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China today is full of incredible business opportunities for American entrepreneurs and business owners, but there are risks. The good news is that you can manage and reduce these risks with a methodical approach to sour...

With all the Super Bowl hoopla here in New York, people seem to be almost forgetting about America’s favorite part of the Super Bowl – the ads.

Learn how to write a business plan, from the most important question to answer to specific information to include throughout your business plan.

For years now, I’ve been talking about how technology is fundamentally and forever changing everything about the way we live, communicate and do business.  But is that the same thing as disruption?  And if not, why n...

A good professional keynote speaker costs less than the bagel platters in the convention hall. (And is probably less stale.)

On a freezing morning in New York, Veeral Rathod cuts a dapper figure. Clad in a bespoke grey suit set off with a white pocket square, he orders a double espresso and starts talking animatedly about fabric artisans in th...

Every city and university wants the next Google, Yahoo! or Cisco, and a high-quality area university seems like a logical and effective ingredient. New research we've conducted at the Kauffman Foundation challenges this ...

What sets these naming rights apart is that it adorns a stadium positioned right next door to the media capital of the world, New York City. That means amplified visibility. The name earns MetLife some 6 minutes of visib...

Sheryl Sandberg is the newest self-made woman billionaire after Facebook's shares soared following fourth quarter earnings.

Imagine that you are halfway through the second week of a grueling diet. It's been going alright - but lunches are always the hardest for you. You walk out of your office building to get a salad, when suddenly, you get a...

Islamic Finance is Becoming Big Business Worldwide as Governments and People Who Need Capital Try to Cash In.

I could literally just write that title then leave the rest of this article blank and let everyone chime in and fend for themselves as to where they fall in this debate. This epic debate, which it has become as the cost ...

From supporting a humane shelter in Austen to helping English pub-crawlers get home safely, PayPal hackathons have spurred innovation around the world.

Meet emPowered, a fashionable bag that also charges your phone.

The Super Bowl is fast approaching, and people are getting excited—for the commercials, of course. In a recent survey, 78% of people agreed they enjoyed watching the commercials more than the game.

After publishing What To Do When A Client Doesn’t Pay, I have received dozens of emails from small business owners and freelancers all around the world who have been victims of deadbeat customers. They have related the...

The last Tuesday in January provided an opportunity for a modest round of economic flag waving here in the UK, with Office for National Statistics  figures estimating growth of 1.9% in 2013. If you take a long view that...

Hiring top talent can be overwhelming, but these 14 entrepreneurs have some hard-won advice.

January has seen a flurry of activity in the southwestern Mexican state of Michoacan as citizen vigilante groups clashed with cartel gunmen and the federal government scrambled to contain the violence and implement a new...

Simply Grid's new plug-in charging technology seeks to slash carbon emissions from food trucks and other vehicles.

Though eCommerce has made headway in the food industry, it's hard to imagine that technology will ever find a replacement for those mobile dining oases--food trucks. Here are 25 ones to look out for as you travel the U.S...

Barefoot Books is a successful, thriving, independent publishing house that creates beautiful, high-quality books for children - and doesn't sell via chain stores or online discount sites, not even Amazon. The Barefoot m...