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3 Things I Wish I Knew Back When

A 28-year-old CEO looks offers some advice to his brash-but-clueless younger self. When you're staring a venture as difficult as building a business, in some ways ignorance is bliss. Being unburdened by any real appreciation of the difficulties you’re getting yourself into can be a great boost to confidence, optimism and energy

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Don’t Be The Spanish Armada: How Fast Is Your Fleet?

In 1588, 130 Spanish ships pointed their bows toward England, intent on invading the country and overthrowing Queen Elizabeth I. But they were unprepared for the battle they instigated.

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Essential Money Tips for Women Owners

You run your own business, and data show you probably invest more successfully than men. So why is money still so intimidating?

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Memberly Helps You Give Your Day Job The Finger

From coffee to crafts to paywalled blog posts, Memberly customers are building businesses based on predictability.
 Jesse Thorn produces a web series that teaches men how to dress like grown ups. But he's found a new way to make money off of his site while he's sleeping like a baby.

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Amazon’s Plagiarism Problem

Amazon's erotica section isn't just rife with tales of lust, incest, violence, and straight-up kink. It's also a hotbed of masked merchants profiting from copyright infringement. And even with anti-piracy legislation looming, Amazon doesn't appear too eager to stop the forbidden author-on-author action

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Why Family and Friends Make the Best Business Partners

Conventional wisdom says you shouldn't go into business with friends or family. Why you should ignore this entirely. Conventional wisdom says never to go into business with family or friends.

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Ban on imported OJ: Why FDA acted

Gov't bans imports after traces of illegal fungicide found, even though FDA says the juice is perfectly safe

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B-list celebs hit the high seas

Now is your chance to sign up for the just-announced Kate Gosselin cruise and sail away with the two-time reality-TV star, former “Dancing with the Stars” competitor and celebrity blogger for CouponCabin.com.

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How to Squeeze Creativity From Your Employees

The makers of an Oscar-nominated short film app weigh in on managing uber-creative employees, running a studio like a start-up, and why CEOs should take more business trips. Moonbot Studios, a digital animation and development company based in Shreveport, Louisiana, describes itself as "an interplanetary creative expedition of story and art." If that sounds vague—even a bit nebulous—that's because its founders like to keep thing fluid

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Raising Money? Don’t Get Ripped Off

Before you look for venture capital, you'd better have a great venture lawyer, and be prepared to keep her in the loop. You're looking for a financing round to help give the company much-needed runway to develop its product—but you don't want a large chunk of the investment going to the lawyers

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