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Running a business should earn you an honorary degree given all you will learn, says Brian Hamilton, the co-founder and CEO of Sageworks. We live and we learn

If you are considering buying company cars or expanding your current fleet, here's a look at three cars worth the investment.

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Franchising your small business may be a good way to grow fast. Figuring out whether or not franchising will work for you is a matter of knowing your business and yourself.

In the latest installment of the Butterfly Effect, we look at what might happen if interest in soccer continues to grow: TV deals, a World Cup victory, and the American Dirk Nowitzki. 1. The Rise Of The Other Football U.S.

Chef Zac Pelaccio and partner Rick Carmac already have a stable of successful eateries serving tasty, Southeast Asian-influenced fare—three Fatty Crab locations in New York City and the Virgin Islands and two Fatty 'Cue posts in Brooklyn and the West Village. But the pair's most recent venture is considerably smaller: Four Fatty Snack and Fatty 'Cue kiosks in New York City's Financial District, Battery Park, and around Central Park. Carmac tells us about the decision to start smaller outposts

Veteran entrepreneur of Silicon Valley shares his funding stories, what he's learned about the entrepreneur/investor relationship over the years, and the best way to pitch to a venture capitalist. Funding Stories When I was at E.piphany, my last startup, I was negotiating with a company called Infinity Capital at the time

B Lab--a nonprofit that certifies sustainable businesses--is riding a wave of interest in social responsibility for corporations. Now it has plans to expand even wider as states around the country begin to give tax breaks to its companies

How "special" Legos, "stolen" salt shakers, and mysterious airport packages help brands over-deliver. A couple of months ago, as I boarded my plane home to Australia, I found a large brown envelope waiting for me on my seat. Neat handwriting on the envelope said, "A personal note to Mr Lindstrom." My curiosity was piqued

Its a fact: More companies fail than succeed.

The Secret Service recently spilled the beans on their anti-cybercrime investigations. Fake accounts on underground websites? Elaborate multinational credit card fraud investigations with Turkish law enforcement

For Hewlett-Packard's TouchPad tablet, which heads to market on Friday, the company avoided using Android at all costs . Well, actually, at a very specific cost: HP spent $1.2 billion last year to acquire Palm, which helped develop the TouchPad's slick software, WebOS.

The cloud is being used for almost everything but is using it as part of a disaster recovery strategy good for your business? Learn how to decide and implement. In a perfect world, every accounting system you use, every document, every business contact, and every file would be a click away

For businesses just starting out (and even for businesses that are already established), writing a business plan that bankers and investors can understand can be difficult. What is the point of a business plan

Whether you're interested in selling your business or buying one, odds are you'll want to engage a business broker to help you through the process. Not unlike what you see in the real estate sector, business brokers tend to be paid by sellers: something you need to keep in mind if you're a buyer.