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The groups will provide counseling and training resources to help older entrepreneurs start and grow their own small businesses.
Victoria Tifft of Ohio’s Clinical Research Management Inc. takes the top SBA prize.
After years of studying and lecturing at Georgetown, the pair were ready to get their “hands a little dirty.”
Interactive Achievement provides online testing software to help educators analyze and track student performance on state benchmarks.
Janet Amirault recovered from a stroke to become one of the top business owners in Maryland.
California and New York churn out plenty of technology start-ups, but they apparently aren’t so welcoming to mom-and-pop shops.
Should workers be limited in what they can say online?
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Social media tips from entrepreneurs
Google’s social network has a long way to go before it has the same following as Facebook, but it does offer services like “hangouts,” or 10-way video chats. How can a business use hangouts to connect with customers?
Some communities on Twitter have started holding regular “chats” by tweeting at each other using hash tags. But are these e-meetings useful?
The picture-posting social network is adding users at an astounding pace — how can businesses capitalize on the boom?
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Having too much transparency with employees can actually negatively impact the bottom line
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Each site offers different insight. Here’s how to collect the most valuable information about each job appilicant.
Even before the SEC announces the finalized rules, there are steps entrepreneurs can take to prepare right now.
Usually, people couldn’t care less about your products’ features. What they care about is your company’s story.
Business owners often manage their companies under the notion that the future will closely resemble the past. It’s time to ditch that logic.
Now and then, you have to step away from the action and take a big-picture look at the direction of your business.
Companies sometimes divulge information on their social networking pages that provide insights into their priorities.
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Small business owners don’t necessarily have to work any harder when it comes to social media – they just have to work smarter.
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