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How to Grow Your Niche

Learning the Ansoff Matrix, which shows four ways that businesses can grow and the risks associated with each option, can help you grow your niche.

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House Considers Removing Funding Obstacles

Four bills are up for consideration, including ones that allow up to $2 million from crowd-funding sites. Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives quickly advanced four bills that would make it easier for small businesses to line up capital.

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Using Social Tools On Their Sites, Not Facebook, Web Retailers Boost Sales With Sociable Labs

Making "social" work for online retailers is simple, says Nisan Gabbay founder of Sociable Labs. "Let’s move away from business-to-consumer marketing and go back to people-to-people." Sociable Labs may be the secret weapon retailers have been waiting for when it comes to social media. Over the past year, the San Mateo-based startup’s been operating in stealth mode with a $75,000 cash infusion from Facebook's fB Fund, and $1 million in subsequent angel funding

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Hip-Hop Impresario Russell Simmons Visiting Inc. in Big Apple on Nov. 1

Russell Simmons--rap impresario and founder of Def Jams Records, Phat Farm and author of "Do You" has a life and career outlook that's made him one of the most successful entertainment moguls in history. His family is famous, too, with reality TV shows covering both Russell's family and his brother's family's (The Reverend Run) every move

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Maui resort marks 20 years with 20-hand massage

The effect must be similar to 10 maestros all sitting down on the same piano bench. But instead of bestowing their virtuosity upon 85 ivory keys, they’re simultaneously striking your aching muscles.

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Rule-Breaking CEOs

Entrepreneurs think of themselves as "rule-breakers" but even seasoned business owners can find themselves falling under the spell of conventional wisdom. "It's not done that way" or "it's never been done that way" can be common fallbacks for anyone who comes up through an industry

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Video: Growing noses, ears and windpipes in the lab

CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips reports on a medical professor in England who developed a breakthrough technique for manufacturing replacement organs that involves growing body parts in a laboratory.

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5 Back-Office Tech Innovations

These new tech tools can improve the flow of your business operations, help you attract new customers or develop new loyalty programs, and directly impact your monthly sales. You might notice something different about the sales receipt at Burgerville, a chain of 39 burger shops in the Portland area. Using a technology developed by SmartReceipt (www.receipt.com), the chain shows customized nutrition information about your specific order, news and trivia, and marketing information.

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More Than a Video Blip

Dina Kaplan, Chief Marketing Officer for Blip.tv explains how believing in an idea and eventually backing it up with increased metrics can lead to success and money.

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