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There are many different types of SEO firms, and as a client you need to know what they are in order to hire the right type for your business. This guide to the different types of SEO firms will tell you the questions yo...

Being your own boss has become something of the new American dream. But it's incredibly challenging to be an entrepreneur. Of the 500,000 some new businesses launched per month in the U.S., an estimated half will fail wi...

Although news coverage around them is mostly focused on their uses in military operations, drones can be used across multiple industries. Using diverse payloads, ranging from GoPro cameras to professional cameras, drones...

If you're a startup ready to go to market, there are a lot of options to choose. You can go old-school, working for mentions in established media or television, even putting your face on a highway billboard. Or you can p...

Backblaze tried every marketing ploy under the sun to get its computer storage backup solution to new users. Here's what worked and what didn't.

For many years, Michael Graetz, now a law professor at Columbia University, has been promoting a national Value-Added Tax (VAT) that would become the principal levy paid by most Americans. VATs--and similar broad-based c...

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The only thing that Americans are thinking about this week is food. Thanksgiving always ranks high among people's favorite holidays. Lots of food, family and football to watch.  My hometown of Wayland, MA will be playin...

Michael Murphy, an SVP for Choices Hotels International, and Kirk Reynolds, founder of Discover Outdoors, discuss the challenges and vision behind scaling up a business.

What does it take to be successful starting your own small business? Here are the 8 skills every successful entrepreneur has in common:

A slide show of the top ten U.S. cities with the most millionaires

Mark Pentecost just wanted to make another $500 a month to support his family. He wound up getting bitten by the entrepreneur bug and becoming a millionaire. Pentecost's company, It Works!, is a direct sales enterprise t...

In 1969, Terry Holland was mowing several lawns on his street when he knocked on Jack Welch's door, hoping to add another client to his list. At the tender age of 13, Terry was excited to get the job. But he didn't expec...

New research shows that Facebook Messenger is lagging behind WhatsApp, WeChat and LINE as messaging platforms become 'the dominant way to stay in touch.'

Brandon Martinez, Co-Founder and CEO of INDMusic, is making it possible for artists and labels to generate a sustainable living from online music. In doing so, he has created the largest music network on YouTube. He has...

How do great leaders play the bad cards they are dealt? Here are three techniques I've seen my most resilient mentors use successfully when faced with a bad hand.

Daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings has closed a massive $24 million round of Series B funding.

No doubt, the successful Twitter (TWTR) IPO shows the value of being mobile-first. But with thousands of companies in the space, the environment is pretty intense.

Here are three notable executive media flubs--and what we innocent, grimacing bystanders can learn from them.

I've always thought of this as "The Thanksgiving Painting," because it's such a perfect representation of what we all wish for on the fourth Thursday in November: plenty of food and fellowship, lots of sunlight and smile...

It takes some entrepreneurs many years to learn, through trial and error, some of the biggest financial mistakes businesses make. Here are the five biggest "don'ts" you need to avoid.

It's that time of the year when I get calls for quick ideas on tax deductions. One that often comes up is, "How can I get a tax deal for charitable giving?"  My blunt answer is, "Write a check!" There are obviously rule...