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With all the services available online for your business, an entrepreneur can get overwhelmed when it’s time to make a choice. Are you selecting the best service for your money? Will you get great customer service? Maybe you already…

Sales forecasts are by nature imperfect. But experts say there are ways to squeeze more value out of the projections you're making.

Any good business will have a system of sales forecasting as part of its…

Suggestion: on any kind of business relationship, take a step back, open your eyes, and look for compatible goals.

For example, one variety of hell is a startup with founders and investors having different goals. Differences…

In my 1997 HBR article, Beyond Greening: Strategies for a Sustainable World, I made the case for sustainability as a key driver of business growth. Now, well over a decade later, as developing-economy competitors take the lead, U.S.…

A couple of weekends ago, as I was watching Lady Gaga's appearance on Saturday Night Live, I found myself wondering whether her rise to stardom might mark a shift. Are we looking at the return of something more…

Think of a team of military commandos and an image of camouflaged, disciplined athletes in their late teens or early twenties might pop into your head.

But Navy Seal Team 6, the secret elite group that recently killed Bin Laden,…

On recent visits to India, we have found that "innovation" is the buzzword on everybody's lips. Indian CEOs and policy-makers inject this word into practically every sentence they utter. President Pratibha Patil has even declared 2010-2020 as India's…

"Create a social media presence that highlights your expertise," I told a room full of entrepreneurs. "And that will do more to drive business to your site than anything else you can afford during your startup phase."

Then came the…

Fake Prada bags, a Twitter acquisition, a new college app, and more.

Is counterfeiting good for business? Over at Slate.com today, Columbia B-school professor Ray Fisman pens a compelling little piece that would make any IP lawyer cringe—that fakes…

One thing is clear. For better or for worse, the major search engines are going more social in their quest to deliver more relevant results. In fact, even the non-major ones are as well. 

Is social a major…