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New Talents Ltd.

Entrepreneurs don't grow on trees, and relatively few come out of business schools, either. Lately, however, there have been signs of a new blossoming of ...  Read story

What's Next: Taskus Interruptus

Why interruption, distraction, and multitasking are not such awful things after all.  Read story

Trade Wars Through The Ages

"Great talk of the Duch proclaiming themselfs in India lords of the Southern Seas and deny traffique there to all ships but their own, upon pain of confis...  Read story

Internet Users Object to Tailored Ads

Study reveals bad news for companies that track online users in order to tailor advertising.   Read story

Trade Wars Through The Ages

"(It) would be better to buy beef produced by the King's subjects, dear though it is, both for the navy and for private individuals, than to buy it at a l...  Read story

Trade Wars Through The Ages

In the fourth century, the Persians drastically raised the price of raw silk they sold to the Byzantine merchants. Justinian, the Byzantine ruler, attemp...  Read story

Trade Wars Through The Ages

"The English had now begun to deluge the markets of France with their whale oils: and they were enabled by the great premiums given by their Government to...  Read story

Experiential Entrepreneurship Education

Here are a few colleges that offer experience-based entrepreneurship programs.  Read story

Business Information Sources

Business information comes in general surveys, data, articles, books, references, search-engines, and internal records that a business can use to guide it...  Read story

The Problem With Passion

Good entrepreneurs can be bad investors.  Read story

Upstarts: Car Sharing

Sure, owning a car in the city is a hassle. But is car sharing the answer? Two American start-ups are betting that it is.  Read story

Racing To Stay In Place

The state that gave us Silicon Valley has found that it can't rest on its chips.  Read story

What's The Pentagon's Role In The Chip Wars?

In the high-stakes semiconductor business, Japan has the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) and the United States has the Defense Departm...  Read story

The Best (Way)laid Plans

Here's an Inc. 500 CEO who found that focus, fearlessness, and flexibility work better than a business plan.  Read story

Moments of Decision

A mere business account will never jar you quite like your big date with the Grim Reaper will, but any account could change the way you do business -- or ...  Read story

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 story

Bananas, My Brand, and Me

Jessica Nam never thought of becoming "a brand" when she started a cottage business while in school. That's changed.  Read story

Sour Grapes

Chalone's strategy was to trade the efficiency of large wineries for the quality image of small ones. And it worked-for a while.  Read story

The Disciples of David Birch

A new generation of researchers discover the effect of small business on the economy.  Read story

With A Little Help From His Friends

A long-shot start-up company gets help from a number of helpful, interested businesspeople.  Read story

The Tokyo Connection

The ramifications of small high-tech companies looking to Japan to fund their development.  Read story

Case Study: Going for Broke

Few small companies survive Chapter 11, which makes filing for bankruptcy a last resort for the average privately held business.  Read story

Milking the Profits

How a group of family farmers joined forces to create and market a premium brand of milk.  Read story

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