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Residential builders and remodelers make up one of the fastest-growing groups of privately held companies, according to industry data from Sageworks, a financial information company. But is the strong performance peaking...

I've just taken my Google Glass and set them aside--at least for now.

Mr. John Glover of the IRS General Counsel's office spoke about captive insurance arrangements Friday in San Francisco at a meeting of the American Bar Association's Tax Section, which was hosted by that Section's Insura...

After a wait of almost 18 months, the acronym-friendly Jump-start Our Business Start-ups Act (or JOBS Act for short) will go into effect on Monday, September 23. When President Barack Obama originally signed the law in A...

The annual Business Innovation Factory event is so unique it is hard to describe. Much like the hit TV show Seinfeld, it is a conference about nothing and everything at the same time.  Nevertheless, it?s become a pilgri...

Providing customer service -- great customer service -- used to be a bit simpler.  Let me explain.

Bad habits are tough to break as you grow as a leader. As a young leader, I always felt I had to do everything in-house. Every penny mattered, so even if our attempt was half-assed, we were doing it ourselves. Realizing ...

What do you think of when you hear "doing well by doing good" - that it’s a cliché? How about "impact businesses" - sexy? Or what about: "for-benefit companies" - confused yet? No matter what you call it, many young w...

The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones 30 touched all-time highs on September 18, and U.S. stocks have recovered the trillions of dollars in market value they lost in the financial crisis, so many investors will watch this coming...

The recent launch of Captain Zantac as the new face of Boehringer Ingelheim Consumer Health Care's Zantac brand, marks the return of animated mascots for promoting Pharma products, after Speedy Alka-Seltzer, the famous a...

It seems like the realities of retail are reinforced again and again. Most recently a survey of stores and customers found that, indeed, the key to winning in the retail game is to treat people well. The survey, conducte...

Here are 23 proven ideas that will make you more successful.

Question: How do you prepare your team ahead of time for a business crisis? Keep a Positive Mindset “If something is going wrong, the employees are going to sense it so you should be upfront about the problem to an ext...

Forget $500 50-inch TVs. Here?s what the big bucks get you.

Women are the fastest growing segment of gun owners. Here's why.

On the topic of cyber security, I think that most small business owners file this under the category of "I'll worry about it next year."  This strategy works until the business owner loses the ability to earn a living, ...