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Building a Business

5 Things You Should Not Do When Hiring for Your Organization

Avoid common hiring pitfalls and add more superstars to your roster. Put a staffing system in place and consult existing employees.

By Marc Wayshak

Building a Business

Use Metrics to Maximize Results From Your Sales Team

By Dave Lavinsky

Business Accounting

How Independent Financial Advisors Can Ride the Wave of Interest in Investing

By Jud Bergman

Building a Business

7 Signs Your Sales Training Needs a Revamp

By Eddy Ricci

Buying a Franchise

How One Sandwich Company Cracked the Franchise Top 10

A focus on franchisee selection, training and operations helped Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches reach number five on the Franchise 500 list this year.

By Jason Daley

Thought Leaders

How to Be an Effective Mentor

Help your proteges reach their full potential with these four tips.

By Jeffrey Dauksevich

Buying a Franchise

A Startup Brings Circuit-Training to the Masses

9Round kicks up circuit fitness training with boxing and kickboxing inspired workouts.

By Jason Daley

Building a Business

How to Set Your Brand Up For Success

With entrepreneurship in vogue, new companies are popping up every day. But getting your brand to stand out from the crowd, takes work. Wisconsin restaurants L'Etoile and Graze figured out how to do just that.

By Melanie Spring

Business Ideas

Meet the Company Creating Jobs for Former Gang Members

Homeboy Industries' mission is to create jobs for former L.A. gang members. Now with a forward-thinking CEO and high-profile licensing and distribution deals, Homeboy is taking good works to an even greater business level.

By Melinda Newman

Building a Business

4 Steps to Creating a Successful Job-Swapping Program

Educate employees and inspire innovation by incorporating your own version of the job-swap techniques big companies use.

By Gwen Moran

Human Resources

6 Tips for Managing Millennials (Whether You Find Them to be Entitled or Not)

Millennials have a reputation of being entitled and difficult to manage, but companies can be doing more to bridge the generation gap. Here's some advice.

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

Want to Grow Your Business? Get Out of the Way

Giving up control of parts of your business is a scary step. Here's how to make the process run smoothly.

Online Presence

Twitter’s Latest Acqui-Hire Drives Continuing Education for Employees

How far would you go to keep your employees' skills sharp? Twitter went ahead and bought a whole company.

By Brian Patrick Eha

Building a Business

Don’t Force Businesses to Pay Interns (Opinion)

Business strategist Carol Roth argues that forcing businesses to pay interns ignores both the costs incurred by the host business and the value interns receive.

By Carol Roth

Building a Business

Tips for Overcoming Early HR Hurdles

Of all the struggles you'll face as an entrepreneur, hiring, training and managing employees is one of the biggest. Here are some tips for clearing your startup's way of HR obstacles.

By Steve Goodman

Building a Business

4 Business Lessons from Quentin Tarantino Movies

What you can learn about managing your business from the award-winning writer and director.

By Lindsay LaVine

Building a Business

The Rise of Entrepreneurship on College Campuses (Infographic)

The uptick of entrepreneurship among young people across the country is causing many college campuses to add classes or retool out-of-date programs. Here's a snapshot.

By Diana Ransom

Building a Business

How to Take Advantage of Online Training Tools

More small businesses are turning to online training. Here's how your team can take advantage of the growing amount of resources.

By Nancy Mann Jackson

Human Resources

Olympic Training Tips for Coaching Employees to Greatness

Just as Olympians need great coaches to reach their highest potential, your high-performing employees need coaching to do the same. Here's how to get started.

By Gwen Moran