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January disappoints, according to one tracker of small business hiring, but the movie is not over--not by a long shot. The beginning of 2012 has been a bit like an Oscar-nominated movie. You expect it to be great, but it starts off mediocre, and then it's more depressing than you thought.

American Giant, an apparel line launched today, signals that American manufacturing is making a comeback. Still, there are obstacles--and misconceptions--to overcome.

Here's a short video explaining how American Giant is cutting out the middlemen and leveraging the Web to deliver what its customers want.

Two of the country's most respected hospitals: Which one has mastered the art -- and science -- of great website design? In this week's Website Smackdown, I’m taking a look at the websites for two of the biggest hospital complexes in the world, the Mayo Clinic and the Cleveland Clinic.

The president is right that current rules make it very hard for growing businesses to raise money. Will Congress really cooperate to change them? Yesterday, President Obama presented the details behind one of his State of the Union initiatives: to make it easier for small businesses to raise money and to grow.

With a Federal Court Case underway many are asking can the color of the soles of shoes be protected as a trademark. The answer may surprise you.

Taking steps to improve profitability can actually help you to increase customer value and build brand equity. Every business has a break-even volume on their product line.

Sometimes walking away is worth millions of dollars in lost revenue. Firing a client will be one of the best things you will ever do for your business

When on-boarding new hires, we follow these three guidelines to get our employees behind our (epic) mission, and understand our quirky culture. As it's done at a lot of start-ups, at LevelUp we normally condone the "figure it out" approach to learning. After all, some things are better learned through experience

What business owner doesnt wish similar entrepreneurial success for their children, whether they have hopes to pass on the family business one day or can see their child creating their own. Here are 10 steps to teaching your children to become budding entrepreneurs.

Few IPOs will be of the size of Facebook's. But the company's path to going public can teach any entrepreneur how to better navigate her own road to getting funding.

A pair of experts on start-up life challenge the conventional notion that other career paths are far safer than starting your own business. To be an entrepreneur you need to be bold, the usual thinking goes.

They're tiny, powerful, and just might inspire tech envy in everyone around you. But before you buy, check out the pros and cons. Much ado was made at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show over Intel’s so-called “ultrabooks.” Still not sure what those are?

Starting a business and trying to keep costs down? Use these expert tips to find resources that can cut your overhead. As a small business owner, you already know that “fast,” “easy” and “cheap” are magic words.

To you, their salaries are just a line item in the budget.