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When banks aren't lending, entrepreneurs are increasingly turning to online pawn shops like this one.

With the success of one startup, Kiha Lee financed another.

Big companies have recently announced plans to provide loans to small businesses.

Online sales are still booming in Spain, Brazil, China, Russia and Mexico, and their ecommerce growth rates are expected to outpace U.S. growth in the next four years. Here are eight tips for e-tailers seeking to improve their appeal to overseas shoppers.

Follow these three steps to land a top-notch software engineer for your tech startup.

A new reality TV show provides a behind-the-scenes look at how some fast growth businesses are able to land venture capital funding.

How to attract more traffic to your blog and convert more of your visitors into buying customers.

Sure you're marketing with Twitter and Facebook, but are you doing it well? Here are the most common traps you might be falling into.

Small-business accounting is moving online, where it's becoming cheaper, more powerful--and a lot more confusing

These downloadable applications can improve productivity, ROI and time management for businesses of all sizes.

Quick response codes are getting a lot of positive buzz these days. Can they bring some to your business?

At this year's Clinton Global Initiative, micro-lending platform Kiva.org makes a new commitment to still-struggling small businesses.

Follow these steps to help steer clear of some of the most common shipping errors.

With a little strategy, Twitter can boost your connections and website traffic.

In this month's Can't Live With/Can't Live Without column, two business owners explain their opposing views on the remote computing service for web sites.

Between connecting with foreign buyers and wading through complicated tariffs, exporting can be tough. Here's how to ease the process.

Put the kibosh on your turbine dreams. Instead, turn to the past to create an eco-business with a sound future.

What do a Lincoln Continental, a Victoria Secret model and Kevin Costner have to do with each other? Environmentalism. Duh.

Your investor-entrepreneur relationship is important. After all, you may be living with it every day for years to come.

How to size up and select a webmaster who can keep your site one step ahead.

Four ways to give back to the community, while boosting business.