Building a Business Check ‘Em Out on MySpace Social networking sites spark unofficial background checks.
Marketing Create a Product Your Customers Will Want Are more features what your customers really want? Try to make your product do too much, and it may end up doing nothing at all.
Building a Business How Does the EEOC Fare in the Discrimination Wars? The EEOC just passed a milestone, but we're still striving for workplace equality.
Business News Supporting Cast Creating accessories for a hot-selling product line can be the path to quick riches, but it's also a very risky business.
Business News Keeping Your Business Model Flexible In today's fast-paced marketplace, your business model has to be flexible. Are you up to the challenge?
Business News Perfect Casting To truly unlock your employees' talents, you need to understand who they are and what roles best suit them.
Building a Business Buying a Suppliers’s Company Branching out into a new realm of business by buying the assets of a former supplier has its pros and cons. Just ask these entrepreneurs.
Building a Business Going Overboard on Outsourcing When growing your business, you know you can't do it all on your own. But could you be outsourcing too much?
Building a Business Acquiring a Supplier Branching out into a new realm of business by buying the assets of a former supplier has its pros and cons. Just ask these entrepreneurs.
Human Resources Keep It Simple Find your focus: Fine-tune your business with our ideas for simplifying and streamlining your operations.
Business News Hiring Executives With Experience Independent companies seek experienced execs to foster new growth.
Building a Business 25 Ways to Simplify Your Business Fine-tune your business with our ideas for simplifying and streamlining your operations.
Business News Corporate Earnout When selling your company, an earnout agreement can seem like an attractive option--but things could get ugly if you're not careful.
Building a Business How Major Customer Changes Affect You If a big customer announces a restructuring, you could be in for a major hit, so have a strategy in place to stay in the game.
Business Ideas Are You Ready for Virtual Collaboration? To keep the floor open for your team's innovative ideas at any time of the day or night, bring your brainstorming online.
Business News 18 How-To Sales Secrets How do stellar sellers work their magic? From cold calls to closing, here are their top secrets to super selling.
Marketing Behind the Magic How do stellar sellers work their magic? From the first cold call to closing the deal, discover the top sales secrets of some seriously successful salespeople.
Building a Business Bartering in Business Barter is back in style and spanning the globe. Here's what you need to know to become the master of your exchange.
Business News Corporate Raider A joint venture with a big company sounds great -- until they back out and take your idea with them.
Building a Business Stop, Thief! A joint venture with a big company sounds like a dream--until the company backs out, takes your idea with it and leaves you in the dust.
Business News Passing the Buck If you're asking employees to manage their own benefits, you could be asking for trouble.
Thought Leaders Inside Job Need a fresh perspective on projects, markets and more? Chances are, the answers you need are right under your roof.
Business News What Lies Beneath Today's consumers no longer fit into yesterday's molds. Here's how to get a grip on the new demographics--and get inside your customers' heads.
Business News Five Magic Markets Learn tricks for getting in tune with today's five hottest consumer markets, and watch your profits soar.
Business News Innovating With Fresh Ideas R&D is being neglected in too many companies. Here's how to ensure your product pipeline is flowing with imaginative and innovative ideas.