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Bernanke Defends Approach on Jobs, Inflation

The Federal Reserve chairman tells the Senate Budget Committee Tuesday that the bank's efforts are balanced. Read more

Know Your Limitations; You'll Lead Better

The best managers recognize their weaknesses--and struggle through them. Read more

Turn Conversations into Leads

Five tips to make casual encounters into new business opportunities. Plus, an upfront approach from Arel Moodie, co-owner of Extreme Entrepreneurship Education. Watch video

Stop Regretting Your Choices Now

Researchers offer strong medicine for those who are too scared to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams, finding evidence that, in the long-term, we regret actions not taken far more than failed attempts. Read more

I Love You, You’re Fired

What do you do when the product you conceived, nurtured and loved, fails to thrive? Read more

Start-up Step 1: A Culture Plan

The formula for a great company is not a business model, or financial projection. Read more

2 Factors That Define Great Leaders

How setting an objective and influencing people will define your leadership success. Read more

How to Fix Your Sales Team: 3 Ways

How one company re-incentivized its sale force to pursue high-value customers. Read more

How to Sell: Improve Your Pitch

The more you know about the brain, the better you can deliver your message. Use these clever techniques to help land the deal. Read more

5 Traits Your Next Freelancer Must Have

Need a good hired gun? Here's what to look for. Read more

How to Fix Your Shipping Mess

Packing, labeling, shipping, handling: It's all really expensive. Here's how one designer tackled logistics costs. Read more

Make More Impact With Fewer People

Growth means different things to different people. And it doesn't necessarily mean more headcount. Read more

Inside the New War on Aging

As baby boomers try desperately to turn back the clock, entrepreneurs, scientists, & venture capitalists are trying to cash in. Read more

Score Your First Big Account

To grow, your business needs to reel in the big fish. Here's how I transformed my tiny business into one of the best-known PR firms in the United States. Read more

5 Ways to Look More Professional

Sometimes little things make a big difference. Here are some easy ways to get a competitive edge. Read more

4 Rewards That Are More Powerful Than Money

They reinforce positive behaviors, boost motivation, and build employees' self-esteem. Bonus: They won't cost you anything. Read more

Why Flexible Hours Inspire Performance

Don't waste a minute tracking your employees' hours. They'll get more done. Read more

Spur Your Brain to Innovate

Tips to fuel creativity and invention--geared to your brain type. Read more

Hot or Not? What the Web Thinks About Your Brand

Use these 9 free tools to measure 'social media sentiment' around your company, your brand, or even your own name. Read more

When to Share Company Secrets

There's one simple way to make your customers trust you: be open and honest with them from the start. Read more

CEO Lessons From a Super Bowl Coach

Moves that every entrepreneur should steal from the Tom Coughlin playbook. Read more

Don’t Waste Time on Bad Customers

Take the time to discover which customers add the most value to your business. Read more

How the Super Bowl Shortchanged the Web

Streaming the Super Bowl was smart. Turning it into a second-tier version of the event? Not so much. Read more

3 Lessons From the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Disaster

The foundation's recent public relations mess offers valuable takeaways for small businesses. Read more

Shy? 3 Ways to Use It to Your Advantage

A communication coach offers a bevy of tips on how entrepreneurs who don't naturally excel at self-promotion can shed their cloak of invisibility and get noticed. Read more

Podcasting for Profits

Yes, producing a podcast is a lot of work, but you are missing a major revenue driver if you don't. Here are six ways to make money broadcasting online. Read more

Super Bowl XLVI: 3 Winning Ads

Even if you never come close to buying a Super Bowl ad, you can learn a few key marketing rules from these big-game winners. Read more

3 Numbers All Owners Should Know

In the early days of a start-up, it can be tough to find good data to help with decision-making. Make sure you know these numbers. Read more

Growing Fast at a Campus Near You

Applicant of the week: The Campus Special is growing fast by marketing coupons to college students the old-fashioned way. Read more

Get More PR Coverage: 5 Easy Ways

Does the press love your business as much as you do? Here are five ways to grab the media's attention--no PR expertise required. Read more

5 Tech Trends That Will Last

Feel like you're always scrambling to keep up with the latest technology? Stop. These are the only five things you need to worry about. Read more

Why Big Banks Are Stiffing You

Despite denials, U.S. banks are deeply exposed to euro debt. No wonder they're turning down 90% of small business loans. Read more

How to Be Small and Scrappy — and Win

When you're up against some of the biggest competitors in the industry, you need to learn to play the game differently. Read more

Don't Go to Business School

An MBA can cost you upward of $100,000. Will the investment really to pay off? Read more

The 10 Worst Things to Say When You Fire Someone

Firing someone is hard -- but getting fired is always harder. Don't make it worse by putting your foot in your mouth. Read more

The Stealthiest Start-up Killer

It's the threat you never see coming. In fact, even after you crash and burn you still might not recognize it. Read more

How to Get Rich on Government Work

For many female business owners, the shortest route to a million in revenues runs through Washington. Read more

Get an Offer That's Just Right

Finding the perfect investor can be a Goldilocks-type challenge. Here's how one company found that 'just right' investor. Read more

5 Tech Rules Entrepreneurs Should Live By

How you use technology not only reflects on you personally, but also on your company and its reputation. Read more

How to Accomplish the Impossible

Genius sometimes just means not realizing that something is impossible. Read more

Building an iPad Rival: Crazy or Brilliant?

Most would say you'd have to be crazy. But this Chinese gadgetmaker proves being crazy can make you $100 million a year. Read more

6 Start-ups Betting on the Super Bowl

These companies are each putting $3.5M on the line for 30 seconds of fame during the big game. Will it pay off? Read more

The Secret to Attaining Work-Life Balance

As our business grew, I started neglecting my family and friends--and no advice seemed to help bring balance. That is, until I read this passage. Read more

Get Faster & More Flexible: 5 Tips

Sometimes, "perfect" can be a problem. Here's how to make your company more nimble. Read more

Why I Love L.A.'s Start-up Scene

A five-time entrepreneur makes the case for launching a company in Silicon Beach. He's not the only fan. Read more

5 Steps to Thinking Outside of the Box

How do people think outside of the proverbial box? They know how to view things more expansively. Here's how. Read more

Hack Days: Not Just for Facebookers

As part of Facebook's IPO filing, founder Mark Zuckerberg praised the concept of the "hackathon." Could something similar benefit your company, even if you're not in tech? Read more

How to Say You're Sorry: 5 Tips

A sincere apology can soothe an angry customer & put your relationship on the road to recovery. Here's how to get it right. Read more

Are You a Sales Star? It Depends

The ability to sell at the highest level is the result of genetics. But this doesn't mean you can't be a sales star. Read more

Founders: Are You Forgetting Something?

Don't be too focused on your product--because if you're not building a community for it, it may never get off the ground. Read more

Avoid These 4 Money Disasters

After all the sweat you've poured into making yourself successful, don't let these little oversights wreck your financial security. Read more