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Starting a business? You should write a business plan--even if you're not raising money any time soon

One challenge for many startups is the high cost of legal fees. Rocket Lawyer recently did a study that found 45 percent of businesses have legal issues to resolve in the next three months. From incorporation to contracts, quarterly meetings, and more, there are lots of legal expenses that are required of a startup owner

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Move over, Mary Kay. There's a new generation of multi-level marketing whizzes out there hawking to neighbors and friendsand experiencing hyper-fast revenue growth

Photographs by Adam Dean and Susetta Bozzi China is reclaiming its place as the world's megabazaar, with the city of Yiwu as its one-stop shop for traders from the Muslim world. THE megamall is bustling with shoppers at noon when two Pakistani men -- dark-skinned with black beards, wearing white skullcaps and the traditional salwar kameez of the subcontinent -- drop their bags near a third-floor sporting-goods shop. They remove their leather sandals, place their safari vests on the floor, and prostrate themselves toward Mecca, thousands of miles away

Rob Mason was, until recently, a lowly designer of third-party Facebook apps. Now he's at Facebook, where he's designed the most exciting new feature in recent history. He gives us the scoop on how he made it do just one thing--well

Facebook Vibes, the Google+ baby experiment, the best summer employees, and more. Facebook venturing into music? Mashable reports the social networking site may be looking to build a music service called Facebook Vibes.

There is no right, wrong or definitive way to get the attention of investors.

The July 4th weekend is just behind us and I spent a good part of last week thinking about summer and how my expectation for work-free vacations might or might not be about to disappear with the launch of FamiliesGo!. Back when I had a staff job at a major business magazine I had an editor who asked me to miss an evening flight that would start my annual vacation to do an eleventh-hour revise on a story. Now, he'd known about my trip for well over a month and I'd filed this story several weeks earlier

How "special" Legos, "stolen" salt shakers, and mysterious airport packages help brands over-deliver. A couple of months ago, as I boarded my plane home to Australia, I found a large brown envelope waiting for me on my seat. Neat handwriting on the envelope said, "A personal note to Mr Lindstrom." My curiosity was piqued

Fox News twitter hacking update, Google nixes real-time, more reasons for entrepreneurs to take vacations, and more. Fox News gets hacked! Hackers sent the web into a tizzy over the weekend by breaking into Fox News' twitter account and posting that President Obama had been killed. The New York Times has the latest , reporting that the tweets have been removed, Fox has released an apologetic statement, and that the Secret Service is going to investigate the situation

I Love Rewards and other businesses find ways to bring meaning to corporate award ceremonies. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honors the year's finest film. The PEN/Faulkner Foundation honors the year's best fiction

Dealing with low-priced competitors Dear Norm, My husband and I started a business that makes and installs customized sheds. Our plan was to offer better service and higher quality than our competitors.

Learning to take responsibility for your mistakes Lately, several CEOs of troubled businesses have come to me for help, and they've reminded me of an important lesson: You've got to take responsibility for the messes you get your company into. Problems will keep resurfacing until you recognize how your actions helped create them in the first place. That may seem obvious, but most people have a hard time seeing the role they played.

Making sure you have a good ownership agreement Dear Norm, I have a four-year-old custom crystal and glassware company whose sales are exploding. I started it when I was 22. I ran it by myself for almost a year before bringing in a friend and giving him 30 percent of the equity in return for his help in growing the business