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Thought Leaders

5 Ways to Help Your Kids Imagine Themselves as Entrepreneurs

Well-meaning parents who don't realize there is an alternative teach their children to go to college so they can get a job to pay their education loans. Entrepreneurs know better.

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

By Daphne Mallory

Thought Leaders

7 Secrets to Finding Harmony in Work and Life

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

Building a Business

This Family’s Business Is Turning Tragedy Into Triumph

When her son suffered a devastating spinal injury, this mom devoted her life to helping him and others like him achieve maximum rehabilitation.

By Daphne Mallory

Entrepreneurs

Life as a Dad-trepreneur: Balancing Fatherhood and a Startup at the Same Time

Ten tips for making "balance" a viable model for financial health at work and parenting at home.

By Holly Irgens

Thought Leaders

Bring Your Child to Work Day Is Too Valuable to Limit to Once a Year

Done thoughtfully, bringing children to work expands their sense of what is possible and gives adults a unique perspective on office life.

By Zeynep Ilgaz

Human Resources

5 Things to Consider for Entrepreneurs, and Their Spouses, to Have a Healthy Marriage

Spending your life with someone who is as just as passionate, or more so, about their business can be a challenge.

By Stephen Key

Building a Business

Keepin’ it in the Family: How to Structure a Business With Your Closest Relatives

Family-run companies need structure and careful planning. Your relationships and success depend on it.

By Nellie Akalp

Thought Leaders

4 Ways Fatherhood Has Made Me a Better Entrepreneur

Becoming a parent has taught me how to balance my life and business better.

By Peter Gasca

Entrepreneurs

9 Work-Life Balance Tips for Busy Working Parents (Infographic)

The only tip missing is to just breathe. It's going to be okay.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Entrepreneurs

How to Get Your Family on Board With Your Startup Lifestyle

Before you start pitching your idea to potential investors, partners or employees ensure your family is on board with your startup endeavor.

By Chuck Ganapathi

Business Operations & Logistics

Google’s CFO Quits Company in ‘Perfectly Fine Midlife Crisis Full of Bliss and Beauty’

Patrick Pichette is leaving the search giant to spend more time with his family -- and, he insists, he actually means it.

By Geoff Weiss

Thought Leaders

5 Entrepreneurial Lessons I Learned From My Late Father

The head of an online marketing firm shares the experiences with his dad that impacted his career and his business.

By Jonathan Long

Building a Business

A Family Business That’s Literally About Having Skin in the Game

Royce Leather has successfully made the transition from parents to sons by passing along values as well as the business.

By Daphne Mallory

Thought Leaders

6 Dangerous Lies Entrepreneurs Tell Themselves

It's time to put a stop to the lying and come clean. If confession is good for the soul, consider this post to be Sunday Morning Mass.

By Brandon Turner