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As rewarding as it is to grow with your customers, sometimes, a client just isn't the right fit for your company. Successful, smart entrepreneurs understand that no one can be absolutely perfect. Many times, clients will...

Most people don't grow up wanting to become an Entrepreneur, they grow into it.  I've found that there are 10 different signs that are very good indicators that you're an Entrepreneur or an Entrepreneur in training.

Bank loan decisions are mostly about numbers, but there's still a little judgment left in the process, especially among community banks. Knowing how to boost your banker's confidence in you as a borrower is key to securi...

The startup world, even as it grows, can feel awfully lonely to the entrepreneurs in it. How do you stay afloat?

When things seem tough, I recall that inspiring Steve Jobs quote: "Stay hungry. Stay foolish." And then I always add, "Stay independent."

For business owners who want to provide insurance to their employees, things just got tougher ? at least for those who are in the 36 states that rely on HealthCare.gov. The SHOP (Small Business Health Option Program) onl...

Last year, I gave my family what I thought would be a special Christmas treat. I bought 5 test kits from 23andMe -- on sale at $99 each -- and stuffed them in the family's stockings. As one might expect, I got quizzical ...

When it comes to hiring the right talent, some startups excel at attracting and closing great engineers, while others run into trouble in this area. If you find yourself falling into the latter category, don't fret–our...

Unless you spend your days gladhanding at Silicon Valley networking events, getting angel seed funding or VC investment can be tough, especially if you happen to be a female entrepreneur, according to the stats.

Let?s continue along our multiple-part journey through the newly-released FINAL net investment income tax regulations, which by the time it?s all said and done, may rival the Old Testament in both length and social impac...

On November 13, Microsoft decided to dump stack ranking -- a people measurement system that forces managers to find and fire their "worst" people every year -- as word leaked that Yahoo had adopted it. Since March 20...

Learn how to develop a customer base that will follow you from nameless anomaly to paradigm shifting phenomena.

Microbrewers are generally mellow dudes, but chronic branding disputes are creating tension among the beer world's renegades.

Green IT has been put on the back burner somewhat as a result of the global recession.

Usually, the safest thing in the world is to do nothing. It is also the saddest.

Shake creates simple legal agreements in plain English.

Big-box retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and J.C. Penney Co. are likely to take the spotlight during a holiday-shortened trading session on what's known as "Black Friday."

We have Black Friday and Cyber Monday -- both of which are dominated by the big boxes, the big retailers. Nestled right in between is a relatively new contender called Small Business Saturday. It is a marketing program t...

Most businesses start small but only the special ones achieve great heights. Here are seven companies that began as tiny acorns but grew (or are growing quickly) into great oaks.

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