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Building a Business

How to Fire a Family Member in a Family-Run Business

To fire a family member may be one of the most difficult challenges a family business will face. Here is how to ensure the process is as painless as possible.

By Andrew Keyt

Building a Business

Your Employees Will Love You for Offering These 3 Family Benefits

By Matt Straz

Thought Leaders

5 Ways to Help Your Kids Imagine Themselves as Entrepreneurs

By Kimanzi Constable

Thought Leaders

The No. 1 Reason You Should Hire a Family Member

By Stephen Key

Thought Leaders

The Family Values Behind the Business of Hardcore Pawn

The popular reality show has altered public perception of the pawn business.

By Daphne Mallory

Thought Leaders

7 Secrets to Finding Harmony in Work and Life

Don't think about work-life balance. Think instead of finding harmony between the two.

By Ivan Misner

Thought Leaders

4 Reasons You Should Never Hire a Family Member

When you start a business and are in need of help, it's easy to run to the nearest emotionally charged people in your life to help out. Well, don't.

By Adam Callinan

Entrepreneurs

5 Reasons Why ‘Family’ and ‘Business’ Do Mix

Anyone who tells you any differently is just plain wrong, says this business co-owner who's worked alongside family for years.

By Asher Raphael

Tech

This Gadget Aims to Keep Kids and Their Families Connected

A new startup called Insensi aims to simplify the kiddie communications conundrum.

By Jason Fell

Building a Business

4 Secrets to Highly Successful Family-Owned Businesses

The son of the late founder of the largest family-owned and operated RV manufacturer in the world discusses how they keep the company going strong.

By Stacey Alcorn

Building a Business

This Family Business Innovates to Grow From Generation to Generation

What was a family store has blossomed into a booming online family store.

By Daphne Mallory

Building a Business

How the Most Successful Working Mothers Get the Most Out of Their Days

It takes work, but there are ways to effective juggle being a top businesswoman and a top mom.

By Lisa Evans

Building a Business

How to Handle Your Family Bankrolling Your Business

Friends and family of new entrepreneurs are the greatest single source of outside funding but just because it's common, doesn't mean you shouldn't use caution.

By Cindy Yang

Business Accounting

8 Best Practices to Seek Funding From Friends, Family and Fools

If the people closest to you won't support you, why should investors?

By Martin Zwilling

Thought Leaders

Who’s Happier: Working Parents or Stay-at-Home Parents?

A majority of parents said that working part-time would be the ideal scenario, according to a new study courtesy of Care.com and Yahoo Parenting.

By Geoff Weiss

Business News

This Unassuming Kitchen Tool Blocks Wi-Fi So You Can Take Back Mealtime

It looks like a pepper mill but it's really so much more.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Thought Leaders

7 Business Tips From Mom — ‘Cause She Is the Boss of You

The great advice we got as kids still applies today -- and without the astronomical consulting fees!

By Ted Devine

Thought Leaders

Timeless Lessons From a Fourth-Generation Family Business

For 75 years business has provided the Cassim family stability and well being despite the seismic upheavals that shook South Africa.

By Daphne Mallory

Building a Business

Is Life Insurance a Good Investment?

Of course, it all depends.

By Doug and Polly White

Thought Leaders

6 Tips for Striking the Perfect Balance Between Work and Family Life

Startup life can easily dominate one's schedule, but, as some entrepreneurs forget, they aren't the only ones with schedules, responsibilities, and needs.

By David Chait