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As more people are underemployed and buried in debt, collaborative consumption is growing. From Taskrabbit to Instagram, see how sharing is changing the economy.
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Bank lending for small businesses remains sluggish. From shoring up company finances to cultivating a banking relationship, see what start-ups can do to avoid loan rejections.
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Small businesses can find success with innovative solutions to common problems. CNBC Prime's "The Prophet" presents 10 small businesses with groundbreaking products.
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Maria Molland, head of Europe at Fab.com, comments on their quick success and how the website plans to become the world's leader in "emotional e-commerce".
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States have spent about $3.6 billion enforcing pot possession laws in 2010, according to an ACLU study. A look inside the startling numbers.
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Rohan Marley, Marley Coffee co-founder, explains how shoppers can now get real cups of Marley java right in their supermarket.
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Hoping to bring romance back, a French-themed cafe in Sydney, Metro St James', is offering free coffee for kissing couples. But can you go alone and make out with staff?
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Sabine Heller, ASmallWorld CEO, discusses how this exclusive online community is shaking up the social media landscape.
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Some multinationals are chasing growth in emerging markets by helping entrepreneurs in far-flung markets. A feel good, global-citizen move, or real growth generator?
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Jamen Shively, a former Microsoft executive and currently CEO of Diego Pellicer, wants to build the first national marijuana store brand.
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Business slows down for some small shop owners in the summer. From networking to updating websites, a to-do guide for all those pesky tasks you've been meaning to do—for months.
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John Malloy, BlueRun Ventures partners, discusses how the social mapping and navigation app startup has revolutionizes the way people plot their destinations and has generated interest from Google and Facebook.
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The Small Business Administration has backed hundreds of small breweries. Sure, Uncle Sam likes pilsner. But what's the broader motivation behind the loans to small breweries?
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.160x105.jpg=3fv=3d1369850887 "Why Now's the Time to Sell Your Business")
Anyone who knows anything about business knows that you buy low and sell high. Here's why now just may be that selling-high time.
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More prominent entrepreneurs and investors are starting several companies at once to share resources. Clever idea or set up for cookie-cutter ventures?
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.160x105.jpg=3fv=3d1369341015 "'LinkedIn for Military' RallyPoint Opens to Vets")
A jobs-oriented social network for military service members is opening to a new kind of recruit this Memorial Day: Veterans.
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Can an olive oil shortage present a glut of opportunity? It depends on how you manage your business.
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Feeling hopeful about their prospects and broader economy, U.S. entrepreneurship rates are at the highest in more than a decade, according to a report. See which state is star.
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After seeing the extensive destruction and loss of life from the Moore, Okla., tornado on Monday, Tornado Alley residents are going into prevention mode, vowing to avoid becoming victims when the next twister strikes.
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Wealth managers go where the money is, and the technology capital is flooded with the next crop of the newly rich.
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Forget trekking to a stadium concession line. Three start-ups have created mobile apps that let you order food and beverages right from your seat. Is America not a great country?
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