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      <description><![CDATA[Starting your own business often means thankless hours, measly pay and the stress of being at the helm. Yet entrepreneurs report greater job satisfaction than their employed counterparts. Here's why.]]></description> 
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      <title><![CDATA[The Pros and Cons of Franchising Your Business]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[Franchising could be your next big strategy for expansion or it could send your growing business down the wrong path. Here are some key considerations before deciding if franchising is for you.]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 07:30:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Internet Sales Tax is Bad Public Policy (Opinion)]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[The Marketplace Fairness Act, expected to pass in the Senate on May 6, requires online retailers to charge shoppers their state's sales tax. Is the law a poor political move?]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:30:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Filing a Patent Just Got More Complicated For Startups (Opinion)]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[The America Invents Act, which went into effect March 16, has changed the process for patenting.  These developments might not help entrepreneurs after all. Here's why.]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:00:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[What Would-Be Entrepreneurs Fear Most About Starting Up]]></title> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Americans Love Small Business]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[The latest studies show consumers are willing to pay more to buy from a small business than a big one. Here's a look at five reasons why Americans are rooting for entrepreneurs.]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:00:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Consumer Credit Matters to Small Businesses (Opinion)]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[Washington's recent efforts to protect consumers may be hampering small-business growth.]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:00:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship Is a Midlife Game (Opinion)]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[Contrary to popular opinion and the media's fascination with young entrepreneurs, baby boomers are more likely to run their own businesses than 20-somethings.]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:50:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Jesse Jackson: Turn Big-Company Tax Dodging into Small-Business Funding (Opinion)]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[The liberal activist recently proposed using multinationals' overseas cash to fund U.S. small businesses.]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:46:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[We Need Smarter Business-Owner Retirement Plans, Not More (Opinion)]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[Small-business owners' optimism often hinders their retirement planning. Behavioral economics has some ideas about what it would take to get you to plan for your golden years.]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:00:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[It's the Uncertainty, Stupid (Opinion)]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[Washington policy makers would like nothing more than for small business to boost hiring and investment. The best thing they could do is come to some agreement on the deficit and enact rules about all the laws they've passed.]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:00:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[The Fiscal Cliff Deal and Small-Business Job Creation]]></title> 
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:03:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[What Entrepreneurs Need to Know About What's Ahead in 2013 for the U.S. Economy]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[Given the business outlook for the coming year, it's hard to find any winners and the list of losers is long.]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 08:31:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Are Small-Business Owners Going to Spoil the Mood? (Opinion)]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[Despite the headlines about rising consumer confidence, the U.S. economy isn't looking up. Business owners' pessimism remains a drag on the recovery.]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 09:30:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Love Obamacare? Get Ready for More Health-Care Legislation]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[Most Americans don't like the 'market solution' to the problem of escalating health-insurance costs. The best option for employers and employees alike is to push for government policies that lower the cost of care.]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:30:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[What's the Best Outcome for Small Business on the Fiscal Cliff? (Opinion)]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship professor Scott Shane's insights on how spending cuts and tax increases could affect you.]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:00:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Closing the African-American Startup Gap (Opinion)]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[Targeted minority-lending programs have had only limited success in encouraging new-business creation among minorities. Could crowd-funding help close the startup gap?]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:24:37 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Is Romney Right About Startup Rates Dropping? (Opinion)]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate and former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney set fact-checkers scrambling during this week's debate when he stated that new business startups were at 30-year lows.]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Romney Is Right on Foreign Aid (Opinion)]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[The Republican challenger delivered an important message for economic development at the Clinton Global Initiative. U.S. foreign aid, he said, should be linked to efforts to promote free enterprise in the developing world.]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 09:00:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Should Small Business Fear the Fiscal Cliff? (Opinion)]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[Think concerns over the coming federal spending cuts and tax increases are overblown? Think again. Here's why.]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Why the Fed Should Ease Up on Weak Small Banks (Opinion)]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[Lending to small businesses has dropped, but experts disagree on the reason.]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 06:00:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Convincing Small Business that Prosperity Is Just Around the Corner (Opinion)]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[Optimism among small business owners has been slow to recover as the economy emerges from recession.]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Incentives Needed to Spur Federal Agencies to Meet Small-Business Contracting Goals (Opinion)]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[The SBA reports that it has tried to increase the share of federal dollars going to small businesses by implementing new contracting provisions. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be working.]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:00:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Young Entrepreneurs: Not the Cure for What Ails the Economy (Opinion)]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[Interest is high in supporting youth entrepreneurship and often seen as a way to help create jobs and turn the economy. But a closer look at the issues shows that these notions may be little more than wishful thinking.]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 08:00:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Senate Bill Would Undermine University Tech Inventions (Opinion)]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[A proposed measure intended to encourage more high-tech startups is misguided, our columnist argues. Increasing academic research funding is the better route for fostering innovation.]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 07:03:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Small-Business Owners Still Waiting for a Rebound (Opinion)]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[Business owners have been hit harder than others in the Great Recession, largely due to their greater share of home-equity debt. Here's what's needed for a small-business recovery.]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 07:00:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[The Twisted Logic Behind the Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act (Opinion)]]></title> 
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 05:00:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Should the U.S. President Have Business Experience? (Opinion)]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[Why success in the private sector doesn't necessarily translate into an effective leadership.]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 04:00:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[7 Reasons Small Business Supports Romney (Opinion)]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[Small-business owners overwhelmingly favor Mitt Romney over Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election. Here are seven reasons why.]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:00:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Congress Shouldn't Fund Business Incubators (Opinion)]]></title> 
      <description><![CDATA[Before spending money on business incubators, Congress should first figure out whether we really need more in the U.S. and whether they actually help create jobs.]]></description> 
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 08:01:00 PDT</pubDate> 
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