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Emphasize the virtues of your product or service, rather than the price. It will keep your competitors at bay, and your customers close. As business owners, we are often tempted to discount our product or service, thinking it will somehow win us customers and drive growth.

Strategies every start-up and small business can take from Apple, Facebook, Google, and other leaders in high tech. Looking to model your startup or small business after the tech industry's titans? It's not just about cutting-edge technology

How to apply Sun Tzu strategies to business acquisition.

Why we all need to satisfy the thirst to growth, and you should never allow that thirst to be quenched. I bet you’ve all heard these things before: “Once we grow 20-30 percent more, we will have the scale we need to be more profitable” “If we buy our largest competitor, we will have the scale to better serve our customers on a national level” “At our current size, we aren’t able to effectively compete in this marketplace. We need to double our size to get a competitive advantage What’s surprising is that we’ve heard these things from companies with $2 million in revenue and we’ve heard these things from companies with $10 billion in revenue, plus everyone in between.

Somewhere along the line between brainstorming and testing new ideas in the marketplace, your research is failing. Here's why

In a previous Fast Company article , I wrote about hitchhiking. Specifically, what I’ve learned about hitching a ride in semi-rural South Africa and how these strategies apply to marketing. I learned something by accident last month that took my thumbing skills to a whole new level

Outside investors can propel your business and create a foundation for long-term success.

The only thing worse than failing is sticking with a doomed business long after its fate is sealed. Here's how to know it's time to move on

The social media analytics company Bluefin Labs figures out what people are saying about TV on social media--now they'll try to figure out why they're saying it. Pretend, for a moment, that popularity can be quantified.

Drybar closes a $16 million investment to help with expansion while its biggest competitor marches into its territory.

Co-founder Marc Nager reveals why the Startup Weekend model fosters the most innovative ideas. Startup Weekend is simply an event that challenges teams to start a company in one weekend

It's time to put away the golf clubs and pull out Google Reader: Sales are no longer just about personal relationships. If you think customer loyalty is driven by personal relationships or because of your hard work, then not only are you wrong--but you're putting your revenue at risk.

What sort of person chooses this risky life? For me, all it took was some innate orneriness and burning desire for vengeance

What can you learn from the fate of USPS?