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Dont let a natural disaster spell ruin for your business. Learn from the experts how to protect against and recoup financial losses. When Hurricane Katrina struck the gulf coast in 2005, it left an estimated $75 billion in damages in its wake.

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My daughter fell on her nose at camp this summer. This, in a nutshell is why I’m reluctant to seek venture capital or to build my business, FamiliesGo!, in a way that necessitates it

Tekscape founder and owner David Smith uses his experience as an engineer and his belief in his business to manage pressure and his employees.

We can debate all day if the chicken came before the egg. We can also debate whether it is smarter or not to have the carriage in front of the horse. But what is not debatable is the need for you to have sales, any sales, in order to get investors excited

Ten pieces of management conventional wisdom you should ignore, especially in a weak economy With uncertainty in the market, many business leaders are focused on “playing it safe.” By following conventional practices, they may be taking a far more dangerous route. While it is important to rely on best practices, some may be short-sighted and hold your business back from achieving its true potential.

Here's the short answer: buy one! There are lots of entrepreneurs out there (maybe you!) who have a great business plan that happens to have either an e-business part to it or all of it would be an e-business. Having the business acumen to come up with a rock-solid plan, dazzle investors, and maintain the determination to launch it are one thing. Having the tech chops to launch the online presence necessary (a website, a mobile website, an auction storefront on eBAy, etc.) is another set of, well, chops.

We will help you make sense of your broadband options and which technology will be a good fit for your business. Deciding whether to fire an unproductive employee?

Venture capitalists and angel investors weigh in on what they're looking for in your company blog.

If a strong, inspiring corporate culture is greater than the sum of its parts, is it worthwhile--or even possible--to bother with the building blocks? In a Fast Company exclusive book excerpt, the founders of Method share how they kept their corporate culture vibrant as their business expanded exponentially

We’ve all witnessed or experienced the affects of bullying in children, but adults are not immune to bullying characteristics. An adult bully will attempt to gain power over another person, and make himself or herself the dominant adult

Author John Warrillow shares the tech tools he uses to run his start-up remotely while traveling through Europe.

Want to get in on the action at fashion week? Here's a look at how some small businesses are using the event to market their brands

How one Inc. 5,000 CEO coped with losing his largest customer, and why it helped his company grow Losing a big client can spell disaster for a start-up. For Tiempo Development , it spelled opportunity

What makes a product magnetic--irresistible to customers of many stripes, and preferred over its closest competitor by 5:1, 7:1 or 10:1?