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Forget getting your employees to think "outside of the box." Instead, use these four ways of challenging your team. Creative ideas are the lifeblood of any young business, so how do you get more of them out of your team?

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The daily deals giant is offering a credit to buyers who support local businesses. Is Groupon the scourge or savior of small business? The online deals giant certainly is goodwill hunting this season by offering a $10 credit to the first 150,000 people who buy a local Groupon by Dec.

What can technology companies learn from a 50-year-old hardware store?

Amazon has an app to lure customers out of your stores. EBay's offering incentives to shop online

Cover your legal and accounting must-dos and save yourself headaches in the new year.

When it's not about money, your star employees are probably jumping ship for one of these reasons. You start a business and you hire a key employee.

Fast Company wants you to have a banner year in 2012. As our gift to you, we present our very best advice and tips on how to work smarter, manage your career, and lead a more meaningful life

If you don't, your business is never going to be more than a chore. And the first people to notice will be the ones who pay your bills.

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Survey shows business owners expect a hectic holiday season and 2012.

Avoid common mistakes in your startup's infancy. Take the advice of Jake Nickell, founder of Threadless.com

Joie de Vivre Hotels founder explains how your customers, your employees, and even your investors have the same five needs. Deliver on them and you cant lose.

Engage your customers in an authentic, ongoing online relationship. Plus, Ben Huh, chief executive of Cheezburger Network, a humor website, on how to get your audience to come back every day.

Susan Southerland, president of Just Marry!, a wedding and event planning company, talks about how to interact with today's bride"and the most famous recent one, Kim Kardashian. View the video on Inc.com at: http://www.inc.com/video/201112/success-stories-susan-southerland-just-marry.html Advertisement: Win New Customers