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Content: Book | Authors: Guy Kawasaki, Raymond W. Smilor | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Management

Content: Book | Authors: J. Gregory Dees, Jed Emerson, Peter Economy | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Nonprofit

Here’s a quick primer of the various methodologies commonly used for valuing businesses (for purposes of imminent sale or otherwise).

Content: Article | Author: Elena Fawkner | Source: ManagerWise | Subject: Small Business

“A comprehensive free resource of small business information. Packed with dozens of guides, tools and techniques.”

Content: Online Resource | Source: BizMove.com | Subject: Small Business

If the bureaucratic trap is like a cage that restricts the opportunities for people to contribute all they can, the entrepreneurial trap is a void, a black hole into which people disappear when they lack direction or accountability. The issue is balance: enough breadth in jobs and decentralization in decisions to allow initiative and creativity, but enough discipline and direction and controls to focus local … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Babson Insight | Subjects: Bureaucracy, Entrepreneurship

“This guide is a checklist for the owner/manager of a business enterprise or for one contemplating going into business for the first time. The questions concentrate on areas you must consider seriously to determine if your idea represents a real business opportunity and if you can really know what you are getting into. You can use it to evaluate a completely new venture proposal or … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: BizMove.com | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Small Business

How do you hire a CEO, when you’re not even sure what a CEO does? That’s the query we received from an angst-ridden company founder who had tried and failed — twice — to replace himself. One sleepless night he finally realized he didn’t even know how to write a job description for a replacement CEO. To give guidance to that company builder — and … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Jennifer Reingold | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship

With a focus on providing legal and regulatory information for small businesses, this site gathers up hard-to-find research and resources into one useful package for time- and cash-strapped small business owners. Topics range from plain English guides to starting (or ending) a business and managing employees to specialized issues such as e-commerce and exporting.

The site also acts as a gateway to federal, state and local … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: BusinessLaw.gov | Subjects: Legal, Small Business

By understanding what the Small Business Adminstration does and doesn’t do, business owners can be in a better position to take advantage of this often misunderstood government program.

Content: Article | Author: Carole Matthews | Source: Inc.com | Subjects: Finance, Small Business | Industry: Finance / Banking

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The creators of business planning software and site BPlans.com now bring us MPlans.com, a website devoted to the art of marketing plans. Do you need to create a marketing plan? Browse the site to find a business like yours, then review the sample plan. Cut and paste. Or you could choose to read “OnTarget,” the free Web book on the site, which is all about … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Palo Alto Software | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Small Business

“Too often people fail in business because they make avoidable mistakes! My Own Business is an online, eleven-session course providing the basic do’s and don’ts for entrepreneurs. The course is intended for both start-up and already operating entrepreneurs. With audio Sound Bytes, quizzes, feed back and a tool to create your own business plan, the site is fully interactive.

Developed from the “real world” experience … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: My Own Business Inc. | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Small Business

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It pays to think like an angel — investor, that is. Angel and author David Amis explains what you need to know about getting financing in these tough times.

Content: Article | Author: Paul B. Brown | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subject: Entrepreneurship

The CCH Business Owner’s Toolkit offers the SOHO Guidebook to answer your business, tax, and legal questions and to get practical tips that will help you work smarter, save money, and stay in compliance with the law. Or try out some of the business tools and see how you can get the job done easier and save significant time and dollars in the process. And … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: CCH Incorporated | Subjects: Free Stuff / Tools, Small Business

Created by Adams Media, a publisher of small business books and software titles, BusinessTown is a resource for entrepreneurs and small business owners. Thanks to content from the Adams Media library of publications, the site contains hundreds of articles covering 25 separate business topics — from the expected advertising, legal and marketing to time management, turn around and valuing a business.

Content: Online Resource | Source: Adams Media | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Small Business

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Two years ago, Crosspoint Venture Partners made headlines when it canceled a $1 billion fund in the making. The cause was cloudy, but the high-profile VC firm sent the first signal that not everything was peachy among the elite billion-dollar VC club that emerged at the height of the Internet bubble.

Content: Article | Author: Vyvyan Tenorio | Sources: IPO.com, The Daily Deal | Subject: Venture Capital

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