Growth Strategies
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No Matter What You're Selling, This Strategy Should Do the Trick
Selling has very little to do with what you sell and everything to do with how you sell yourself.
From Recreational Apparel to Weed, Here Are Our Best Cities for Niche Industries
Our annual Best Cities feature explores the hot spots for specific business categories.
Passion, Persistence and Red Lipstick
Three things that will transform any woman into an entrepreneur.
When It Is --and Isn't -- Worth Meeting in Person
Strategic investment in travel can save both money and time.
How to Stay Productive Working From Home
Distractions are plentiful when you are home, and often its only the most disciplined who can remain productive and efficient.
7 Reasons Why Trademarks Are Important to Your Business
Trademarks are inexpensive to obtain and grow in value as your business grows. It is never too early to trademark your brand
Why Are You Working So Hard?
The latest technological advances promise increased efficiency and productivity but have prompted even more labor. Here's one entrepreneur's solution.
Want Your Business to Grow? Help Your Employees Succeed.
Weve all heard the saying that 'a team is only as strong as its weakest link,' but the number of business leaders choosing to ignore this sentiment is staggering. Don't make this mistake.
What Obama's Order Banning Gay Discrimination Means for Businesses
Many entrepreneurs may be surprised to learn that federal laws have not addressed sexual-orientation or gender-identity bias inside private companies.
Hire for Potential Not Experience by Asking These 5 Key Questions
Past performance is no longer an accurate proxy for future success. In hiring, the most critical skill is the ability to learn on the fly.
Hiring a Consultant? Shun the 24-Hour Turnaround and Other Hype.
Any outfit promising a super-speedy turnaround will probably deliver less than optimum results.
This Tool Promises to Find the Best Location for Your Business
Piinpoint helps businesses choose where to open based on facts, not just intuition.
25 Traits Thriving Entrepreneurs Share
The must-have characteristics needed to start, grow and expand your company.
5 Essentials for Winning Over the Best Investors
Startups that thrive manage to eke out the first profits that convince investors to put in the money that grows the company.
4 Tips for Managing Cash Flow When You're Bootstrapping
The wealthiest companies work hard to know where every dime goes. Startups literally cannot afford to do less.
Market Basket's Family Feud Risks a Loss of Its Loyal Following
Happy employees and great prices lead to devoted customers, or so the theory goes. A New England supermarket chain may sacrifice all this in a battle of cousins.
Customer-Service Lessons to Glean From Comcast's Snafu
Make your client-support process a win for all involved, not excluding those answering the phones.
With a New Direction, Foursquare Rolls Out a New 'Superhero' Logo
The location-based social networking platform continues its rebranding efforts with a new logo.
How to Set the Right Tone for Contract Negotiations
Reading the fine-print is important, but big picture items -- and a little humor -- go a long way.
Struggling to Write? Take a Break from Modern Tech, Like These Famous Writers Do (Infographic)
Perhaps your greatest creative ideas will happen away from the keyboard, pen in hand.
How Music Affects Your Productivity
With so much of our work now being done at computers, music has become an important way to 'optimize the boring.' Here's how to do it right.
5 Ways HR Technology Can Improve Performance Reviews
With many unsatisfied with the current setup for giving feedback, find out how software can step into the breach.
How to Grow a Site Into a Successful Venture With Just Content
Websites don't always require costly features, gimmicks or tricks to scale. Often it just comes down to good content.
Rediscovering That Ancient Yet Awesome Tool of Business -- In-Person Relationships
Shared experiences and live interactions can build a bond that lasts, creating a customer for the long run.
5 Simple Sales Lessons for Non-Salespeople
An author hawking his books in the park provides some examples for strategies that can easily be adapted for your business.
