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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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Management
The Importance of Disaster Plans
Having elaborate systems in place is crucial for keeping operations running -
Advice
When a David Sues the Kardashians
A tiny California cosmetics maker is taking on the celebrity sisters' new makeup brand, alleging trademark infringement -
Advice
Small Business and Daily Deals: The Affair Is Over
A majority of small merchants are disenchanted with the online coupons -
Advice
How Employers Can Make the Most of Sandy Relief Efforts
Business owners donating time or money on behalf of themselves, their employees, and their clients should consider these pointers -
Advice
What Does Your Retirement Plan Really Cost?
New disclosure rules require retirement plan providers to detail all costs associated with their 401(k)s. But they don’t apply to proposals from providers pitching their plans to employers -
Taxes
More Reasons Not to Fudge Business Expenses
Business owners who fudge expenses risk more than tax audits—weakening their balance sheet and undermining credibility with employees and investors -
Financing
A Big Nerd Trades His Corner Office for a Cubicle
A clever merger lets the former boss of Big Nerd Ranch spend more time coding and teaching. It's a story, he says, that should scare venture capitalists -
Financing
Shedding Light on Unconventional Funding Paths
Even though angel investing has rebounded, plenty of entrepreneurs strike out. Meet three founders who got financing through lesser-known channels -
Advice
When a Small Employer Gets Sued by a Former Worker
As layoffs have increased, so have work-related lawsuits. Lawyers share advice on what employers should do -
Advice
How Startups Negotiate Favorable Leases
As real estate markets improve in some parts of the country, attorneys share tactics for businesses with seemingly little leverage -
Marketing
Three Economic Scenarios Marketers Should Plan for Now
No one knows what the economy will look like next year. Preparing marketing strategy for different situations in advance will help thwart competitors -
Taxes
Strategy for Business Owners as Tax Cuts Near Expiration
With the Bush-era tax rates set to expire, some traditional yearend planning won’t apply. Here are five changes in 2013 to keep in mind -
Profiles
Because the Customer Is NOT Always Right!
That's the tagline of a new website that aims to aggregate information about deadbeats and give business owners a forum to vent -
Commentary
More Dismal Science for Would-Be Entrepreneurs
Teaching entrepreneurship is a growth business for B-schools. Much of the curriculum probably isn't as useful as basic microeconomics would be -
Profiles
The Guy Behind the Asian Night Markets in Los Angeles
A Taiwanese-American entrepreneur is organizing nighttime street markets with ethnic food and retail vendors that attract thousands of nostalgic immigrants and foodies
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