationship, service, and financial...
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Carmine Gallo
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- How Disney Works to Win Repeat Customers
- Launch a Product Like Barnes & Noble
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- Why Brooklyn Industries Manufactures in China
- Beware the Freelance Economy
- After You Lose 'Floorplan' Funding
- Snowe's Push to End the ARC Loan Program
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- Business Owners' Holiday Giving Plans
- The Making of a Successful Entrepreneur
- Meet the Entrepreneurs of the Year
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Entrepreneur's Journals
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Why Brooklyn Industries Manufactures in China
Founders Lexy Funk and Vahap Avsar were better at retailing than manufacturing. So they researched and tested Chinese plants and decided to outsource
- Moving Home to Expand the Family Business
- Creating CafÉ Barcomi's in Berlin
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Financing
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Today's Tip:
Tips for Tax Time
In this economic climate, many companies are concerned about their cash tax rates. These planning considerations may reduce your corporate tax bill:
- Today's Tip: Employ Foreign Exchange Strategies when Going Global
- Today's Tip: Create Forecasting for Business Units
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Managing a Small Business
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How Resilient Leaders Manage Anxiety
To transform a troubled company, Keith McFarland urges managers to quickly communicate a plan, help employees turn paralyzing anxiety into action, and maintain a sense of humor
- To Survive a Crisis, Embrace the 'Bounce'
- Helping an Employee in a Personal Financial Crisis
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Policy
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Beware the Freelance Economy
As employer businesses decline, non-employer firms are on the rise. The problem is most won't create jobs or meaningful wealth, says Scott Shane
- How Many Jobs Do Small Employers Create?
- A Typical Entrepreneur's Aspirations
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Sales & Marketing
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Today's Tip:
Social Media: Listening Is Not Enough
Small businesses can gain tremendous branding and sales benefits from launching social media marketing programs—and it's not even that hard or costly.
- Today's Tip: Launch an Online Contest
- Today's Tip: Examine Pricing
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Today's Tip:
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Smart Answers
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Putting a Fair Internet Use Policy in Place
Business owners who are worried about employees shopping online this holiday season should consider David Kelleher's ways to manage access
- Supporting Underserved Entrepreneurs
- After You Lose 'Floorplan' Funding
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Starting a Business
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Lessons from Entrepreneurs Who Beat the Odds
Most businesses don't last more than a few years. Meet three scrappy entrepreneurs who describe how they reached three-, five-, and 10-year benchmarks
- The Rise of the 'Homepreneur'
- America's Best Young Entrepreneurs 2009
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Success Stories
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Meet the Entrepreneurs of the Year
Ernst & Young's annual awards recognize owners and managers running disruptive high-growth companies. Get pointers from some of this year's national winners
- The New Entrepreneur: A New Loan Program Helps West Bank Small Business
- The New Entrepreneur: Entrepreneurship = Obsession?
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Technology for Small Business
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A Conversation with John Battelle
The search guru talks about the necessity of using "white-hat" tactics to manage your company's reputation online
- Do Reputation Management Services Work?
- Who Wants to Be a Facebook Millionaire?
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