New York Times - Small Business

Why don’t more businesses do what worked for Marcus Sheridan?

An installer of fiberglass pools uses an unconventional marketing approach to save his company and start a new venture.

Five years later, I had three Inc. 500 plaques hanging on my wall — and I was divorced.

They also consider ways to get a big software project back on track.

There is one principle we all agree on: always be recruiting!

Headed for 7-Eleven, the shipment of sunglasses will bring Sequoia Licensed Products a much-needed infusion of cash. Oh, thank heaven …

The budget talks continue. Gas prices hit record highs. And someone raises $1.5 million on Kickstarter. Do you think it’s evil to recline in an airline seat?

After a frustrating two-and-a-half-hour fitting room ordeal, Michelle Lam helped launch a company to match women with bras online.

Once a year, Dell invites 10 of its loudest critics on an all-expenses-paid trip to Austin, Tex., to meet with the company.

Maggie Winters, who owns a photography business, thinks she has the coolest job in the world.

The sequester would scale back programs at the S.B.A. According to the administration, loan guarantees would be reduced by $902 million. And the agency told the Senate Appropriations Committee that cuts to its counseling programs would force the agency's partners to turn away at least 33,000 business owners seeking assistance.

If you have business partners, a buy/sell agreement isn't just important -- it's crucial.

Last year started well, so I decided I would pay myself a reasonable salary. But sales started to slump after two months, and I ended up stopping my salary in April.

I would bet good money that the recruiting industry will shrink over the next five years because of one company: LinkedIn.

Do you settle and move on? Or do you fight?

A small-business owner need not do anything wrong to be sued. But there are several ways to avoid lawsuits, and to minimize damages if they do occur.

Pumbaa lives at Whynot Farm on Snow Creek, where the owner calls him "a sweet hog whom we cannot bring ourselves to slaughter."

A $3 billion surplus? Slower growth in health costs? The top 10 most-taxed cities in America. And is your company planning to make a Harlem Shake video?

Too busy trying to start a company, Adriana Herrera struggled to find the money for insurance and the time to see a doctor.

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