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America's Most Promising Startups
Our ongoing series tracks new companies from across the country that embody the creativity and resiliency common among today's entrepreneurs
Ask the Turnaround Ace
To Improve Cash Flow, Stall Payments to Vendors
The kind-hearted owners of a small factory struggling to make payroll need to improve collections and slow the money going out the door
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The Surging App Economy
BusinessWeek's Doug MacMillan says that goofy games get most of the hype and make a lot of money—but there's much more to this surging software market
IN YOUR FACE: PURSUE YOUR ENTREPRENEURIAL DREAM
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Before You Automate Business Tasks
Automating processes such as collections and follow-up on sales prospects can help small companies cut costs and increase revenues. But automation must be done thoughtfully, so that relationships aren't undermined, says Clate Mask, CEO of Infusionsoft
The Debate Room
Online Shopping Is Overrated
Data security problems and pesky online forms make Internet shopping a pain. Pro or Con?
CEO Guide to Technology
CEO Guide to Smart Grid Technology
Smart-grid technology will bring huge savings to companies as varied as Cisco, PG&E, and Cargill, and to consumers, too. But who will foot the bill?
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Top Small Business Stories
How to Create a Budget
It's not glamorous, but a budget will help manage costs, identify red flags, and achieve profitability
Storytelling Tips from Salesforce's Marc Benioff
The co-founder and CEO of the $1 billion company offers advice on how to shape and articulate your vision for your own brand
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
Don't Bet on a Return to a 'Normal' IPO Market
Equity investors and people running fast-growth companies hope to see IPO levels of the 1990s. Scott Shane explains why that's unlikely
Getting Started
The Rise of the 'Homepreneur'
- Plus: Will Congress Simplify the Home Office Deduction?
- Plus: A Home Office That Does the Job
- Podcast: Starting a Home-Based Business
Radio Flyer Learns from a Crash
Beyond Eureka
Gary Vaynerchuk's Startup Advice
The Profits and Perils of Supplying to Wal-Mart
Small Business Financing
Buy Bargains for Your Business
Left in the Lurch
Credit: The Spigot Opens, a Little
Perform Due Diligence on Potential Investors
An Entrepreneur Prepares to Pass the Torch
Small Business Sales & Marketing
How to Cut Credit-Card Fees
- Plus: Credit-Card Fee Reform Stays on the Back Burner
- Plus: Small Merchants Attempt to Hold Down Interchange Fees
The Art of the Soft Sell
Make Smarter Marketing Bets in 2010
How to Conduct a Focus Group
Negate Competition by 'Owning' Your Space
Small Business Leadership
How Resilient Leaders Manage Anxiety
To Survive a Crisis, Embrace the 'Bounce'
Beat Burnout
Is It Time for Your Business to Change Course?
When Sister Is Your Business Partner
Small Business Policy
Obama's New Push to Help Small Business Get Loans
Credit-Card Fee Reform Stays on the Back Burner
- Plus: How to Cut Credit-Card Fees
- Plus: Small Merchants Attempt to Hold Down Interchange Fees
- Plus: No Relief for Small Business Cardholders
How Small Business Feels About Health-Care Reform
Small Employers Struggle to Offer Health Insurance
- Plus: What Utah's Health Reform Means to Small Business
- Plus: Small Biz Purging: When Companies Lose Health Care
- Health-Care Proposals: The Impact on Small Business
The Self-Employed Push to Repeal the 'Health-Care Tax'
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Promote Your Business Through New Media
PR pros suggest first establishing your company's expertise within its industry, then engaging with target clients via social media
Viewpoint
Who to Watch to Gauge the Recovery
Tech consultant Gene Marks offers a list of the movers and shakers he's watching to predict what will happen to the economy
Communications
Stop Overloading Your Presentations
Communications coach Carmine Gallo uses a recent Morgan Stanley presentation to offer examples of what not to do when presenting
Entrepreneur's Journal
Moving Home to Expand the Family Business
Justin Gagnon quit a secure IT job, moved in with his parents, and turned their catering business into a $4 million provider of healthy school lunches
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America's Best Young Entrepreneurs 2009
For our fifth annual roundup, BusinessWeek readers nominated a record number of young entrepreneurs. Meet the 25 most impressive
College Students, Sell to Your Schools
Video: Interview with Yodle's Young Founder
Entrepreneurs Who Started Young
Why Less Is More for Startups
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