Catherine Clifford

Senior Entrepreneurship Writer at CNBC

Catherine Clifford is senior entrepreneurship writer at CNBC. She was formerly a senior writer at Entrepreneur.com, the small business reporter at CNNMoney and an assistant in the New York bureau for CNN. Clifford attended Columbia University where she earned a bachelor's degree. She lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. You can follow her on Twitter at @CatClifford.

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Thought Leaders

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Ask yourself: Is what you're doing really what you want to and should be doing?

Business News

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The world's most successful people may seem superhuman, but to think that they are fundamentally different from you is dead wrong, Ferriss says.

Building a Business

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Building a Business

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Building a Business

These Entrepreneurs Hope to Use Garbage to Change the Way America Grows its Food

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Entrepreneurs

Arianna Huffington: ‘It Really Makes No Sense’ to Think You Can Sleep Less and Get More Done

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Building a Business

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Building a Business

House Passes 2 Bills Aimed at Making It Easier for Entrepreneurs to Get Access to Cash

Both bills sailed through Congress last night with strong bipartisan support, a rare sighting in the current political climate.

Entrepreneurs

Arianna Huffington’s Dramatic Lesson After ‘Coming to in a Pool of Blood and Realizing Nobody Had Shot Me’

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Building a Business

3 Crowdfunding Secrets From an Entrepreneur Who Raised $11.5 Million

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Building a Business

This Recent Immigrant Entrepreneur Is Living the American Dream Thanks to Crowdfunding

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Building a Business

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Thought Leaders

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Business Funding

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Thought Leaders

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Business Funding

Women Are Better Crowdfunders Than Men. Here’s Why.

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Building a Business

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Business Funding

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