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Ideas are great, but no start-up can survive without sales--and a mastery of the psychology behind selling. (Hint: manipulation skills are not required.) Read more
Fisker: Better Off Without Its Founder?
Henrik Fisker resigned Wednesday from the electric vehicle company he started. Can Fisker Automotive bounce back without him? Read more
Is the Series A Crunch a Myth?
A new report looks at 10 years worth of data on VC deals. Here's what you need to know. Read more
How to Lead Change (Hint: Target Eeyore First)
These four tips will help you keep producing--and implementing--the changes that will make your company great. Read more
What If Your Gut Is (Gasp!) Wrong?
Chip and Dan Heath, authors of Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work , on how to make better executive decisions Read more
What to Tell Customers When Selling Your Business
Selling a business can be a complicated process. But don't forget about your customers--the people who will continue to patronize the business after you're l... Read more
Stop Bargaining and Start Negotiating
A good negotiator knows how to get the bargainer off his or her script. Read more
5 Reasons to Keep Your Outsourcing Close to Home
How to outsource your software development without booking a flight to Asia. Read more
5 Tips for Surviving the Shark Tank
If you get an opportunity to pitch your business to investors, following these five principles will help you secure funding for your growth. Read more
The Trouble With Social Media
We all know that quantity, not quality, rules social media. But we don't think about what, exactly, that means. Read more
How Yuri Milner's Hands-Off Investment Strategy Pays Off
Yuri Milner, the billionaire Russian investor who owns 2 percent of Facebook, has pioneered a new type of investment strategy. Clearly, it's working. Read more
7 Investment Principles for Entrepreneurs
Those of us who have large investments in private businesses aren't like typical savers. We need a different strategy for our personal investments. Read more
13 Traits of an Outstanding Salesperson
When you're hiring salespeople, you're hiring the future of your company. Here are qualities young start-up founders say they look for in new sales hires. Read more
Digital Franchises: New Spin on an Old Business Model
Brick-and-mortar businesses using franchising to scale. Why shouldn't websites? The founder of OrderUp explains how it's done. Read more
5 Reasons You Can't Sell Your Company
Some transactions just don't close, despite the huge amount of time the owner sinks into them. Here's why. Read more
Have You Taken a Good Look at Your Business Recently?
March is a good time to review your first quarter and figure out which strategies work, and which don't. Read more
Death by RFP: 7 Reasons Not To Respond
Flattered to be asked to respond to an RFP? You shouldn't be. Here's why they're bad for your business. Read more
What to Tell Employees During an Ownership Transition
Ownership transitions can be tricky. Don't exclude the backbone of the business--your employees. Read more
What's Your Software Company Really Worth?
Here are the five things venture capitalists generally look at to peg your company's valuation. Read more
How We Got Funded: Betterment
Always be networking, and don't get cocky, a financial start-up learns. Read more
Clients Don't Pay? 5 Things You Can Do About It
Every business has customers who can't or won't pay. But there are several ways you can deal with them. Read more
The Myth of the Overnight Success
Moving your small business from plan to powerhouse always takes a ton of preparation--even if most people never see it. Read more
5 Steps to Navigating Your Toughest Prospects
Why pitching to a big company is different -- and how to do it well. Read more
What's Your Company Really Worth?
Here are the approaches buyers will use to determine your company's current value and prospects for growth. Read more
Avoid Getting Stung by the Affordable Care Act
Yes, your health-care-benefits costs are going to go up. But if you play your cards right, you may have more flexibility than you think. Read more
Tech Trends: Time-Management Apps
A new breed of apps takes a holistic approach to an age-old conundrum. Read more
VCs Bet $1.4 Billion on Big Data in 2012
According to a new report, total investment dollars went down last year, but the number of deals and exits soared. Read more
Do You Even Have a Pricing Strategy?
Too many companies set prices based on their own costs or on the prices of their competitors. Here's what you should be doing. Read more
Marketing Attribution: What You Need to Know
How do you evaluate the performance of print, TV, or banner ads? Here's how to assign credit to the right marketing channels. Read more
Why Product Management is Everything
Many companies think they're doing product management, but they're not. Here's what it looks like, and why you need it. Read more
2 IPO Lessons From Shutterstock 
Shutterstock's $76 million IPO has been called 'picture perfect.' Here CEO Jon Oringer confides two ways to help you follow in his footsteps. Watch video
5 Characteristics of a Qualified Business Buyer
In the business-for-sale marketplace, window-shoppers waste precious time and resources. Here what to look for in a qualified buyer. Read more
3 Ways to Improve Your Odds of a Sale
The way that companies make purchasing decisions has changed. Here are three ways to keep selling even after your buyers have tightened the purse strings. Read more
Why Banks Still Aren't Lending to You
New data says commercial lending is booming, and interest rates are at record lows. So why aren't small businesses getting loans? Read more
