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Profits First, Growth Second

Why the logic of focusing on growth first and worrying about profitability later is often a bad idea. Every management team that wants to build a much bigger business eventually asks itself this question: "Why don’t we focus on growth first and worry about profitability later?" Bad idea. The logic may be valid, but the strategy is often flawed

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A New Tool for Comparing Health Care plans

Insurance Finder, a tool on Healthcare.gov, allows businesses to comparison shop for health insurance. The Department of Health and Human Services is trying to save small businesses time and hopefully, money. It's launched a new tool at Healthcare.gov to help find and compare health insurance plans

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To Move Your Business To A Higher Plane, Learn To Play 3-D Chess

I’m halfway around the world, in Brisbane, Australia, where, yesterday, I finished an intense two-day strategy session for the top 50 managers of a company determined to take over the world. Maybe not your world, but the world of installing large AC systems. During the strategy session, we stepped through a process of "strategic imagination" that I introduce in my next book, Outthink the Competition

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Sweet deal! Couple finds love in Black Friday line

Trevor MacDonald and Jessie Pierfelice are getting married after meeting three years ago while waiting in line outside a Super Target in Hurst, TX on Black Friday.

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Spotify, Rdio, And MOG On Artist Payments: Don’t Blame Us

In the beginning, music industry watchers hailed subscription streaming services such as Spotify , MOG, Rdio, and Rhapsody as saviors of the industry, an alternative for listeners and labels to the tyranny of the 99-cent iTunes download. But artists weren't singing the same happy song.

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Video: Fiber can cut colon cancer risk, study shows

Erica Hill and Jeff Glor talk to Dr. Holly Phillips about new research that shows three servings of whole grain fiber a day may help lower the risks of colorectal cancer.

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From The Editor: The Creative Economy

.caption {color:#666;font-size:11px;} .caption img {padding-bottom:2px;} Photo by Benjamin Lowy There are two economies at work in the United States right now. One is traditional, entrenched, powerful, and often highly profitable

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Faster, Cheaper 3D Printing

Someday, 3D printers may become as common as inkjet printers. Until then, there are affordable and easy ways to try them out.

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Get Funding Without Asking

An inside look at how YCharts scored $4.75 million in funding. YCharts CEO Shawn Carpenter had a great idea when he was still at Google.

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