Small Business
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Tax Cuts for New Hires Bill Clears Congress
The $18 billion HIRE Act offers companies a tax break for hiring the unemployed
- ADP: Small Employers May Be Signaling Recovery
- Hiring by Smallest Employers May Signal Job Recovery
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The Perils of Market Research
It can be a powerful weapon in any company's strategic planning arsenal. But it can also backfire. Steve McKee offers five essentials to consider
- Archives: Market Research on the Cheap
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Pushing for More High-Growth Startups
A new study finds the top-performing 1% of young companies account for roughly 40% of the new jobs created annually. Here are ideas for encouraging more
Featured Columnists
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Karen E. Klein
Karen E. Klein is a Los Angeles-based writer who covers entrepreneurship and small-business issues.
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Carmine Gallo
Carmine Gallo is a communication skills coach for the world's most admired brands. He is also a popular...
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- Limit Presentations to Three Themes
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Financing
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The New Entrepreneur:
The VC Author
Although VC money is not a fit in all cases, the lessons from VCs and the entrepreneurs they work with are useful in a broad range of businesses
- The New Entrepreneur: Chase's Ads: How Many Businesses Sought "Second Look?"
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The New Entrepreneur:
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Managing a Small Business
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Rethinking How to Get Employees to Change
Persuading employees to make lasting changes in their behavior isn't easy. Keith McFarland highlights lessons from a new book that might make you more effective at it
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- To Survive a Crisis, Embrace the 'Bounce'
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Policy
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ADP: Small Employers May Be Signaling Recovery
Automatic Data Processing CEO Gary Butler says companies with 50 employees or fewer have been increasing their use of ADP's payroll services
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Sales & Marketing
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Today's Tip:
Expanding Your Mobile Marketing Vision 11:52 AM
With more than 276 million mobile subscribers in the U.S., the mobile marketing opportunity is real and it's here for your company right now.
- Today's Tip: Is It Time to Mobilize Your Business?
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Smart Answers
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Obstacles to Product Liability Insurance
To insure a startup whose product seems risky, inventors should research agents and brokers, get multiple quotes, and prepare financials and testimonials
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Starting a Business
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Revisiting the Face of 'Necessity Entrepreneurship'
Last March we profiled 26 ventures hatched by the newly unemployed. Amid signs of economic recovery, we check in with each of them
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