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With dissatisfying careers and back-to-back layoffs, many people are choosing to take control of their personal and professional future by exploring franchise opportunities. Consider these five tips when looking at franchises....

Often entrepreneurs think they need to completely disrupt an industry to land success. This couldn't be further from the truth....

Anyone can have a million-dollar idea. But turning your dream into a living and breathing startup, takes work. Here are 10 tips to get you started....

A founders' agreement can help you avoid a messy divorce from your business partner. Here's what you need to know.Though it can be hard to believe, most feuding cofounders probably got along once upon a time."Sometimes things don't work out and you have to get a business divorce," Stephanie Margossian, partner at San Francisco-based law firm...

Coming up with a great product idea doesn't necessarily mean you need to launch a business around it. Here are three things you need to know before taking that leap....

At age 16, I started my first business. I was among the throngs of a community that gathered on muggy summer nights to cheer on the home team at our high school football games. Cheering means one thing: yelling. And yelling means that people will have tired, sore, dry throats.For the penny pinchers unwilling to spend concession-stand prices for...

Albert Einstein was once quoted as saying, “The only source of knowledge is experience.” And the same certainly holds true for entrepreneurs. But for many, the allure of becoming an entrepreneur causes them to take the plunge before they learn to swim.According to Carol Roth, author of The Entrepreneur Equation, too few entrepreneurs stack the...

Don't let this common fear hold your career back and keep you from achieving the success you deserve.It's almost impossible to be successful in business presenting your ideas in public to a group of people. Unfortunately, public speaking makes three out of four people feel nervous and anxious, making them less effective.Not to worry. Here are six...

The dream of being one's own boss is what leads many people to start businesses, but don't be too hasty in leaving your bread-and-butter job....

If you're wondering how best to direct your focus and resources, ask yourself Peter Drucker's 5 Questions.As every entrepreneur knows, there are plenty of ideas and opinions -- good and bad -- about how best to focus your organization’s resources and efforts for success. Some years ago, management guru Peter Drucker wrote an intriguing...