Colleen DeBaise
Colleen DeBaise is special projects director at Entrepreneur.com. She is the author of The Wall Street Journal Complete Small Business Guidebook, and previously served as the Journal's small-business editor. She has also covered entrepreneurship at BusinessWeek and SmartMoney. Colleen is a regular guest expert on television and radio, and has appeared on MSNBC, Fox Business News, CNBC, CBS and NPR.
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Starting a business can be an isolating experience. But there are a few ways to surround yourself with good people.
Play Video Startups Give Fashion a Tech Makeover (Video)
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Play Video 3 Things on a Growing Company's Checklist (Video)
Sure, it's easy to be loose with the rules as a startup. But once your company takes off, make sure you put these three practices in place.
Play Video Unveiling Fashion's Latest Trend: Technology (Video)
The world's most glamorous industry is getting a digital overhaul as investors pour money into a wave of fashion-tech startups.
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If you're only using email and Twitter to reach new clients, you could be getting lost in the crowd. One solution could be to pick up the phone.
Play Video A Dose of Advice for Health-Tech Startups (Video)
With the U.S. spending $3 trillion on health care per year, the race is on to improve an inefficient system. We ask entrepreneurs at Blueprint Health accelerator to share their best tips for starting
Play Video 3 Steps to Close the Deal (Video)
You've had your meetings. You've submitted your proposals. No answer yet? Here's how to take control of the conversation and get the job done.
Play Video Tips for Launching an Ed-Tech Startup (Video)
As investment grows in education technology, more entrepreneurs are looking to start businesses. Here are tips from those in the trenches.
Play Video How to Talk Money With a Sales Prospect (Video)
It's always a challenge to bring up the subject of fees with a potential new customer. Marketing expert Ilise Benun has these tips.
Play Video Ed-Tech Startups Aim to Reinvent Classroom (Video)
Investment in education technology has tripled in the past decade. We take a look at three startups seeking to solve big problems in today's schools.
Play Video In Health-Care Space, Startups Tackle Big Problems (Video)
These companies, based at the accelerator Blueprint Health in New York, aim to use technological innovation to change the health-care system.
Play Video Health-Tech Startups Ride Digital Wave (Video)
We take a look at this fast-growing sector that's changing the way the healthcare system works.
Play Video How to Get Customers to Pay Up (Video)
Got a foot-dragging client who's late on sending a check? Follow these three tips to make sure your customers settle up on time.
Play Video Why Everyone Wants a Piece of Ed Tech (Video)
Startups with an educational focus are moving to the head of the class with investors.
Play Video How to Fix a Cash-Flow Emergency (Video)
Here are three quick tips to help keep your company afloat when you're waiting for money to come in.
Play Video Accounting 101 for a Growing Business (Video)
Tax expert Mark Kohler offers tips on keeping track of your company's finances.
Play Video Where to Spend Your Marketing Dollars (Video)
Marketing expert Karen Leland talks about why business owners should spend upfront on marketing.
Play Video Networking Strategies for People Who Hate Networking (Video)
Three quick tips to make real connections in business -- and take the nervousness out of networking.
Play Video Three Ways to Get the Most Out of Pinterest for Branding (Video)
Marketing expert Karen Leland offers quick tips on using Pinterest for your business.
Play Video New to Digital Marketing? How to Keep 'Face Time' With Customers (Video)
Expert Jason Falls answers a business owner's question on how to maintain that personal connection to customers when you're using digital marketing methods.
Play Video Barbara Corcoran on How to Win Over the 'Crowd' (Video)
The Corcoran Group founder answers an entrepreneur's question about what works on crowdfunding sites.
Play Video Barbara Corcoran on Two Things Investors Look For (Video)
The Shark Tank investor describes exactly what she looks for when entrepreneurs pitch to her.
Play Video 3 Tips for Branding Your Growing Business (Video)
Expert Erika Napoletano offers advice on how to get your customers to see your business as the solution to their problems.
What's Hot in Venture Capital in 2013
A panel of New York City venture capitalists say advertising technology, financial technology and nanotechnology will be among 2013's most buzzworthy sectors.
Play Video How to Avoid Burnout (Video)
Business coach Ann Mehl provides tips on figuring out work-life balance as an entrepreneur.
Play Video Finding Zen in a Hectic City (Video)
Jason Franklin of Bolder Giving, a nonprofit that teaches people about philanthropy, heads to New York's Rubin Museum when he needs personal inspiration.
Play Video Finding Your First Investor (Video)
Owen Davis from NYC Seed suggests building an initial product and showing off your expertise to impress investors.
Play Video Getting Your Name Out There as a Startup (Video)
Incubator advisers and entrepreneurs talk about what works when it comes to raising awareness for a new company
Tips for Pitching the Media
Ahead of Entrepreneur's Growth Conference in Dallas on Jan. 10, we share these pointers for pitching the media.
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