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Growing a Business

12 Restaurants Capitalizing on the Anti-Fast Food Revolution

It takes creativity to engineer a menu of fresh ingredients and healthy dishes – and then use that as the base of a successful business. Here are nutritious concepts transforming the fast-casual kitchen.

Buying / Investing in Business

Why Today's Bullish Economy Is Bad for VCs, But Good for You

A stable economy means less competition for scoring investment.

Fundraising

Why So Many Startups Never Reach Their Second Funding Round

Seed funding often gives a company more opportunities to fail, not succeed.

Business News

The Best Value in Higher Education

Princeton Review came out with their list of best value colleges, with UNC Chapel Hill and Williams College taking the tops spots.

Marketing

How 2014 Will Be The Year To Monetize Big Data

Big data will soon go from a technology investment to a marketing one. Use it as a tool to boost revenue.

Marketing

Why Spending on Big Data Isn't a Waste (Infographic)

Companies that harness big data for their marketing efforts show increases in both productivity and profit.

Buying / Investing in Business

Zombie VC Firms Can Be an Entrepreneur's Nightmare

Entrepreneurs, beware: When a VC firm shuts down, the obligation to deliver a return on the investment rarely goes away.

Money & Finance

The 3 Dashboards You Must Have for Your Business Now

It's important to have hard figures on how your business is doing at your finger tips. Keeping track of these numbers doesn't have to take time. Here are three dashboards that will do the work for you.

Marketing

Marketing ROI: Budgeting Your Money Wisely

Calculating the return on investment for your marketing can sometimes seem impossible. Yet it's necessary to make sure you're budgeting wisely. Here's how to translate your efforts into numbers.

Marketing

How Much Did That New Customer Cost You?

Determine your marketing plan's effectiveness by analyzing how much you're spending to gain just one client.

Business Ideas

Why Tony Hsieh Wants to Rehabilitate Sin City

The Zappos.com founder is hoping his bet on Las Vegas will be a win, win for his company and the community.

Money & Finance

10 Business Investments to Make Now

Business owners reveal the expenditures that paid off -- big-time.

Franchise

Franchising ROI: What's Reasonable?

How to determine whether a franchise investment makes financial sense