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6 ways to grow a successful small business without going crazy

Boy Genius — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:00:34 +0000

(Editor’s note: Clate Mask is co-author of the New York Times bestseller Conquer the Chaos and CEO of Infusionsoft,. He submitted this column to VentureBeat.) The lifelong “company man” has become a relic of the past. New businesses are being launched in record numbers as the Internet lowers the barriers to entry and levels the playing field

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5 startup legal pitfalls you need to avoid

Boy Genius — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:00:39 +0000

(Editor’s note: Curtis Smolar is a partner at Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley.

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3 ways to improve entrepreneurial success

Boy Genius — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:00:14 +0000

John Osher, developer of the low-cost spin toothbrush, was a successful entrepreneur because he thought differently. William Sahlman, professor at Harvard Business School, breaks down the three most important factors in Osher’s success in this entrepreneur thought leader lecture given at Stanford University in 2007

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Featured blog post: Sharpen the tools in your interactive recruitment marketing kit

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:51:00 +0000

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Incubator BoomStartup unleashes its first class of Utah startups

Boy Genius — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:25:23 +0000

Startup incubators continue to spread across the country, and one of the latest is BoomStartup , a Utah-based organization that’s graduating its first class of entrepreneurs next week. If you’re a San Francisco/Silicon Valley snob like me, Utah might not seem like a great place for an incubator.

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5 critical places to manage your online identity

Boy Genius — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:00:00 +0000

(Editor’s note: Jim Fowler is the co-founder of Jigsaw, a Web-based B2B directory. He submitted this column to VentureBeat.) You probably know the importance of establishing and maintaining Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn profiles – but there are plenty of other sites and directories where hiring managers, recruiters and potential clients – or investors – may find your profile. Myriad sites and services collect business-to-business contact data and pass it on to large and small companies that are looking to make connections or recruit new hires

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FCC must make ISPs crack down on spammers and malware

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:59:00 +0000

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11 observations on workplace gender wars

Boy Genius — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:00:39 +0000

(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany .

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11 observations on workplace gender wars

Boy Genius — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:00:39 +0000

(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany . This column is an abbreviated version of a post that originally appeared on his blog .) My two daughters are now in college and have put their toes in the working world with summer jobs.

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Freemium: A business model startups can’t ignore

Boy Genius — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:00:17 +0000

(Editor’s note: Jason Katz is Founder and CEO of Paltalk, an interactive video community. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.) The word “freemium” may be less than four years old, but the business model it describes – offering basic service access for free and then charging for advanced features – has been around for decades and is utilized by some of the Web’s most successful companies

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