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Pepperdine University


Recent Articles about Pepperdine University

10 Tips for Recruiting at Business Schools

Learn how to swim with the big fish and attract top MBA talent to your small business.  Read more

Small Business Lending on the Rise

U.S. small businesses borrowed money at a record rate in May, says data released Thursday.  Read more

The Timid Mindset of Small Businesses

I've been trying to wrap my head around the state of small business lending for a while. And not just the availability of financing, but demand for...  Read more

Don't Count on VC Money

Four ways your company can benefit from the economic downturn . Smart companies always find a way to transform adversity into an advantage and the r...  Read more

Boomtowns '06

Bellingham, Washington; St. George, Utah; McAllen, Texas... You may be surprised by the places that top our list of the hottest cities for entrepreneurs.  Read more

A Model for Smart Growth

Each day, Inc .'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: ...  Read more

How to Get Financing When Banks Won't Lend

Why more businesses are turning to their customers for financing.  Read more

Social Entrepreneurs Head to Malibu

Students, academics, entrepreneurs, and business leaders will gather in Malibu this month for a conference on the impact of social entrepreneurship, organ...  Read more

How Risky Are Cash Advances?

While a quick source of capital, cash advances can be a gamble. Ask yourself these four questions before tapping into this source.  Read more

Hail to the Chiefs

A CIO can help a small company use technology to fully realize competitive opportunities. Here's how to know when you need a CIO. Also: three companies that ...  Read more

Battle Over the Best Cities for Business

In Sunday's Boston Globe , author Christopher Shea illuminated the debate on what factors effect urban economi...  Read more

Boomtowns '07

Riverside, Provo, McAllen, Sarasota… You may be surprised by the places that top our list of the hottest cities for entrepreneurs.  Read more

The Entrepreneurial Superhero

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: ...  Read more

How to Choose a Successor

Are you dragging your feet when it comes to creating a succession plan? You shouldn't. Here's how to get started choosing (and training) your replacement.  Read more

In This Issue

Art and commerce aren't the natural enemies they are often made out to be.  Read more

How to Negotiate Effectively

Steps for getting what you want at the negotiating table.  Read more

Class Acts

Company owners are seeing to it that entrepreneurship is taught by the folks who practice it.  Read more

How the rankings were calculated

Our rankings are derived from three-month rolling averages of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics unadjusted employment data reported from September 1994 to...  Read more

TrendWatch: Jobs Jobs Jobs

Introducing TrendWatch, a weekly video series about the most important topics you need to know to run your small business now. This week: What Obama's jobs p...  Watch video

Top 25 Cities for Doing Business in America

If you're looking for cities large, medium, and small where job growth is robust and economies are strong, head to the ones on this year's Top Cities list. F...  Read more

Doing Well and Good

How social responsibility helped one coffee grower land a deal with Starbucks.  Read more

Unlimited Partners

A profile of three companies and their relationships with their boards of directors.  Read more

Entrepreneurs of the Year

Be fast, be frugal, be right. These are the business principles that spurred Janie and Victor Tsao to transform their home-based start-up into a $500 million...  Read more

Entrepreneurs of the Year

Be fast, be frugal, be right. These are the business principles that spurred Janie and Victor Tsao to transform their home-based start-up into a $500 million...  Read more

Should Netscape Control the Web

This article details the problems that users may face as companies stuggle to control the Web browser industry.  Read more

Where Great Ideas for New Businesses Come From

How four companies came into being.  Read more