This site contains a variety of content related to running and managing the growth of entrepreneurial ventures. Everything from how-to articles to stories from accomplished entrepreneurs.
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Thanks to the Web, copyright laws are now front and center for entrepreneurs. Are the Fortune magazine quotes you use in your marketing e-newsletter protected? (Possibly) Are e-mails protected? (Yes and No) This article, while not legal advice, is excellent, readable guide to today's changing copyright laws.
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Is your business data safe from outsiders? Fred Langa, Information Week, provides points to help prevent data theft, identity theft, and private information falling into the wrong hands. Included are links to the tools and resources outlined in the article.
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This entrepreneur thought he had built in adequate legal protections to ensure his partner in a new venture would not get full control of the business. When the partner was ready to sell the company, however, the entrepreneur discovered he didn't have the leverage he needed to stop the company's sale.
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Learn how Comtech Solutions scrapped its geographic management structure, reorganized around function and used a technological upgrade to help it manage across the globe.
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Les Spero tells the story of business operations challenges he once faced that led him to create technology to help businesses like his become more efficient and profitable.
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This in-depth piece offers all the basics of Enterprise Resource Planning in a straightforward, no-nonsense way. It will be especially useful to owners of fast-growing organizations who need continuous efficiency improvement. ERP integrates all operations onto a single software platform and provides corporate-wide access. The main benefit is in order fulfillment.
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What is "generating value from intellectual and knowledge-based assets?" It's "knowledge management," but, as this to-the-point article explains, KM is not a flavor-of-the-month philosophy. Instead, as Baby Boomers retire and take their organizational insights and information with them, effective KM will increasingly become a requirement for staying in business.
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An excellent overview of outsourcing, this lengthy article is broken into digestible pieces with key questions, from the basic "What is outsourcing?" and "Why outsource?" to the more complex "What are the hidden costs?" and "Where is the best place to outsource IT?" A must-read for entrepreneurs thinking about outsourcing.
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Business conflicts are inevitable, which means you need legal counsel to guide you through potential litigation. This article is a comprehensive review of alternative courses to litigation, including arbitration, mediation, and private judging.
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The Six Sigma manufacturing process drives production to near-perfect levels, seeking less than 3.4 defects per million output units. Here, the basic purpose and process of the Six Sigma methodology, and its connection to "lean" manufacturing, are clearly explained for entrepreneurs. The article also provides tips on getting started and guidelines to successful implementation.