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last updated: May 17 2012 3:11 pm

Are You Buying a Job or a Profitable Business?

Find out if the owner was compensated and what's prompting her to sell. Then get an accountant to help you go through the company's books

How 'Diversity Fatigue' Undermines Business Growth

Companies with diverse leadership teams do better financially. Failing to hire individuals with different backgrounds and perspectives limits your prospects

Hospitals Seek Startups to Cure Tech Ills

A new accelerator for health IT companies is working with health-care providers to find crucial new technologies

When Should Domain Names Match Company Names?

For businesses selling to other businesses, it doesn't much matter. Even most ventures targeting consumers shouldn't sweat it in their early days

Lookout Safeguards Smartphones, but Do Consumers Care?

The startup's security app detects threats, yet many users are unconcerned

Integrated Marketing: If You Knew It, You'd Do It

The glut of places to advertise makes it easy to confuse customers with contradictory messages. Execute a strategy that integrates all your efforts

More Farms Vie for the $1 Billion Spent at Farmers Markets

As more Americans buy locally grown food, family farms are increasingly bypassing middlemen and selling direct

Old as New: Fixing E-Waste Instead of Scrapping It

A scrappy British electronics recycler finds profitability by repairing broken gadgets and appliances—and then reselling them

Odd Jobs: White House Chimney Sweep

Jeff Schmittinger has been at it for 19 years and hasn't been paid a dime

The Silver Lining to the Drop in Startups

Over the past three decades, the rate of new-business creation has declined dramatically—but so has the rate of business failures

Protect Your Company's Website From Malware

While most business owners are aware of computer viruses, they're less likely to guard against malicious software installed surreptitiously on their websites