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Menu [#] Follow Entrepreneur Facebook Twitter Google + LinkedIn & Best of the Week Newsletter Subscribe and get the best from the week. Invalid Email Latest Top 50 How To Lists SUBSCRIBE $1 an issue Skip Advertisement This ad will close in 15 seconds... How To Viral Marketing 6 Viral-Marketing Lessons to Learn From the Ice Bucket Challenge Gabrielle Boko 4 min read Best of How to Basecamp's Rebel Recipe for Success: 5 Ways the Softwa... 6 Viral-Marketing Lessons to Learn From the Ice Bucket... How to Become a Millionaire by Age 30 Bravely Facing the Epic Decision of a Career Pivot 5 Ways to Work Harder, Courtesy of a Beijing Restaurat... Employee Management 7 Signs a Great Employee Might Be a Bad Boss The quickest line producers might fall short in mastering the skills required of a manager. Here's a checklist of warning signs to watch out for. Heather R. Huhman 4 min read Share Restaurants So You Have a Successful Restaurant. Now What? Your food business might be able to support new ventures. Here's how to figure out the best direction to go in for expansion. Kep Sweeney and Ken Wiles 4 min read Share Decision-making Bravely Facing the Epic Decision of a Career Pivot A serial entrepreneur shares how she came to leave the corporate fold and establish her first business. Kelsey Ramsden 4 min read Share Starting a Business Decision-making Bravely Facing the Epic Decision of a Career Pivot A serial entrepreneur shares how she came to leave the corporate fold and establish her first business. Kelsey Ramsden Starting a Business How to Start a Business Online 7 tried and true steps for attracting visitors to your site--and getting them to buy. Allen Moon Starting a Business Elements of a Business Plan There are seven major sections of a business plan, and each one is a complex document. Read this selection from our business plan tutorial to fully understand these components. Starting a Business Starting a Business: The Idea Phase You know you want to start a business, but what do you do next? Here's how to find the perfect idea for your business. Entrepreneur Staff Starting a Business Business Structure Basics With this basic guide, you'll be able to select the structure that suits your business best. Entrepreneur Staff Growth Strategies Restaurants So You Have a Successful Restaurant. Now What? Your food business might be able to support new ventures. Here's how to figure out the best direction to go in for expansion. Kep Sweeney and Ken Wiles Growth Strategies How to Motivate Employees in Less Than 5 Minutes Motivating your team can be more art than science, but here are four techniques that work. Sharí Alexander Growth Strategies Five Steps to Painless Inventory Management A look at common mistakes entrepreneurs make with inventory, and how to fix them. Lisa Girard Growth Strategies Build Your Management Team If the time has come to admit you can't do it all, this guide can help you figure out just who you need on your executive team, where to find them and how to hire them. Stever Robbins Growth Strategies How to Write a Job Analysis and Description Make sure you know what you're looking for in an employee before you actually start looking. Use these guidelines to help. Finance Cash-Flow Management 5 Tips to Keep Cash Flow Strong Owners often don't spend enough time estimating the projected arrival of various revenue streams while considering their deadlines to pay expenses. Here's how to apply the necessary dilligence. Jesse Torres Finance The Basics of Money Management Before you start making money, you've got to figure out how you're going to accept payments, establish payment and credit terms, and manage your finances. This how-to will help. James Stephenson Finance Five Ways to Keep Cash Flow Pumping For new business owners, getting cash flowing into the business should be priority No. 1. Here are ideas for getting started. Brad Sugars Finance Hate Making Collection Calls? How to Do Them Right Since calling late-payers can be painful, make your effort to collect what you're owed as efficient and effective as possible. Here's how. Michelle Dunn Finance A Beginner's Guide to Private Equity It may be just what an established business needs, but watch out for ruthlessness. Marketing Viral Marketing 6 Viral-Marketing Lessons to Learn From the Ice Bucket Challenge Keep your audience entertained with a video or photo that they want to see. Gabrielle Boko Marketing How to Sell in 60 Seconds When selling, you have one minute to pique your prospect's interest. Here are some tips to make the most of your time. Tony Parinello Marketing 12 Ways to Increase Online Sales Improve the sales effectiveness of your site with one of these guaranteed ways to turn visitors into buyers. Derek Gehl Marketing 10 Laws of Social Media Marketing For business owners just getting started, a guide to build brand buzz and boost your bottom line. Susan Gunelius Marketing How to Effectively Use Testimonials Adding this single element to your website can multiply your profits--and get your customers selling your products for you. Derek Gehl Leadership Employee Management 7 Signs a Great Employee Might Be a Bad Boss The quickest line producers might fall short in mastering the skills required of a manager. Here's a checklist of warning signs to watch out for. Heather R. Huhman Leadership Five Steps for Giving Productive Feedback It can be a delicate process, but assessing a person's progress can lead to improvement and growth. Scott Halford Leadership 10 Honest and Completely Helpful Tips for Hitting a Public-Speaking Homerun Looking for advice on how to amp up your public speaking skills? Here are a few tips from a pro. Jason HeadsetsDotCom Leadership Qualities 9 Lessons You Won't Learn in Business School Yahoo's chairman of the board provides his insights on succeeding in the real world of business, especially in the gritty trenches of startups. Maynard Webb Leadership Your Fill-in-the-Blank Motivational Speech Select from the following answers for a rallying cry you can apply to any business challenge. Ross McCammon Technology Technology Basecamp's Rebel Recipe for Success: 5 Ways the Software Maverick Made Millions by Being Different Here are the surprising, unorthodox strategies that helped the early software as a service pioneer rise to -- and stay at the top of -- the crowded online project management space. Kim Lachance Shandrow Technology Five Easy Tools to Build a Website You don't have to be a techie to build a website for your business. Here are five affordable resources to get started. Jonathan Blum Technology Build a Website for Less Than $500 You don't have to delay launch because you can't afford a web developer. Do it yourself! Technology Make Your Website a Daily Destination 5 simple strategies to keep people coming back Scott Steinberg Technology 10 Easy Steps to Track, Lock and Wipe Data From Your Android Devices If your Android-powered phone or tablet is lost or stolen, follow these steps to set up the Android Device Manager now. Jason Fell Entrepreneurs Change Overcoming the Obstacles to Embracing Change Your evolution as a businessperson and perhaps chances at success may hinge on your reaction to some key scenarios. Jag Shoker Entrepreneurs 5 Time Management Techniques Worth Using There's no magic pill you can take to manage your time better. Instead, try implementing these five strategies to get your work under control. Dan S. Kennedy Entrepreneurs The Myth of Working Hard vs. Working Smart Can you get to the top without pushing yourself during long work days? Michael Moroney Entrepreneurs Put Yourself on the Road to Success With These 5 Principles The first step in achieving success is often deciding what it means to you. Following these philosophies can then help you get there. Adam Toren Entrepreneurs 6 Steps to Becoming Hyper-Efficient If you want success, you have to know how to maximize your time. These three tips will get you there. Gwen Moran Franchises Franchises How to Research a Business Opportunity Protect yourself by learning what a business opportunity really is, how the government regulates them, and the steps you should take to ensure you've found the best opportunity available. Franchises Sniffing Out a Good Business Opportunity How to tell whether that opportunity is really too good to be true Cliff Ennico Franchises How to Succeed as the First Franchisee Three steps to navigate your way through a new franchise system--and thrive. Jeff Elgin Franchises Navigate the Paper Trail You've found the franchise of your dreams. Now the real work begins. Find out what the FDD, financial statements and franchise agreement really mean. Company Advertise Brand Licensing Contact Us Staff Events Winning Strategies Growth Conference Products Business Books Reprints & Licensing eServices Classifieds International Editions China Middle East Mexico Philippines South Africa Follow Entrepreneur Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google+ Pinterest Instagram YouTube Tumblr RSS Free Trial Issue Gift Subscriptions Subscriber Services Digital Editions iOS | Android | Kindle Copyright © 2014 Entrepreneur Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 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