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Do You Have What It Takes to Start Your Own Business?
Posted on June 11, 2013 by Karen Axelton
Do You Have What It Takes to Start Your Own Business?

By Rieva Lesonsky What qualities do successful small business owners have in common? A new survey by Deluxe Corp. sought to find out by asking entrepreneurs about their history, attitudes and characteristics that led to business success. How do you … Read More →

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Are You Really Ready to Work From Home?
Posted on May 28, 2013 by Karen Axelton
Are You Really Ready to Work From Home?

By Rieva Lesonsky Before you move your small business home or launch a home-based business, stop and think about whether you’re truly prepared for what working from home is really like. (Believe me, I know.) A recent survey of home-based … Read More →

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Best Cities to Start a Business
Posted on May 24, 2013 by Karen Axelton
Best Cities to Start a Business

Is starting a business on your to-do list this year? Are you open to launching in a location that’s not a major coastal city? Then you’ll want to check out NerdWallet’s list of the top cities to start a business. … Read More →

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Free Tool Helps You Stay on Top of Corporate Compliance Issues
Posted on May 13, 2013 by Karen Axelton
Free Tool Helps You Stay on Top of Corporate Compliance Issues

Are you worried about staying on top of compliance issues related to your corporation? Tracking deadlines, dates and to-do’s can be a pain, but if you miss out, you could face fines or worse. To make tracking corporate compliance issues … Read More →

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How to Turn What’s Bugging You Into a Business
Posted on April 15, 2013 by Karen Axelton
How to Turn What’s Bugging You Into a Business

By Rieva Lesonsky Is something bugging you? Whether it’s the lack of a good Chinese restaurant in your neighborhood or the difficulty of sorting through your Twitter feed, chances are something is frustrating you at any given moment. But did … Read More →

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Which States Are Friendliest to Small Business?
Posted on April 10, 2013 by Karen Axelton
Which States Are Friendliest to Small Business?

What are the best and worst states in which to run a small business? The 2013 Thumbtack.com Small Business Survey, in partnership with the Kauffman Foundation, polled 7,766 small business owners nationwide to find out how supportive they felt their … Read More →

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The Best Cities for Young Entrepreneurs
Posted on April 3, 2013 by Karen Axelton
The Best Cities for Young Entrepreneurs

If you’re a young, startup entrepreneur, where should you locate your business? Under30CEO polled its readers to find the 30 best cities for young entrepreneurs. The survey broke down 30 U.S. cities into three different categories–large, medium and small–based on … Read More →

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2 Smart Startup Lessons
Posted on March 18, 2013 by Rieva Lesonsky
2 Smart Startup Lessons

By Rieva Lesonsky Are you getting ready to start a business? So are lots of other people. What are the smartest startup entrepreneurs doing? The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom decided to find out by surveying 1,431 people who … Read More →

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Do Small Business Owners Have Better Sex?
Posted on February 27, 2013 by Karen Axelton
Do Small Business Owners Have Better Sex?

By Karen Axelton Are SOHO (small office/home office) entrepreneurs having better sex? That’s one finding of a survey by PlanetSoho, a provider of easy-to-use online management tools and services for SOHO businesses. The State of America’s SOHOs study polled 1,300 … Read More →

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6 Hot Business Startup Ideas
Posted on February 19, 2013 by Rieva Lesonsky
6 Hot Business Startup Ideas

By Rieva Lesonsky If you want to start a business in an industry with lots of business startup potential, you’ll want to check out IBISWorld‘s list of  the hottest industries for business startup ideas for 2013 and beyond. I picked … Read More →

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