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Nearly every entrepreneur exaggerates his or her company's size to impress clients. Jason Fried says such behavior is sillyand unnecessary

Norm Brodsky warns that a period of high inflation is coming and offers tips on what you need to do now. To me, it's obvious that we're heading into a period of high inflation. If you aren't old enough to remember doing business in the 1970s—under Ford and Carter—it's hard to appreciate how dramatically the economic environment changes when inflation rises above, say, 6 or 7 percent a year

Norm Brodsky suggests getting a second opinion on big decisions. Dear Norm, In 2004, I opened a dealership providing installation and service of high-end, custom-made garage doors. From the beginning, I had problems with the quality and lead times of suppliers.

Dealing with a large competitor that intimidates your customers Dear Norm,Trade shows are notorious for the ridiculously high prices exhibitors are forced to pay for basic services. My business partner and I saw an opportunity to provide Internet access at trade shows for a fraction of what the in-house providers charge.

Twice a day, skin care entrepreneur Ole Henriksen heads to his backyard to swing, roll, and twist on gymnastic equipment. Ole Henriksen started doing gymnastics as a young boy in Nibe, Denmark.

A look at the companies that provide the court surface, windscreens, and umpire microphone at the Westgate Tennis Center in Dothan, Alabama. Court Installation The Westgate Tennis Center, a public facility, hosts the Dothan Pro Classic, a United States Tennis Association women's event, annually

The story of two sisters and a hair towel After they graduated from college in 2006, sisters Angela Carr and Christina Cummings started a business selling a product their father had created: an absorbent, fitted hair towel called the Turbie Twist.

Readers respond to our cover story about Etsy founder Rob Kalin, a feature about spying on the competition, and Jason Fried's column about running a flat company. The World of Etsy Our cover story about Etsy founder and CEO Rob Kalin [" Rob's World ," April ] sparked a lively online debate

How great leaders build great company cultures I wouldn't last a day at TRX.

Author Carol Sanford says start-up founders need to stop following organizational rules and start thinking for themselves. Having studied large corporations for years, Carol Sanford, author of the recent book The Responsible Business, has been surprised by how many outmoded corporate ideas she sees start-ups adopting in the name of structure. She spoke with Inc.com's Christine Lagorio.

As a kid, David Karp, the founder of Tumblr, taught himself to code and dropped out of high school. Now 24 years old, Karp runs his company his wayand refuses to keep a schedule. In 2007, when others his age were studying for midterms and living on dorm food, David Karp was busy launching Tumblr, an easy-to-use blogging platform that now hosts 17.5 million blogs and receives about 1.5 billion page views per week.

A bootstrapper's guide to saving money on office furniture, phone service, computers, business travel, and more For self-funded entrepreneurs, there are few skills more crucial than the ability to do more with less. That could be why many business owners take pride in hunting down deals and driving hard bargains. In that spirit, we have compiled tips to help you save big on a variety of office necessities.

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