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Startup life is fraught with peril, but it's one space where prior experience really helps. These business owners share how their business expertise evolved.

It helps to have some experts in your corner. Learn how to assemble your own review team of mentors who will provide unbiased, experienced advice.

The serial entrepreneur and investor explains how company plans should be framed around customer needs -- and his sartorial choices.

Rugged Events snagged a cool $1.75 million investment from Mark Cuban. Here are co-founder Rob Dickens' top tips for other hopeful entrepreneurs.

The founders of Cinnaholic want to make their customizable cinnamon rolls a national brand. Here's how they snagged $200,000 on 'Shank Tank.'

Mandy Calara created an online crowdfunding platform that lets the friends, family and community of potential franchisees become investors.

The 'Shark Tank' star knows a thing or two about how to fire someone. After all, she made it an annual, company-wide practice at her real-estate firm.

The 'Shark Tank' investor and real estate mogul discusses the necessity of extreme optimism and why logic can be dangerous

Recent Shark Tank contestant infuses some 'sweet' innovation in his product that seeks to replace soda and sports beverages.

SXSW is still way cooler, but Silicon Beach's glitzy tech con is all about the Moneyball.

ABC's reality pitch show about entrepreneurs isn't all about drama and suspense. It's also about neat inventions.

When Abe Geary proposed to his girlfriend by painting the words 'Marry me?' on the side of his brother's white boxer, a venture now known as PetPaint was born.

A video app was a major hit among the 'sharks' and customers, too.

If you thought building a business required resilience, consider the tale of a 24-year-old New Zealand doctor who fought off a shark attack, sutured his own wounds and then threw back a beer.

Here are some of the business owners we love to follow on Twitter. We bet you'll find them inspiring, too.

Mr. Tod's Pie Factory Owner Tod Wilson, who lived in his car before appearing on the first season of 'Shark Tank,' attributes his success to persistence.

In five short words, the billionaire tech entrepreneur says a lot.

It's tempting to get feisty, have the last word and shoot off an angry email, but follow these seven steps and you'll come out on top more often than not.

The founder of As Seen on TV had a staff of 25 by the time he was a junior in college.

Billionaire cleared on insider trading charges brought against him by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The founder of As Seen On TV has invested in 500 inventions in his career so far. He has tapped into some real home runs, but he has also lost a fair amount of money believing too long in the wrong products.