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Starting a Business
3 Ways to Kill a Deal in India
Sometimes cultural barriers can undo any multimillion dollar deal. Make sure the barrier isn't you.
Starting a Business
How to Grow Without Growing Pains
Ray Barton transformed Great Clips from just four hair salons into nearly 3,000, and he did it by turning down franchises that didn't fit into his expansion strategy.
Starting a Business
The Secret Upside to Fear
Don't let fear make your decisions. Find out how to ease your worries, and boost your business to new heights.
Little Boxes' Big 4-0
As the cubicle turns 40, we look back at the great (and not-so-great) moments in cube history.
Starting a Business
The Seeds of Success
Business is blooming for 1-800Flowers.com, but it wasn't always that way for founder Jim McCann.
Starting a Business
Get Smarter
Would you believe. that, unlike watching the movie, reading this will make you get smart?
Innovation Nation
At Eureka! Ranch, American manufacturers find creative ways to grow.
Starting a Business
What's the Next Bubble to Burst?
It's a question for a realist, not a pessimist.
Two's Company
Is your dynamic duo likely to become an explosive one? Before jumping into a business partnership, ask yourself these 7 key questions.
Growth Strategies
Law and Potential Disorder
Find out how the latest slew of legislation could affect your business in 2008.
An Extension of Himself
Athlete Eric Robinson has helped build a $10 million prosthetic foot company, as well as an event that gives amputees a chance to participate in extreme sports again.
Crash Course on Extreme Sports
These action-sport athletes are taking on business ownership at full speed and finding out it's not always a smooth ride.
Technology
From Gamer to Gym Rat
Now gamers can play while getting in their gym time, too. And we're not just talking about the Wii.
Growth Strategies
A Toy Shop Story
These toy shops may be small, but they compete with the biggest retailers every holiday season and thrive.
Starting a Business
What's Up With These Docs?
These former doctors found the best treatment was to take two aspirin and start a business in the morning.