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What Every Business Owner Should Know About Collateral

Establishing the collateral value of an asset is often a point of contention in loan negotiations. Here are some rules-of-thumb to help you understand how a lender's likely to v

Travel Insurance for Businesses

In some cases, you may already have travel insurance and not know it. Whether for business or pleasure, here are the basics of travel insurance.

Intellectual Property: 5 Problems You Should Expect

There are plenty of problems that can come up when you're dealing with your intellectual property.

3 Steps To Managing Workplace Conflict With Emotional Intelligence

Emotional conflict is inevitable in the workplace. You can't ignore it away and you can't shrug it off, but you can defuse it with a little emotional intelligence.

3 Alternative Sources of Funding

Small business needs money to grow, but banks are reluctant to lend. Where to turn?

How To Use Cross-selling And Upselling To Maximize Online Sales

Every sale is opportunity for another sale, even online.

10 Employment Laws You May Be Breaking

State and federal employment law can be arcane. But no matter how difficult to comprehend, you're still liable if you're not in compliance.

Don't Sweat The Small Things—Or, Well, At Least These 4 Things

Missing office stationery? Distracted employees? As long as the issues are minor, move on and stay focused on building your business.

10 Innovative Ways To Reward Your Employees

Rewarding employees for a job well done is a fundamental management technique. And it doesn't have to be expensive.

5 Key Characteristics of the Entrepreneurial Mind

What's it take -- other than hard work and determination -- to make it as an entrepreneur?

Ask the Readers: How Do You Save on Transportation?

Tell us about how you save on transportation and we'll enter you in a drawing to win a $20 Amazon Gift Card!

To Payroll or Not: Hiring Contract vs. Salary Employees

You have some projects coming down the pipe that you need additional staff for. What do you do: offer your potential new team player an independent contract or full-time salary

When Is Lunch Deductible?

There are many situations in which your lunch isn't deductible, even if you're eating it at your desk. Knowing the difference can make a big difference in your tax burden.

40 Tips to Accelerate Your Cash Flow

40 ways to improve your cash flow in the following five areas: Expedite Cash In, Optimize Cash Out, Increase Revenue, Decrease Expenses, and Save Taxes.

8 Ways to Grow Your Business with Email Subscriber Lists

Whether you’re launching your first campaign or want to make your current list more profitable, here are 8 proven ways to make your next email campaign a success.

How a $14 Gift Increased Sales by 669%

This is a story of a tiny company that did a good deed, and that deed alone generated a massive growth in sales literally overnight.

Opening the Book on Open Book Management

Share your company's financial information with your employees and you'll all share in the benefits of increased productivity.

6 Things Your Business Needs More Than Cash

You need cash to meet payroll, cover overhead, pay suppliers, but if you're frequently short, maybe your business needs more of something other than cash.

Ask the Readers: How Do You Save on Holiday Travel?

Tell us how you save on holiday travel and we'll enter you in a drawing to win a $20 Amazon Gift Card!

How to Decipher Credit Card Advertising

How do you figure out whether a credit card offer is good or bad? We'll break down the terms and conditions for you.