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Your Small Business Questions, Answered
Send us your questions on challenges you face in your business. Journalist Karen E. Klein will interview experts and distill their insights into answers.
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Tax Reform, Angels Slow Investments, Nasdaq's New Private Market: March 7
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Privacy
From Mobile to PCs: The Fine Art of Privacy on the Web
Creating a privacy policy requires many considerations. Missteps can mean legal trouble and more -
Logistics
The U.S. Ex-Im Bank Seeks to Back More Small Exporters
Fewer than 1 percent of America’s 28 million small companies export. The U.S. Export-Import Bank is trying to boost that number -
Financing
Startup Money—for a Piece of Your Future Paycheck
A financing startup aims to become a "new asset class" by encouraging young people to pledge a chunk of future income to backers who front them money -
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Divorced, but Still in Business Together
After a couple has separated, exes with mutual trust, maturity, and clearly defined roles can help their jointly run business continue to prosper -
Advice
A Branding Exercise for Your Business: Write a Book
Start with the title. If the process shows your business doesn’t stand for much, that'll help you improve your marketing -
Social Media
So Your Corporate Twitter Account's Been Hacked
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Advice
When It Pays for the Founder to Take a Break
While it's complicated and risky for founders to take a hiatus from running the show, the business can benefit from the new perspective -
Advice
'Useless' Business Help: Inside a $200 Million Fraud Case
The Federal Trade Commission is trying to shut down an operation called the Tax Club, which the agency says tricked people into buying bogus business services -
Marketing
Reality TV Casts Main Street as Its New Star
Once considered too dull for television, small businesses are now routinely subjects of shows seeking drama from the mix of money, risk, and personality -
Policy
Why You Might (Finally) Take the Home Office Tax Deduction
The Obama administration plans to simplify a paperwork nightmare for taxpayers who work from home -
Advice
Selling Banana Slicers (and More!) With Gag Reviews
For small companies with limited marketing budgets, earnestly promoting gag reviews and spoofs online can pay off big -
Marketing
Ten Marketing Rules From Super Bowl Ads
Most small companies don't run campaigns on TV, let alone during the big game. They should still tune in to learn from the best -
Science & Research
The Right Way to Destroy Sensitive Data
Before recycling electronics, companies have the tough task of removing all the sensitive information they contain
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