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5 Tips for Dealing With Holiday Stress
For entrepreneurs, the holiday season can be harrowing. Follow these stress relieving tips to deal with yuletide anxiety. Read more
Stop Making Your Employees Work Holidays
Does ever earlier seasonal madness tempt you to keep your doors open during holidays? An MIT professor explains why that's probably a bad idea. Read more
Small Business Saturday By the Numbers
Consumers preferred big-box stores on Black Friday. But, according to retailers--and social media--Small Business Saturday is actually gaining traction. Read more
Are Small-Business Owners Jealous of Tech Start-ups?
Cities are scrambling to create technology hubs to lure talent. But when government programs put financial resources into job creation, certain small-busines... Read more
My Wildly Outlandish Holiday Strategy
Wild Creations's founder shares his company's plan to maximize the holiday season. Read more
A Government Program That Actually Helps Entrepreneurs
Drew Greenblatt is the president of Maryland-based Marlin Steel. Today, he testifies before Congress about how the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms prog... Read more
4 Ways to Win the Holiday Shopping Wars
Holiday retail sales are expected to rise. But with big box retailers battling over who can offer the lowest prices, how can small businesses compete? Read more
What Is 'Made in America' Worth?
Probably more than you think. As more manufacturing returns to U.S. shores, early signs show that a "Made in America" label is a serious competitive advantage. Read more
For Some Businesses, Sandy May Present a Windfall
Companies that end up profiting from natural disasters walk a tightrope between profiteering and intelligent marketing. Here's how smart entrepreneurs do it. Read more
3 Steps to Getting Apple's Manufacturing Back in the U.S.A.
The presidential debate stirred a debate about outsourcing jobs overseas. Here's how one expert believes Apple can bring manufacturing back home. Read more
Another Sign 'Artisanal' Has Jumped the Shark
David Rees started an artisanal pencil-sharpening business--and wrote a book about it. Only he's not so eager to laugh at his own joke. Read more
The Rise of the Robotic Work Force
Famed roboticist Rodney Brooks is back with a breakthrough invention that could revitalize American manufacturing and automate millions of jobs. Read more
Jennifer Lopez Has a Start-up
How ShoeDazzle founder Brian Lee teamed up with Jennifer Lopez to create a new T-shirt company. Read more
How Your Tech Team Can Help Win Clients
A software company hosts a hackathon and lets its engineers mingle with customers. The results may surprise you. Read more
Test Retail Ideas Before You Sign a Lease 
Try out store concepts before you commit. Advice from Naveen Jain, founder and CEO of inome, and Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council. Watch video
Is Your Customer Service This Good?
One entrepreneur recalls when Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh proved the superiority of his company's customer service. Read more
How High-Tech Is Changing Retail
The difference between the winners and losers in retail increasingly comes down to one factor: tech savvy. Read more
Til Death (or the Company) Do Us Part: Working with Your Spouse
Yes, you can work with your spouse -- and survive it. Read more
MicroTech: The Latest Inc. 500 Hall of Famer
Tony Jimenez, CEO and founder of IT-services company MicroTech, talks about the road from military service to running a tech company--where he sometimes hang... Read more
Inside the Battle for Internet TV
As more consumers tune in to watch network television online, networks and start-ups are butting heads over ownership of live Internet TV. Here are the curre... Read more
Inside Thrillist's Grand Plan For Growth
Ben Lerer and Adam Rich's dude-centric e-commerce and newsletter company brought in $32 million last year, so what's the deal, man, with the new $13 million ... Read more
Gaming Industry Haunted by Safety Concerns
It's never been a better time be a game developer. It's also never been more complicated. When building games, founders must keep young players safe--and sta... Read more
Small Business Riled by Credit Card Fee Deal
A landmark class action settlement returns billions of dollars to merchants and allows them to add surcharges to Visa and MasterCard transactions. But does i... Read more
6 Questions for Pinkberry CEO Ron Graves
The CEO of the yogurt chain talks leadership lessons from Howard Schultz, overcoming copycats, and coping with a scandal. Read more
Entrepreneurship Education for the Jobless
A nonprofit is helping transform the unemployed into entrepreneurs through simple but effective training. File that under both 'good deeds' and 'smart econom... Read more
Big Banks Have LIBOR; Small Business Has Lobster?
Maine's lobstermen have gotten hammered by plummeting prices. So why are restaurants soldiering on without adjusting prices? Read more
Increase Online Sales: A 10-Step Checklist
Make sure users purchase what's in their shopping carts before they leave your site. Adopt these user experience best practices. Read more
Small Businesses Bracing For Drought's Effects
U.S. entrepreneurs anticipate a severe economic ripple effect as everything from the size of hams to the price of cupcakes is affected by the extremely hot a... Read more
Surprising Way Female Entrepreneurs Are Left Out
A pair of number-crunching economists claim that women-owned small businesses are missing out on the revenue-boosting effects of shops clustering together. Read more
How to Pitch the Media
Public relations advice from Thrillist co-founder Adam Rich and Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council. Watch video
Secret to Outstanding Customer Service
Growth and scale are typically the enemy of great, personal customer service--except in this case. Read more
Inside the New Frontiers of Clean Energy
Energy is much of the world's greatest expense; it's also an industry with incredible potential to create jobs and democratize communities. Here's how. Read more
4 Tips for Building a Mighty Brand
Kevin Plank, the founder of Under Armour, turned his renegade idea into a brand that's a household name. Here's how he did it. Read more
5 Start-ups Keeping Home-Cooling Costs Low
It's hot out there. These innovative companies are keeping you cool, while keeping average heating and cooling costs down. Read more
