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Joel Greengrass, senior vice president of People at Ideeli, the daily-deals site, has hired 175 people in 18 months. Here's what he learned along the way

What investments will give you the biggest pay off in the long run? Experts weigh in on where to spend in your annual budget.

Before you start lowering prices to stay competitive, here are some easy steps to beating them at their own game. It’s a familiar story : A company begins to use defensive pricing when a competitor has reduced its market share. The competitor lowers prices

There are but two Danish brands that, no matter where you live, you are probably aware of: Lego, and Bang & Olufsen. Lego makes plastic blocks that kids snap together, with sets starting around $20. You probably have some at home

Companies with fewer than 50 employees were responsible for two-thirds of the jobs created last month. Businesses with fewer than 50 employees added two-thirds of the 91,000 new jobs that private employers created in September, says the ADP National Employment report released Wednesday. The report analyzes payroll data for 337,000 private, non-farm U.S.

Thanks to credit crunches and slow sales, experts say the key to budgeting for 2012 is being prepared for the worst. Here are the simple steps to building a bulletproof budget.

A recent poll suggests that despite economic uncertainty, America's fastest-growing small businesses are looking for talent. Their biggest hurdle: finding it.

What small business owners want out of retirement, how employees feel about work-life balance, what countries are driving global e-commerce sales, and other intriguing statistics. Retirement Share of small-business owners who plan to retire before 65: 25% Portion who don't plan to ever retire: 17% After retirement, small-business owners would like to: Guardian Life Small Business Research Institute Work-Life Balance Portion of employees who say they would lose their jobs if they adopted more flexible work schedules: 16% (down from 28% in 2006) When conflicts arise between work and family, employees typically blame: 2011 Work+Life Fit Survey; Elizabeth Poposki, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Global E-commerce Portion of the world's Internet users who are Americans...

If you’re a small business owner with customers on the go, or employees that work in the field or remotely, you may want to provide them with a mobile app to connect with your business.

Lighter Capital, Rebirth Financial, Weemba, and Kabbage are four start-ups on a mission to connect you with cash. Need cash

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Three years after Lehman collapsed, small businesses have bounced back little. Inc.com's look at the data shows just how elusive recovery has been.

Some half of small businesses never reopen after a data Armageddon.

Dont let a natural disaster spell ruin for your business. Learn from the experts how to protect against and recoup financial losses. When Hurricane Katrina struck the gulf coast in 2005, it left an estimated $75 billion in damages in its wake.

Here's the short answer: buy one! There are lots of entrepreneurs out there (maybe you!) who have a great business plan that happens to have either an e-business part to it or all of it would be an e-business. Having the business acumen to come up with a rock-solid plan, dazzle investors, and maintain the determination to launch it are one thing. Having the tech chops to launch the online presence necessary (a website, a mobile website, an auction storefront on eBAy, etc.) is another set of, well, chops.