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Recent Personal Finance Articles

3 Steps to Avoid an IRS Audit of Your Tax Return

If you don't outsource your tax preparation--your time is limited, after all--here's how to audit-proof your return.  Read more

3 Things You Don't Know About Sales

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

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

After You Sell, What's Next?

You're selling your small business for a reason, but your buyer may have other plans for you.  Read more

Got Funding? 7 Things to Do Now

It's too easy to lose focus after reaching this all-important milestone. Stay the course postfunding with these tips.  Read more

Why I Love My Angriest Customers

What do you do when a customer says you should be "hunted down and beaten to death"? Evernote's CEO, Phil Libin, treats it as market research.  Read more

One Operating Expense You Can Bring Way Down

You try to keep your business expenses down. Here's a way to do the same with your investment expenses.  Read more

When Business Gets Boring

You don't enjoy the work anymore, but retirement isn't all that far off. Chin up, or shove off?  Read more

Top Thing to Invest in Right Now: You

Buy key-person insurance. Stat. It's the best investment you'll make this year.  Read more

Best Investing Tip for 2013

You know you need to periodically recrunch your numbers and assumptions in your business plan. It's time to do the same with your investments.  Read more

Best Gift Idea? Be an Angel Investor

Make an investment in someone's future. But don't seek out the founder behind the next hot start-up: Start younger and think longer term.  Read more

Why Entrepreneurs Fail at Retirement

Infographic: Entrepreneurs are working longer and relying on smaller nest eggs. And many say they'll never retire. Check out the stats.  Read more

How John Borthwick Tries to Reinvent Digg 

Earlier this year, John Borthwick's Betaworks acquired the lagging social news website Digg. Here he talks about how Digg became a start-up again.  Watch video

Kickstarter Won't Sell Out | Company of the Year Runner-up

The world's most popular crowdfunding site, founded by Perry Chen, Yancey Strickler, and Charles Adler, has helped 80,000 entrepreneurs and artists fund proj...  Read more