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Digital conglomerate buys right-wing app Parler

The digital media conglomerate Starboard said Friday it purchased the conservative social media site Parler and will temporarily take down the app as it undergoes a “strategic assessment.” The deal came months after another acquisition agreement with rapp

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Fry's Electronics abruptly goes out of business

Fry’s Electronics — a big-box retailer that grew rapidly in the 1990s with a chain of giant and sometimes wildly decorated stores — abruptly announced that it’s going out of business. The San…

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The True Failure Rate of Small Businesses

Understanding how and why businesses fail can help prepare you for success.

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How To Invest In Startups – Forbes Advisor

Startup investing is potentially lucrative, but it’s important to understand that it comes with big risks. Here’s what you need to know to begin investing in startups.

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Enough With Working From Home, Amazon Is Making a Big Bet on Getting Back to the Office

The ecommerce and tech giant is investing $1.4 billion in offices and adding 3,500 jobs in 5 cities. The question is whether workers will be as excited about it.

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Venture Capital Is Not The Funding Reality Of Most Startups—Here’s What Is

In reality, less than 1% of startups get investment capital. Don't worry, you have many other funding options.

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The PPP Ends Today. Here's What's Next | Inc.

The latest bill wending its way through Congress is a much more targeted version of the Paycheck Protection Program. Here's an early look.

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How Old-School Manufacturers Learned To Make Ventilators — Virtually Overnight

The U.S. has a desperate need for ventilators to save patients who become critically ill with COVID-19. Across America, manufacturers are scrambling to fire up assembly lines to produce more than a hundred thousand of them–and to figure out what to do d

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Amazon to Shut Down Its In-House Shipping for Now | Inc.

The service was meant to compete with UPS and FedEx, but will 'pause' effective June 5. 

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What the Federal Reserve's Interest Rate Cut Means for Consumers

A look at how the Fed's interest rate cut could affect your savings accounts, credit card rates and more.

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How To Cure Founder's Syndrome | Inc.

When business owners micromanage, it can be a productivity calamity for all involved. But is there a cure?

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Entrepreneur 101: What To Know About MVPs

Businesses turn to MVPs—minimum viable products—to test early-stage ideas and gain valuable feedback from users.

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How Sales Teams Can Use Marketing Content to Close More Deals

Content that doesn't get used is content that gets wasted. Garrett Moon explains how to help sales teams use content and marketing assets effectively.

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Effective ways to ensure your remote team feels like part of HQ

Early-stage startups have a massive problem: there are way, way too many things to do, and never enough people to do them. Whether it’s growth marketing, or product design, or software engineering or a myriad list of other tasks, something somewhere isn

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Seven Lessons For Early-Stage Startup CTOs

While CTOs at early-stage startups are seen as the technology visionaries, the reality is, their roles and decisions truly revolve around making the business successful. The key is understanding that technology is a tool and not the destination.

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How to Start a Multimillion-Dollar Amazon Business With Less Than $2,000

It takes just one hour a day.

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Now That You Have A Startup, How Should You Fund It?

Let's face it: Even the leanest startups can’t get far without capital.

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The ultimate guide to scaling a startup — and common pitfalls to avoid

Top founders like Deepak Hegde, Alexi Robichaux, and Kara Goldin share their best advice on how to scale quickly and efficiently.

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Café that charged a ‘man tax’ and gave women priority seating is going out of business | Fox News

A lesbian-owned, vegan coffee shop in Brunswick, Australia, that made international headlines in 2017 for charging a voluntary 18 percent “man tax” will close its doors for good Sunday after less than two years in business.

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The Rules for Leading a Navy SEAL Team Are the Same as Leading a Startup. I Know, I've Done Both.

Alden Mills, creator of Perfect Pushup and former military commander, outlines the mindset and tactics for success.

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Why Gillette's New Ad Campaign Is Toxic

While it focuses on important social issues related to masculinity, Gillette has alienated a large proportion of its target market. This article provides a historical perspective on Gillette's "Best a Man Can Get" campaign and explains what has gone wrong

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Why Car Makers Are In A Death Spiral

If bankers have their way, when shares of Uber begin trading next year, the San Francisco company will be worth more than Ford General Motors and Fiat Chrysler, combined.

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Five stocks that have plunged 50 per cent — and what investors can expect next

Peter Hodson: The market sell off has been ugly: Investors everywhere are panicking and adjusting their portfolios, perhaps at the wrong time

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Want Startup Success? Keep It Simple, Stupid!

Don't try to be all things to all people--focus on that one thing your business can be doing that is better than everyone else.

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Working at Netflix Sounds Like Hell

There are many, many jobs that are much worse than working at Netflix. But based on an extensive profile of the company’s culture, the streaming company certainly seems to have built a unique version of corporate hell.

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To Scale Your Business, You Must Embrace A Niche

When it comes to starting a business, it is easy to want to offer your products or services to everyone. However, the more targeted you can be in your launch, the more likely you are succeed.

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Don't Waste Time On A Startup Business Plan -- Do These 5 Things Instead

Based on my experience, business plans for startup companies are usually not worth the effort. Learn what you should be focusing on instead to grow your business.

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Invisible unicorns: 35 big companies that started with little or no money

There’s a widespread belief among founders that venture capital is a precursor to success. VC is a common denominator of the most successful tech startups, but it isn't a prerequisite. To help illustrate this, here are 35 companies that started wit