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Does your company need just a bit more capital to scale and make it to profitability? Or is it just a money pit? How to tell

An appendicitis operation is the most common emergency abdominal surgery performed in the U.S. But the cost of the procedure is anything but common or standardized.

Manufacturing in America is hardly on the way out. In fact, it's just beginning to come back. Over the last four decades, a combination of outsourcing and offshoring sent thousands—if not millions—of manufacturing jobs overseas

You've got investors lined up. Great! But how much is their help going to cost you, really?

It's a complicated formula that provides excellent insight into performance...

How your costs compare to your competitors can have a significant impact on profitability. Just ask American Airlines. How does your cost structure compare to your competitors

You'll likely take a revenue hit and strain your operations.

Take the time to discover which customers add the most value to your business. The CEO of one of our clients , a public company that provides credit card processing services to merchants, had a problem: The company had consistently delivered revenue growth rates better than most of its competitors, but its price-earnings multiple was lower than those companies.

Elevator Pitch: Mobisante created a hand-held, affordable, cloud-based ultrasound system. Will it be able to raise the money it wants to develop a tablet-based product? Co-Founders: Sailesh Chutani and David M.

Great companies use this approach to cut their cost per acquired customer in half and generate a positive return. Can it work for you too? A financial services client of ours is spending several million dollars per year on marketing to their customers.

Dave and Carrie Kerpen got so much buzz when sponsors helped foot the cost of their big wedding that they opened Likeable Media, a social media firm now in New York, Boston, Chicago, and Mexico City. Here Dave tells that story--and what you need to know about word-of-mouth marketing in the new year. View the video on Inc.com at: http://www.inc.com/andrew-maclean/how-i-did-it-likeable-media-dave-kerpen.html

Profit and revenue tell you a lot--but they don't tell you everything about the health of your business. Every business focuses on and measures revenue

Understanding customer value is by far the most important factor when looking for ways to grow your business. We’re finance guys at heart , but we’ve learned that metrics such as operating profits, EBITDA, and revenue growth can only approximate the real performance driver of your business: customer value

You may be a risk-taker, goal-oriented, and ambitious but only these four traits will help take you to the next level. "Hello, my name is Glen and I represent Mason Shoe Company." That was 37 years ago and I was twelve.

By Gyles Beckford WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Salvage teams raced on Friday to resume pumping oil from a stricken container ship which has almost split into two pieces off the New Zealand coast as businesses started to count the cost of the country's worst environmental disaster in decades. [More]