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A Business Plan Helps
To Define Your Dreams
Startup Q & A:
Mapping out your strategy forces you to answer hard questions about your entrepreneurial ambitions. To increase your chances of success, undertake a rigorous examination of your proposal.
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Small Firms Add Jobs
At Home and Abroad
It's a small world:
Global giants aren't the only companies cutting costs by shifting positions overseas. Increasingly, small businesses are finding that "offshoring" jobs is a boon to their bottom line -- and gives them room to create new posts in the U.S.
Do Small Firms Deserve
Do-Not-Call Exemptions?
Enterprise:
Some entrepreneurs think small businesses should be exempt from the federal registry protecting people from intrusive telemarketers. Here are the thoughts of two of these businessmen.
Putting Your Stamp
On a New Business
Entrepreneur's Diary:
The transition while taking over a business from a longtime owner can be delicate. Find out how one new entrepreneur decided to make his own mark.
Training, Trig, Teriyaki:
Franchises Go Global
International flavor:
While U.S. franchisers have been carrying their brands to the far reaches of the world, they've passed at least two dozen concepts traveling the other way. Here's a closer look.
Flex Pricing Muscles
Without Hurting Sales
Toughen up:
Despite years of almost no inflation, you may have more pricing power than you think. Here's how to take advantage of it without bruising yourself in the process.
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