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Incentivize your customers to pay early, and keep overhead low. Plus other advice from Rahim Fazal, co-founder of social media firm Involver.

You may be able to raise your prices, or introduce a premium price level--if you really understand what your customers value most.

A good product is only the cost of entry. If you're going to thrive, you'll need more than that. The recipe for start-up success is simple: Make a good product

Make sure every interaction you have with your customers inspires a positive emotion.

Used to be, you had to give up either savings or flexibility to create a tax-deferred nest egg. Not any more

The social network officially crunched the data. Here's what Facebook users like -- and how to make it work for your brand. You use Facebook as a way to connect to customers, but on average, only 7.5 percent of Facebook users subscribed to business fan pages see posts from those pages daily.

Says who? Steve Cody shatters the illusions of countless CEOs by sharing some of the harsh realities of media relations.

The best companies are those that can bounce back from failure. Here's what it takes to do it well.

The smaller your business, the more crucial it is to get every new hire right.

Joe Hill never planned to be an entrepreneur. But once he stumbled upon a great iPad app idea for his kids, he didn't look back.

By focusing efforts on your best customers, you can increase customer value and grow your business.

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

Short temper, weight gain, and high stress: Your business is doing this to you. Make these simple fixes to boost your mental and physical well-being.

David Friend, chairman and CEO of Carbonite, an Inc. 500 company, discusses how he got ready and squeezed into the IPO window in August. View the video on Inc.com at: http://www.inc.com/abram-brown/david-friend-carbonite-ceo-talks-about-going-public.html Advertisement: Are your customers tuning you out?

How knowing that you don't know much can help you make smarter decisions. You probably don't know nearly as much as you think you do. I certainly don't