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Improving Customer Service
Small businesses can differentiate themselves from competitors by providing excellent, consistent responses to customers. Ashu Roy, CEO of software company eGain, gives tips for improving service by e-mail, Web chat, or phone
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Unpaid Interns: No Such Things
College students who serve as unsalaried interns in order to train for their desired professions are not being exploited. Pro or con?
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The Escalator Pitch
Veteran entrepreneurs and financiers have long understood the need for succinct pitches. Enter the Twitpitch. It's not what you think
A New Strategy for an Old Tannery
Horween Leather, supplier to the NFL and NBA, is making a bundle. Now this fourth-generation tanner is trying its hand at e-tailing
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SBA Loans Plummet
The total of the agency's flagship 7(a) loans is down 18%. The agency blames the economy; others cite the flight of banks from the program
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- Slide Show: Managing a Company's Online Reputation
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Three Easy Ways to Cut Costs
Start by taking a fresh inventory of your fixed assets. Then try to use more e-mail and less gasoline. Here are some tips to get started
Communications
Business Lessons from Randy Pausch's Last Lecture
The Carnegie Mellon professor's book and talk were meant as life lessons for his children, but the advice applies to business as well
Growth Strategies
Protecting Your Intellectual Property
Be a stickler about contracts: Employees and contractors must agree that anything they create or enhance on your behalf is owned by your company
Entrepreneur's Journal
Celebrating the Small Stuff
The founder of a financial services media company regrets not enjoying his accomplishments, both major and minor. Now it's part of his routine
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