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Small-business owners are beginning to treat the valuation of their business as an integral part of running it. A closer look at online valuation calculators, business brokers and the valuation process.
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It has been another tough year for many small businesses. One in four, according to the National Federation of Independent Business, believes the biggest problem is weak sales. Here are five businesses that hung on as long as they could, but had to close their doors in 2011.
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Today's trends become tomorrow's realities. And while trends are intriguing to learn about for their own sake, they should abe an important component of your strategic thinking and planning for your small business as you head into 2012.
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With dogs substituting as children in many families, doggy day care is an industry that is growing despite the flailing economy. Owners spent an estimated $51 billion this year on their pets, including $3.65 billion on services such as boarding and grooming.
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What's the most efficient way to leverage the new idea of a private public partnership inceding venture capital ideas? Sharing perspective on the role of venture capitalists, with Ann Winblad, Winblad Venture.
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Faced with soaring unemployment rates, many returning Iraq and Afghan war veterans are taking matters into their own hands by starting their own businesses.
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The average cost to start a business in America is only $325 and the average amount of time it takes to start one is a mere six days, reports Intuit. Here are five strategies to jumpstart your new enterprise without breaking the bank.
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"What we had, and what we did, we always thought of our people and our customers," says Kenneth Langone, Home Depot co-founder/Invemed Associates. Also, Arthur Blank, Home Depot co-founder/Atlanta Falcons owner and Bernie Marcus, Home Depot co-founder/Marcus Foundation chairman discuss building a business today according to the customer.
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Congress is looking at ways to make it easier for entrepreneurs to raise money, with CNBC's Julia Boorstin.
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The decision to close a business can be one of the most painful experiences an entrepreneur can face. But if you learned from the experience and can take those lessons into your next business, that is success–not a failure, the Christian Science Monitor reports.
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Bésame's vintage-inspired cosmetics are displayed on a vanity table in “The Artist,” a film that was recently voted this year’s best movie by the New York Film Critics Circle and by many accounts is on the fast-track to an Oscar nomination.
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Where do most entrepreneurs get start-up funds from? It's not what you'd think. While venture capitalists get all the attention, more often than not, it's from the entrepreneur's own savings.
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Forced to pay back loans shortly after graduation, many soon-to-be graduates say they would take any job they could find, even if was something far outside their field of study. This exercise will likely set them back for years, pushing their entrepreneurial desires to the back burner, if not off the table entirely.
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Some workers who toil in corporate cubicles view entrepreneurship as the cure for all workplace ills. Only when they run a business do they discover reality is much different.
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While people start businesses for multiple reasons, many have one common factor: they fail. Some strategies for increasing your odds of success.
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Even in a weak economy, there continues to be a strong interest among the millennial generation in pursuing an entrepreneurial career, the Christian Science Monitor reports.