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Starting a Business

It Doesn't Take a Million...
Here's how four ultra-successful twentysomethings leveraged their brilliant ideas into major businesses online. And how you can, too.
Luxury on Loan Luxury on Loan
High-fashion rental entrepreneurs are giving couture-hungry consumers a small--and affordable--taste of the good life.

When the World Is Your Office When the World Is Your Office
These globetrotting entrepreneurs are turning their passion for travel into successful businesses.

5 Easy Ways to Kick-start Your Business Planning 5 Easy Ways to Kick-start Your Business Planning
Don't know where to start with your plan? Here are some tips to get you going--today.

How To Guides
10 Hot Startups 10 Hot Startups
Why these independents made us say 'Wow!' Learn how yours can, too.
Restaurants vs Mobile Kitchens
The Company That Never Was
100 Brilliant Ideas 2010
Meet Your Mentor Meet Your Mentor
How to find a trusted advisor to help you jump-start your ambition
The Newbie Conundrum: Landing Contracts Without Contacts
Strokes of Genius
What Kind of Entrepreneur Are You?
A Simple Plan A Simple Plan
Your fledgling business doesn't necessarily need a complex strategy document, just some basics.
In Business Planning, Form Follows Function
Write Your Business Plan in Pencil
Business Models Illustrated
The World of Crowd Funding The World of Crowd Funding
What if total strangers gave you money to start a business and didn't even ask to be paid back? At IndieGoGo.com, they just might.
Tapping City-based Capital Coffers
Best Practices for Landing Impact Investment
4 Tips for Raising Funds in a Harsh Environment
Young and in Charge
Young entrepreneurs can earn client trust and establish credibility.
What Women Want
Figuring Out Your Competive Advantage
Taking Customers With You When You Start a Business
From Concept to Market--in 10 Months Flat From Concept to Market--in 10 Months Flat
How one entrepreneur navigated the inventing minefield and brought his idea for bass-thumping travel speakers to life
The Future Is...Later
Innovation for Things We Carry
How to 'Invent' Your Book
Reinventing the Wheels Reinventing the Wheels
Getaround combines the car rental business with mobile technology and environmental awareness.
8-year-old Tech Mogul? There's an App for That
A Startup With Animal Instincts
Radio Days Revisited
Green Fallout Green Fallout
The era when green marketing meant sunny logos and big environmental claims is over. Just ask BP.
Clean Up with Clean Tech
Green Business: From Niche to Mainstream
Easy, Affordable Ways to Green Your Business
Marketplace
Try online printing from The UPS Store®
Home Office Savings CenterMoney Saving Ideas for Home Based Entrepreneurs
Don't miss our Home Office Savings Center for tips and advice on adding more to your bottom line.
Featured Columnists
Q & A with Richard Branson
Q & A with Richard Branson Read the latest answers from Richard Branson to your business questions.




Richard Branson's School of Hard Knocks
Brand Secrets They Don't Teach in Business School
The Road to Alternative Energy
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