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If you don't have business partners, you might not think you need a succession plan. You do. Here are some options.

A young woman who calls herself blue

Stop judging & start listening: Senior execs can learn something valuable from their youngest employees. This is part of a 2-part series.

Stop judging & start listening: Senior execs can learn something valuable from their youngest employees. This is part of a 2-part series. Read the companion post: 8 Old-School Rules for Gen Y

These free (or next to free) apps promise to make your life easier. Who doesn’t like the word free? I know I sure do

Here's how a banker will cut to the chase -- and decide if your company is worth taking a risk on. I have a friend in the baseball business who used to value players. He could take a player’s statistics, compare them to other similar players, and help his clients (the baseball clubs) come up with a value range for the player.

Here's how a banker will cut to the chase -- and decide if your company is worth taking a risk on. I have a friend in the baseball business who used to value players. He could take a player’s statistics, compare them to other similar players, and help his clients (the baseball clubs) come up with a value range for the player.

There are methods and techniques used by the highest-paid and most successful people in our society to get paid more money for what they do and get promoted faster to higher levels of authority and responsibility.

Previous growth is no indicator of continued success.

A big customer wants you to tweak your product for them.

Conflicts rarely end well, so it's natural to want to avoid them. But you can't hide from them forever. For every hard-nosed, coldly logical businessperson there are hundreds of entrepreneurs just like us: Worried about how others perceive us and avoiding confrontation at all cost

Conflicts rarely end well, so it's natural to want to avoid them. But you can't hide from them forever.

A good product is only the cost of entry. If you're going to thrive, you'll need more than that

A good product is only the cost of entry. If you're going to thrive, you'll need more than that. The recipe for start-up success is simple: Make a good product

You won't convince investors, customers or employees that you can change the world unless you convince yourself first. How on earth do you do that