Adding Value -- By Getting Out of the Business
No one will pay big bucks for your company if they don't believe it can run without you. Here's how to show it can. Read more
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Deeper Look: Tesla's Big Loan Fumble
Tesla and Fisker each faced a cash crunch with huge ramifications. Can electric automobile start-ups actually make it? Read more
Beware the VC Fad Factor
An annual ranking of top start-ups suggests VC funding and success go hand in hand. That's one huge mistake you don't want to make. Read more
Managing the Emotional Toll of Selling Your Small Business
Don't let your emotions--sorrow, anger, or a sense of loss--hijack the sale of your small business. Here are tips on keeping a level head. Read more
Overlooked Financing Option for Your Business
If you need to cash to build your company but aren't keen on draining your personal savings or giving up equity to venture capitalists, there may be another ... Read more
Where Have All the M&A Deals Gone?
Why this may be the worst time to sell a business. Read more
Can I Afford Another Employee?
It depends on your Cost of Goods Sold. Here's how to calculate it. Read more
3 Killer Tools for Scheduling Shifts
These Web-based platforms take the hassle out of organizing employee shifts and vacations. Read more
More Trouble Ahead for Small Business Loans
A struggling lender's sale could further tighten small firms' access to capital. Read more
3 Secrets to the Lean Start-up
If a small company is disciplined enough not to waste from the get go, it can set itself up to beat the odds and flourish later. Read more
Richard Branson's Student-Debt Plan
At a time when student-loan debt is crippling the American Dream, the British mogul has a big idea on how entrepreneurship can fix it. Read more
Will Raising Money be Child's Play for a Toy Start-up?
Sproutel makes toys that help children deal with chronic illness. Will investors play along? Read more
Tech Trends: Next on the Agenda
Check out cool apps that keep you on schedule all day. Read more
How to Save a Dying Company
Vital Network Systems was losing half a million dollars every month. Here are three key steps that helped turn the company around. Read more
Why'd You Start Your Business? 3 End Goals
Before you do anything else, figure out why--in the first place--you launched your business. You need to know now what you want to get out of it. Read more
Entrepreneur Ben Lerer: 'I Realized I Had Been Going to Work the Wrong Way' 
When his father, Ken Lerer, sold The Huffington Post, Ben Lerer realized it's not all about the exit. Watch video
What Private Equity Sharks Can Teach You
You can learn to be a better entrepreneur by studying the analytic process of the PE portfolio manager. No, really. Read more
When Happiness Is Not Enough
Keeping employees loyal isn't all about perks. Sometimes, you need to use both carrots and sticks. Read more
Is Your Company Suffering From Short-Term-itis?
Managing partner of Satori Capital Sunny Vanderbeck says an overemphasis on short-term results can cause relationships with key stakeholders to erode in a bu... Read more
How to Identify Your Target Customers
The clock is ticking on our 20-minute business model. Today's task: Describing potential customers for the new business - in five minutes or less. Read more
Worth It or Not Worth It: That Is the Question
A new book boils each of life's financial dilemmas down to a simple question. And it actually works. Read more
Fundraising Saga of a Desperate Entrepreneur - Part 4
In this last part of founder and CEO of HappyFamily Shazi Visram's launch story she talks about becoming profitable without private equity funding. Read more
4 Ways to Supercharge a Business Trip
Think you can't grow as a leader while waiting in a security line? Think again. Check out easy ways to maximize your next business trip. Read more
Steve Case: IPOs Are Good for You
The founder of AOL makes a good case for why an IPO is often the best exit strategy for a company's founder. But Case has his reasons, and they may not be yo... Read more
Sometimes, You Need Millions of Dollars to Grow a Start-up
In 2009, in order to build her organic baby food company, Shazi Visram raised $11 million--fast. Last year, HappyFamily Brands's sales hit $35 million. Watch video
