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Nagging thoughts can stop even the greatest ideas from becoming a reality. These 5 steps will build your dream into a dream company

Wayne Embree, a vice president at the Oklahoma City nonprofit incubator i2E, offers five tips for entrepreneurs who want to make the most of small- and medium-sized markets.

Inclusion draws upon the two-way nature of real human conversation. Yet inclusive communication goes a crucial step further: It extends the practice of back-and-forth interaction in a way that entitles people to give as well as take--to provide their own ideas, and not simply to parry the ideas offered by others

One way to manage the peaks and valleys of cash flow is to plan marketing strategies based on your customer trends. An important aspect of any business is identifying and reacting to trends; then laying these trends over your demographics in order to manage for peaks and valleys. This has been a normal approach for me when conducting a financial analysis on turnaround clients

Despite being the 75th largest metro area in the U.S., Charleston is ranked in the top 10 fastest growing cities for software and Internet technology.

Use this seven-step process to develop and tell a business anecdote that will you help close the deal. There are few sales tools more powerful than stories, if they're appropriate and well-told. Because they are always about people and events that changed people's lives in some way, anecdotes create emotion and interest.

At L.A.'s worst high schools, gangs controlled the bathrooms and students regularly set hanging artwork on fire. Today, Green Dot Public Schools have dramatically increased graduation rates and college preparedness at a fraction of the cost.

Trying to make your team come around to your way of thinking is often a waste of time. Here's what you can do instead. Most people hate to be told what to do.

As a business owner, you go above and beyond to keep customers happy. But your employees might not feel the same.

Some of the most interesting revitalization work in Savannah is coming not from the traditional--and often unsuccessful--saviors of decayed neighborhoods. It’s coming from design students, who are earnestly trying to find ways to work with local residents without igniting suspicion of outsiders wielding big ideas. UNITED STATES OF INNOVATION New Ideas, New Markets, New Insights All around the country, Americans are dreaming big

Sure, "mobile marketing" sounds intimidating. But check out these easy ways to get your feet wet.

Freelancers (at least the good ones) have their pick of projects, and you have to work hard to keep them engaged. Here are a few tricks of the trade.

Jargon and inside jokes can undermine a budding relationship with clients, vendors, prospects, or even co-workers. The Brits have an expression, "Too clever by half." It is not a compliment: It refers to people who create a sense of distrust because they come across as wily

Five ways I was recently amazed by undergrads competing in a business plan competition at Texas Christian University. As I get older, I love to talk about how times have changed