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Not all successful entrepreneurs are quintessential risk-takers. But knowing your tolerance for risk and how risky your business idea is is an important step when starting a business.

Want to avoid getting bitten by the flu bug when you travel? Here are 10 proven tips that will help to keep you healthy.

Wendy's turns Twitter to a good cause, but McDonald's recent foray into social media doesn't turn out quite as well.

Angel investors can bring more then just money to a startup business. They can bring experience, contacts, wisdom, and in some cases even customers!

'Twas the night before Christmas, when in the airport / Restless creatures were stirring, in their suits and their shorts ...

The winners are in for the fourth annual AllBusiness AllStar Franchise rankings! We count down the companies that made the top 25 slots on the list.

Participating in your local community isn't just a way to do good -- it's also good business, helping your company stand apart from larger competitors.

Want to give back this season? Here are some great ways other small businesses are making a big impact with creative, meaningful community service projects.

The sluggish economy means business is tougher than Aunt Edna's turkey, but there are things business owners should feel grateful for this Thanksgiving.

Judging honesty and intent can be very tough in the business world. That's why most of us don't bother to try.

We present several effective ways to market your small business this holiday season and give yourself the gift of big profits.

Does your small business have a social media policy? The Evil HR Lady explains why it's time to get one -- and what can happen if you don't.

Sales experts teach you to sell benefits, not features. Here's why you sometimes need to take exactly the opposite approach to selling your products.

An Arizona woman gets a stay-away letter after she raises a stink over sanitary conditions in a McDonald's restaurant's kids' play area.

More street gangs are moving into white-collar crime -- a trend that puts small businesses increasingly at risk.

The members of Generation Y are more numerous and influential than baby boomers, and they have billions of dollars to spend. Are you reaching them?

Even when budgets are tight it's still to keep their employees happy, motivated, and engaged. Here are seven low-cost (or no-cost!) ways to make it happen.

The nation’s can-do Viagratude has sagged into a malaise of “why bother?” And it'll take more than a little blue pill to cure this problem.

What's worse than people who don't pay taxes whining about their taxes being too high? The damage they're doing to the nation's credit.