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Work Less (It's Good for Business)
Doctors told Brett Schklar to slow down--or else. That's when he started his own company and learned that paying more attention to life off the job made him much better on it.

Designing From Scratch
With little background, a husband-and-wife duo brought their graphic design business to the forefront of the industry.

The Secret to Changing Your Outlook
Instead of buying in to the gloom and doom, ask yourself: What's not wrong?

Recession Delivers Timely Wake-up Calls
The financial crisis shook these 3 entrepreneurs out of complacency. Their renewed focus has delivered dividends.

GolfTEC Drives Franchisees' Success
With quality training, marketing support and management technology, this golf franchise provides a proper follow through.

Entrepreneurs Remix the iPhone App
The device's musical interface capabilities are creating a world of pocket producers.

A Marketing Home Run
In baseball-crazed Boston, sponsoring the Red Sox earned Exotic Flowers a marketing award and a mass of new fans.

Confessions of Serial Entrepreneurs
It takes a special kind of person to delve into the wilds of business startup. It takes an even more driven person to start business after business. Why do serial entrepreneurs do what they do?

Anago Cleaning Systems
Meet a franchisor with a willingness to get his hands dirty.

How Play N Trade Fuels Franchisees
For an entrepreneur looking for no work and all play, it doesn't get much better than this.

Roni Deutch Tax Center
A franchise made good by making sure everyone knows its name.

Get Inked at Cartridge World
This system's best franchisees are tech-savvy, yet sociable.

Snap-on Tools Hits the Nail on the Head
After 88 years, one company is still providing the tools that customers--and franchisees--need to succeed.

Open2view: A Picture of Success
For real estate professionals and their clients, virtual tours are just a click away.

From Dream Chaser to Dream Maker
Meet 3 entrepreneurs who never "made it big" until they started helping others reach the same dream.

Not Just a Pretty Face
Trace Ayala teamed up with his friend Justin Timberlake--yes, that one--to create a clothing line and a restaurant. But they learned celebrity would only take them so far.

Lessons Learned at 'Harvard for Losers'
The Delancey Street Foundation takes drug addicts, ex-convicts and the homeless, and trains them for the real world.

The Palin Industry
The vice presidential candidate sparks fashion trends.

Caring Entrepreneurs Become Local Angels
Recruiting locals and hiring from a youth work program have helped these businesses succeed in their mission and community.

Branson: A Man of Many Milestones
Richard Branson isn't defined by business or personal success. His life is a combination of both.

Business Mentoring
Years of managing and running businesses inspired one man to help others do the same.

Leading Ladies
These women-led businesses are speeding their way to the top.

Be Like Branson
Is the man who treats life--and business--as an extreme sport more like you than you think?

Risky Business
Is your business ready to deal with the unexpected?

How to Avoid Occupational Burnout
Take a timeout. Have a life outside your business. Here's what to do if you're headed toward workaholism.

Profits for a Better World
Socially responsible young entrepreneurs are creating for-profit businesses to enact social change.

Moon Cakes Are Big Business in China
American pastry shops and other suppliers have discovered Chinese moon cakes as a new profit center. For other businesses, the pastries are great networking tools.

A Business Based on Harmony
Chris Lighty veered from the front line of the music business to become a marketing maven for musicians.

Spelling Out Success
This family turned a childhood game into a multi-million dollar business.

Serious About Student Achievement
High standards have helped this tutoring business become a celebrated franchise.

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