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To find success, you'll need to make a serious commitment to starting up -- even if it's just a side gig....

Whether your business is a small storefront or an iconic stadium, the right to prime real estate isn’t guaranteed forever. Here's some advice on how to avoid having to relocate and how to make any address transition as seamless as possible....

It takes more than a great idea to launch a successful business. Here are five qualities to have under your belt....

From going out too much to having too many founders, here's what you've been doing wrong.When you write and read about start-ups all day long, you see founders make a lot of mistakes.As an observer of and dabbler in start-ups, I've kept track of all the things I'd try to avoid as an entrepreneur.Here are the most common mistakes early stage...

Women who want to lead have their work cut out for them. Here's how to fight unhelpful expectations--and keep your own standards firmly in place.As Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg notes, it's harder for women to get to the top in a corporate environment, and also harder for them to stay there. In part, that's because the challenges of advancing...

Leaders sometimes make big mistakes that threaten their careers and companies. Here's how they recover and survive to lead again.We all make mistakes. Over the course of your professional life, you can count on making a few bad career choices. It comes with the territory. Still, those mistakes can really drag you down. And recovering from them is...

Almost every aspect of business involves a certain amount of negotiation -- here's how to come out on the winning side....

Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur who just can't take the leap or you're trapped in a tough business dilemma, consider these strategies to get unstuck....

 Black women have a certain tenacity and strength of purpose that serves us well in the world of entrepreneurship. And it’s paying off; women-owned businesses are growing more rapidly than the national average, and African American-owned businesses are growing even faster.[1]Still, women-run businesses start off with far less capital and tend...

Your accountant will love you if you follow these record-keeping basics. And auditors will have less cause for concern....