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U R What U Tweet: 5 Steps To A Better Personal Brand

If you take a look at the top 10 Twitter users you'll see a list of famous men and women, from Justin Bieber to Selena Gomez, who have used the popular platform to further expand their personal brands. Perhaps more interesting, however, is how everyday people are investing more time and energy into social networking for professional purposes. Just over a year ago, a local 16-year-old high school student emailed me out of the blue, proposing that he join me as a guest on a TV show I host.

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Why One Movie Chain Doesn’t Fear Netflix

The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema chain is bucking a national trend of declining moviegoer attendance. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema , the Austin-based movie theater chain founded by film fanatic Tim League, saw an increase in audience in 2011, the year national attendance at the movies hit a 16-year low.

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Dysfunctional Family? You’d Make a Great Entrepreneur

Most successful founders are no strangers to chaos and stress. In fact, they learned how to deal with it gracefully at a very young age. If you’ve never founded a company , rest assured it never happens as elegantly and smoothly as articles in Inc

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Ford Cruises Into Silicon Valley, Revs Up Work On Wired Wheels

Ford is hoping to jump-start a new race in automative mobile tech by way of an outpost in the heart of the nation's tech innovation district--a research lab in Silicon Valley that will help it make better cars and better friends. Gentlemen and gentlewomen: Start your algorithms

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"Owner:" Popular Gen Y Job Title on Facebook

Forget teacher or assistant, among those aged 18 to 29 on Facebook, owner is a more popular job title, underlining the strong connection between this generation and entrepreneurship. Exactly how entrepreneurial is Gen Y? That's a contested issue in the blogosphere with some saying today’s young people are a born generation of business owners and others arguing they’re simply victims of the terrible economy forced into finding alternate routes to employment

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Compete on Value … Not on Price

Use these three steps to get customers to look beyond price to see the value your company truly offers I always compete on value. I will not compete on price. If you follow these three basic rules, you can do it too

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Video: Where’s the flu?

It may seem like the flu season is getting a late start this year, but don't be fooled. Dr. Holly Phillips reports on the season's slow start and how to protect yourself from the flu in the latest "HealthWatch."

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Introducing the One-Sector Economy

Entrepreneurship can fix many of our economic woes, explains the author of The Coming Prosperity. Here's his thought-provoking metaphor for our current economy. How should you think about the relationship between established, large businesses and scrappy upstarts like the one you’re trying to build?

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3 Ways to Build Customers’ Trust

With online retail in particular, trust is a critical element in building sales. Here's how to demonstrate your company's reliability. Any selling relationship has a lot to do with trust

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