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Sit! Stay! Make Money! Good Company
Beginning as an information site for dog owners, SitStay.com has turned into a profitable online pet supply store. Read more
Sit! Stay! Make Money! Good Company
Beginning as an information site for dog owners, SitStay.com has turned into a profitable online pet supply store. Read more
Vintage Capitalist Amusements
Some business owners are collecting these fun artifacts of America’s financial history. (Hint: Do not pass go.) Read more
`Test Driving' the Company
Negotiating provisional purchase deals on acquisitions. Read more
Silence Is Golden
Try saying this at your next staff meeting: Shhhhhh. Read more
When Less Is More
A clothing distributor saves money--and the environment--by doing away with plastic packing materials. Read more
OSHA Can You See?
Using government experts to help insure compliance with safety and environmental laws. Read more
Comprehensive Environmental Response Cleanup and Liability Act (CERCLA)
Related Terms: Environmenta... Read more
International Exchange Rate
Related Terms: Exporting An international exchange rate, a... Read more
What's It Worth?
When Jim Hotze and Kent Watts decided to merge their businesses, they opted for a quick, relatively cheap "limited valuation" to determine the fair market va... Read more
Where to Go for Help: Europe
Albania Teuleda http://www.teuleda.org.al/index.php?gjuha=eng <... Read more
Speeding Up Technology With Liquid Crystals
The liquid crystals used in the digital displays of watches and hand-held calculators move at speeds measured in tenths of seconds. By increasing that sp... Read more
Mergers and Acquisitions
Related Terms: Discounted Cash Flow ; Read more
Enterprise Is Better The First Time Around
If at first you don't succeed, you're probably not on the INC. 500. Read more
The Growth Industry
The broad greenswards of suburbia are proving to be fertile ground for a new service business. Mowing lawns has remained the province of teenage entrepren... Read more
All He Needs Is Luvs
No wonder Claude Rogers felt frustrated. He thought he had a perfect product to sell to Procter & Gamble Co., the Cincinnati-based household products ... Read more
Survival Tactics: Sales Strategies
In a turbulent economy, marketing and sales strategies must be altered. Here' s a sampling of the new approaches companies in a variety of industries are ... Read more
Mailing Lists
Related Terms: Direct Mail Advertising is all about re... Read more
Ready, Willing, and Able
Reader-to-reader advice. Read more
Tax Planning
Related Terms: Accounting Methods ; Read more
CEO's Notebook
CEOs give advice on finding the right retirement plan, career planning for employees, learning to take a break from work, and motivating workers with employe... Read more
Minority Business Development Agency
Established in 1969 by executive order, the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) works to foster the creation, growth, and expansion of minority-ow... Read more
Safe Passage
How to make financial transactions secure on your Web site. A look at the technology, registering with certification authorities, and digital cash as an alte... Read more
Small Firm Wins A Round In Patent Case
In 1976, when LAM Inc., of Wakefield, Mass., submitted a bid to supply its patented lighting fixtures to five Florida schools, managers of the closely hel... Read more
Hubzone Empowerment Contracting Program
Related Terms: 8(a) Programs ; Read more
Export-Import Bank
The United States Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank, originally established in 1945, is an independent agency created to help finance U.S. exports to industriali... Read more
Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)
Related Terms: Inventions and Patents
Clean Water Act
Related Terms: Environmenta... Read more
Requiem For An Entrepreneur
Allan Gallant was building one of the most successful businesses in Alaska's history -- until his employees turned on him. Read more
The Mentors
Kent Sutherland solicited Wal-Mart's Sam Walton as his business mentor 18 years ago and has prospered ever since. Here's where to find a mentor and the great... Read more
Limiting Liability
Cheap debt in Switzerland; power from the wind (and from R D limited partnerships); taking the slow track in venture capital. Read more
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship comes from entrepreneur, anglicized from the original French word. It means someone who undertakes something. Merriam-Webster defines "e... Read more
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was established as an independent administrative agency pursuant to the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914. The purpo... Read more
The Cutting Edge
Profile of a start-up hair salon. Read more
Case Study: An Indie Record Store Fights for Survival
To save their indie record store chain, the owners of Millennium Music decided to completely change it. Read more
It's Not That Easy Going Green
Duncan Berry, ardent environmentalist and CEO of Apparel Source Inc., describes the ethical dilemma he faced when he learned that his industry causes massive... Read more
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