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July 23, 2010

Prevent Fraud in Your Business

Small employers suffer the most the when it comes to business fraud. Those with fewer than 1,000 employees lose an average of $150,000 per fraud case, while larger ...

July 28, 2009

Helping an Employee in a Personal Financial Crisis

Last October, in the throes of the financial crisis, Nancy Nelson gathered the staff of her Spokane (Wash.) recruiting firm Humanix to deliver this message: "If you're...

July 7, 2009

To Beat the Recession, Open Your Books

Commercial aircraft supplier Tracer was in trouble last November. The 27-employee Milwaukee company, founded in 1993, saw sales fall 20% below already lowered ...

June 30, 2009

When Sister Is Your Business Partner

As sisters growing up in Rochester, Mich., Brenda and Mary Maher shared a bedroom and a Hasbro (HAS) Easy-Bake oven. As college students, they shared a passion for ...

April 15, 2009

Playbook: Six Ways to Help Your Laid-off Employees

When small businesses decide to lay off workers, they often can't afford generous severance packages or access to professional outplacement services. But employers ...

March 10, 2009

Who's to Blame When Growth Stalls?

This excerpt from "When Growth Stalls," a new book by BusinessWeek.com columnist Steve McKee, highlights the importance of maintaining a healthy state of mind when ...

September 16, 2008

Why Zappos Offers New Hires $2,000 to Quit

I met Tony Hsieh, CEO of billion-dollar e-tailer Zappos, on a shuttle bus at a CEO conference a couple of years ago. So I was interested when Bill Taylor posted a ...

July 2, 2008

The Case Against Vacation Policy

Michael Kirven, 38, and Eric Berridge, 39, didn't worry about a vacation policy when they started Bluewolf, their New York IT consulting firm, in 2000. As the startup ...

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