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By Carter Cast and David Schonthal

Prior to the Great Recession, easy credit conditions prevailed for small businesses. Cash was free flowing, and relaxed lending practices made it relatively easy to secure financing.

The Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard is the first program of its kind to groom retirees for social service. Since it launched in 2009, graduates have tackled problems from poor nutrition to student debt, blazing...

The IRS can disallow lavish business expenses, but if you cover up lavish personal expense and claim they are for business, your case could become criminal. A Hawaii man just found that out the hard way.

Other mobile apps are also in the works at Starwood.

Microsoft today showed off a new low-cost laptop from Acer that could pose new competition for Google Chromebooks. The 11.6-inch Acer Aspire One Cloudbook will cost $169, and it will come pre-loaded with the new Windows ...

Today Netflix revealed their second quarter earnings with non-GAAP earnings per share (EPS) of $0.06 and revenue of $1.64 billion. Analysts estimated earnings of $0.04 per share on revenue of $1.65 billion. Netflix also ...

Intel saw growth in data center revenues, while the core PC business shrank versus a year ago.

OPINION: Today's announcement reinforced Apple's commitment not only to the iPod, but also to the four-inch-screen size form factor of the iPod Touch.

Unlike the previous builds, this one is available only via Windows Update.

Deep linking startup Branch Metrics‘ next big launch could blur the line between native apps and the mobile web. The company offered us a sneak peek at the upcoming product, Deepviews, a service that will enable users ...

Shawn Corey Carter honed his craft to build a brand: Jay Z. He then leveraged the Jay Z brand to build an empire — acquiring and building music labels, running clubs, producing video games and representing athletes (to...

Do content marketing and PR overlap? It’s a question I get from almost every founder and marketing team I meet. And with good reason. On the one hand, 86% of B2B marketers use content as part of their digital strategie...

Not only does BitTorrent Sync make Onehub Sync faster, but the enterprise tool is now also more efficient for very large deployments.

Here are the top 10 reasons your brand needs to be on Pinterest.

The social microblogging platform made a point to mention that you don't need to use your real name on Twitter.

Faraday Future, an electric car startup in California, is planning to build its first manufacturing plant in the U.S. to take on Tesla.

Apple hopes to continue selling the freestanding players although they've been outsold and overshadowed by smartphones.

In a dating app, the monkey character can suggest "tips to look great on your first date," along with a collection of related products to buy.

It's not news that the budget strapped IRS provided abysmal phone service this past tax filing season. But in her mid-year report to Congress, National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson disclosed what still qualifies as a ...

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In my last post, I wrote about product marketers in a Challenger go-to-market model, and the misplaced emphasis on value propositions. As you’ll remember, the number one thing a product marketer needs to do differently...