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Ask yourself these questions to identify the gears that drive your company culture, and what you can do to make it exceptional. All workplaces are different, but in exceptional ones, all staffers work together and leadership is in-sync with employees. The culture breeds this

The capital gains tax has been touted as the brass ring for business owners. But if you self-fund your growth, it's anything but.

Corporations, states and Uncle Sam offer loads of free help to women-owned businesses.

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There's a weird tendency among business owners: to hire clones of themselves.

Forget flash mobs. This new kind of group supports local shops

A recent survey found more than half of small business owners are ill-prepared for retirement. Learn what the most common misconceptions are. For many small business owners , focusing on immediate goals such securing lending or growing their business can leave little room to adequately consider the future and retirement plans–a situation reflected in a survey from Fidelity Investments that found 53 percent of the nation’s six million small businesses may not have the retirement plan best suited for their needs

Customers may say you have a great idea for a product -- but how can you tell if they will actually buy it? One of the trickiest things about starting a company is getting an accurate read on demand

A Procter & Gamble chief defends marketing cutbacks by referring to the less expensive benefits of digital marketing. Um, really

Makerbot debuts it's first 3D printer for consumers.

Makerbot debuts it's first 3D printer for consumers.

Each year provides a clean slate and a chance to grab market share from competitors. Here are three tasks to get you started.

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

A group of advisors can be extraordinarily useful. Tricks to make sure yours is

A group of advisors can be extraordinarily useful. Tricks to make sure yours is