Going Back to School
It seems entrepreneurs these days are going back to college. Not to get an education, but to launch businesses on their old stomping grounds. An article i... Read more
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A Buyer's Guide To Events
Looking for a little ROI among the RSVPs? Here's what sponsors pay (and the benefits they receive) at events of all sizes. Read more
Virtual You
Virtual universities have become increasingly popular with business owners who want more education, but who need a flexible study schedule. A look at these "... Read more
Steve Prelosky
Age: 30 Hometown: Pittsburgh Undergraduate Degree: Pennsylvania State University Business School: Graduate School of Industrial Administ... Read more
HR Software Helps Retain Staff
A marketing and retail company near Penn State University found that human resources software helped to institute effective employee reviews and retain the r... Read more
Universities: Your New Best Friend
For resource-hungry entrepreneurs, the explosion of university-based business-development programs comes as sweet relief in tight economic times. From Ann Ar... Read more
Proofread Your Content
Spelling errors and other mistakes can diminish your credibility and turn off potential customers, leading to costly customer service problems. Proofread ... Read more
Online Customer Surveys for Small Business
A variety of companies now offer inexpensive surveys that can help you do market research online. Read more
Busted: Apps Sharing GPS Data With Advertisers
Let me be clear, this study only covers Android apps. Howeer, researchers from Intel Labs, Duke and Penn State have been working together to track the act... Read more
How Many Accountants Does It Take to Change an Industry?
Now may be the time to find accountants with upgraded skills, lower prices, and customized services. Read more
Terminal Illness
Instead of relying on the vendor to repair its video display terminals (VDTs), Collegian Inc., a newspaper publisher at Pennsylvania State University, hir... Read more
Boosting Small Business
Overcoming an antibusiness bias The idea of states cutting red tape for development permits and business licenses is nothing new, but Oregon has add... Read more
VC Fundraising Grows in the Second Quarter
July 20, 2005 --A survey released Monday by the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Venture Economics found that venture cap... Read more
Private Lives;
A sampling of America's pacesetters shows that the CEOs are as diverse as the products and services they sell. Read more
Of Mice And Mettle
A stone's throw across the Charles River from our Boston offices lies Harvard University, home of the Harvard Business School, and a symbol of Establishme... Read more
Do-It-Yourself Aid
Is college around the corner? Families too wealthy for need-based aid are turning to the tax code to help pay the bill. Ashley Young, 18, is begi... Read more
Succession Planning Not Just for Top Execs
The words "succession planning" are usually associated with finding the right people to fill the highest-level positions. But planning for future s... Read more
Imagine Your Best Employees Vanishing Overnight. For Beekeepers, It's Reality
Nearly a quarter of the nation's bees have died from a mysterious disorder in just the past few months. Read more
Corporate Universities for Small Companies
Corporate universities are no longer just a big-company phenomenon. Small companies can use in-house training programs to improve recruitment, increase reven... Read more
Who Turned Down $100 Million?
Path, that's who. Plus, a Super Bowl gamble, highly successful companies you've never heard of, and the rest of the day's news. Read more
How to Handle a Spike in Sales
As the economy improves, company owners face a new challenge: How to handle a spike in sales. Read more
High On The Hog
In the end, they'll call it corporate vision. But to Don Beaver, it looks more like years of false starts, wrong turns, and belated inspiration. Read more
What Entrepreneurs Can't Learn at Business School
Spreadsheets are handy tools -- but nothing can replace that fire in the belly. Read more
A Better Way to Surf?
Firefox fans say the new Web browser is more secure than Internet Explorer. Should your company switch? Read more
A Better Way to Surf?
Firefox fans say the new Web browser is more secure than Internet Explorer. Should your company switch? Read more
Broken Promises
The bitter truth about partnerships between large automotive corporations and their suppliers. Read more
Stephanie Kaplan, Windsor Hanger, and Annie Wang, Founders of Her Campus
A trio of Harvard students take a campus publication online and discover a promising business opportunity. Watch video
There's Gold In Them Thar Hills
For those small companies engaged in technological innovation, the Small Business Innovation Research program can be a rich source of funding. Read more
Would You Fire Someone for Taking Time Off to Donate a Kidney?
A mother's attempt to save her son spotlights holes in the Family and Medical Leave Act: It doesn't apply to businesses with fewer than 50 employees. Read more
The Real Threat From Asia
Hong Kong and Singapore have seen their future, and it is not providing cheap labor for American know-how. Read more
Breaking Away
This year's crop of M.B.A.s has more in mind than investment banking and high-paying consulting jobs Read more
Everyone's a CFO
When Andrew Levine opened his PR firm's books, employees seemed bored. So he asked them to make the financial presentations instead. Read more
Restoration Software
An Internet company seems an odd fit for a depressed former factory town. But since Shore.Net moved to Lynn, Mass., company and city have been riding each ot... Read more
The Education of a Big-Company Man
Jim Kilmer's years at H.J. Heinz didn't prepare him for company-building as well as he had expected. Read more
The Entrepreneur of the Year
Introduction to the Entrepreneur of the Year judges and the selection process. Read more
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