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Finding the Most Business-Friendly States in the Nation
According to a recent survey, these three states are the friendliest in the nation to small businesses. Thumbtack.com, a Website that connects users to local help available for hire, in partnership with the Kauffman Foundation conducted a two-month-long survey of more than 6,000 small business owners across the country on regulation and the economy.
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Retirement Planning When You’re the Boss
You are never too young or too old to create a succession plan for the business you have worked so hard to cultivate. Oftentimes business owners either have a plan that is too outdated to use, or haven’t even sat down to create a model of what their business will look like once they hand over the reins.
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Disaster Happens, How to Protect Your Business
Whether it’s a hurricane, tornado, earthquake, wild fire or any other natural or manmade disaster being prepared will enable you to get your business back up and running smoothly and quickly.
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Entrepreneur Taking 'Spark and Hustle’ Across Country
Tory Johnson is working to help other entrepreneurs and wannabe business owners take their own leaps of faith. Next week, the author and business owner will kick off a 20-city “Spark & Hustle” tour, speaking to women and men across the country about how to turn their passion into something more. Two years ago she began the tour with just one event, which grew to eight events in 2011, and this year will go nationwide.
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Tips for Deducting Entertainment Expenses
There are so many rules governing tax deductions, but the area riddled the most with rules is entertainment. And the IRS loves to audit this line item on a business tax return—here’s how to avoid raising eyebrows.
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Why Mediation Might Be Best for Business Partner Breakups
Breaking up is always hard to do, but it is very possible that it is hardest when you're breaking up with your business partner. Although it may seem simple to just hire lawyers and allow them to handle the proceedings, that is often not the case. Just ask any business owner who has had to deal with a breakup in the business world.
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Science and Tech Startups Look to Uncle Sam for Help
Innovative startups believe a little help from the government would go a long way in their development, a new study shows. In an annual survey of startup CEOs in the software, hardware, life science and clean-tech sectors, the company leaders pointed to several federal policies they believe aid their growth.
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NYC’s Hottest Startups on Biggest Launching Lessons
FOXBusiness.com caught up with several of Time Inc.'s Startups to Watch for some Monday morning quarterbacking, asking them about their biggest mistakes and what they’ve learned in launching their own businesses.
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Q&A: Merchant Services Providers
What are the possible pitfalls of using two different credit card processors for Internet sales and storefront sales?
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Q&A: Hiring on the Other Side of the Globe
I saw Business on Main's piece on MyYearbook, which found success by outsourcing a lot of its Web development. But how do you go about finding an overseas technical team that you can trust? And how do you manage it from the other side of the world?
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Karen Mills on Why Things Are Looking Up for Small Biz
Cites record lending in 2011, less-than-10-day loan turnarounds, the hidden benefits of business mentors, and more.
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Is Starting a Franchise From Home for You?
Franchising isn't always the easiest way to start a business. But now there are a growing number of opportunities that you can launch from the comfort of your home.
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How Coachable Are You?
If you aren’t open to feedback and new ideas, it could be what's keeping you and your business from long-term success. Here’s how to be more coachable.
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Reality Check on Reality Shows and Business
While the immediate benefits of appearing on reality TV are obvious, a strategic entrepreneur needs to have a vision for how to leverage that exposure once the final credits roll.
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More Than Half of Workers Don't Take All Their Vacation Time
According to a recent survey, a significant majority of the workers said they felt happier, healthier and less stressed after taking a vacation. However, despite the benefits, which also included feeling recharged, more productive and more energized after a vacation, workers said they were too fearful of job security to take vacation.
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On Twitter and Facebook, Timing Can Be Everything
Businesses that hope to make the most of their social media campaigns may want to start checking their watches before they post. That is because new research reveals the best times to post to Facebook and Twitter. That research, by link shortener bitly, found that links posted in the afternoon between Monday and Thursday are clicked more than links posted at other times.
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Obama Holds Small Business Roundtable, Urges Congress to Act on ‘To-Do’ List
President Obama Wednesday called upon Congress to take action on the “To Do List” of small business legislation. Ahead of National Small Business week, the president also held a roundtable discussion on his proposed legislation with U.S. entrepreneurs and Small Business Administrator and president Karen Mills.
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Entrepreneur Mixes Up Yoga, Cyndi Lauper and Kids
Karma Kids, which opened in 2003 with only 10 classes a week, managed to not only stay afloat during the recession, but actually grow. Today it offers more than 100 classes per week at its main studio, as well as at different schools around the city.
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Five Businesses You Can Start on a Shoestring
Starting a business may seem like a great venture, but when the startup costs are added up, the risks may seem too great for some.
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Crowdfunding – Boom or Bust for Entrepreneurs?
President Obama signed into law last month the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, legislation was designed to help entrepreneurs raise capital with presumably fewer administrative and legal road blocks. But will the act prove to be a catalyst for job growth? Like anything else, the devil is in the details.
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