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Due Diligence: Your Last Chance to Negotiate

Due diligence may feel routine, but it's your last chance to negotiate the sale of your company. How to get it right.  Read more

What Investors Need to Hear from You 

NYC TechStars managing director David Tisch on the start-up metrics that savvy investors watch most closely.  Watch video

3 Ways to Prep Your Business for Sale

Selling your business is a rigorous process, so the more you can do in advance, the more likely you are to realize a successful transaction when the time is ...  Read more

Numbers Never Lie: Why Your Accountant Is Your Biggest Asset

If you want to know why your business has stopped growing, talk to your accountant.  Read more

Prep Your Business to Sell for Top Dollar

A little polishing up today can boost the value of your business tomorrow. Here are three places to start.  Read more

The Election Could Affect the Sale of Your Business

Before you vote, take a look at how either candidate could impact your ability to successfully exit your small business.  Read more

If You Don't Dream, Nothing Happens 

"If you set seemingly impossible challenges," says Sir Richard Branson, "you make what people believed impossible possible."  Watch video

My Favorite Tool for Analyzing Financials

Must-haves: Why entrepreneur Jennifer Cattaui loves using BodeTree to analyze her company's financials.  Read more

Start-up Investing: Head Versus Heart

Over the years, we've had lots of chances to invest in other businesses. But it never felt right. Until now.  Read more

Review: 3 Website Monitoring Services

A look at services that alert you to website slowdowns and crashes.  Read more

Long Before the IPO: Shutterstock's Formative Decision 

To sustain a business, Shutterstock CEO Jon Oringer had to balance his price for photos with his payment to photographers.  Watch video

How to Sell Investors Your Dream 

NYC TechStars managing director David Tisch on how to make an effective case for getting funded.  Watch video

Online Inventory Management Tools

Not interested in spending thousands of dollars on an inventory management system? Here's a look at two Web-based offerings that make the job easy for a low ...  Read more

How to Sell Out in Style

Method co-founder Eric Ryan and his team celebrated the sale of the company in their own unique way.  Read more

3 Ways to Get Paid Faster

Cash-flow is key for small businesses. Improving yours could be as simple as changing a bit of wording on your invoices. Here's how.  Read more

Does Silicon Valley Have an Idea Problem?

With so many big problems in need of solving--think healthcare, education, transportation--why are so many start-ups focused on "me-too" ideas?  Read more

Your Company Post-You: 3 Things To Do Now

Succession planning comes in two varieties. The plan, and the back-up plan. Even if you don't have a plan, you need the back-up plan.  Read more

Tech Trends: Tools for Managing Contacts

We tried out two basic CRM tools that help organize contacts--and stay in touch with them.  Read more

Hard Lessons in Modern Lending

After the financial crisis, banks had to reduce risk. For business owners, the process has been a difficult education in the current-day workings of financing.  Read more

Medication Goes Digital

A digital pill that helps patients and caregivers monitor dosages.  Read more

How Fast Is Too Fast?

To determine the right growth rate for your business, ask yourself some key questions.  Read more

Crowdfunding Start-ups Hit Speed Bumps

The SEC stalls entrepreneurs hoping to cash in on the JOBS Act.  Read more

Coming Soon: The New All-You-Can-Fly Airline

Starting an airline is tough, but Surf Air just might have what it takes.  Read more

What VCs Really Care About

New research offers insights into how venture capitalists make funding decisions.  Read more

Is My Company Really Worth More Than The New York Times?

Evernote CEO Phil Libin ponders his company's billion-dollar valuation.  Read more