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John Lincoln of Lincoln Electric believed his role as a leader was to create an environment where his employees would be encouraged to discover new ways for the company to improve and to bring those suggestions forward for his consideration.

Entrepreneurs who do not sell on the Internet and therefore do not have a merchant account often ask me if they need a digital presence. The answer: a resounding yes! That's because customers and clients use the Internet the way people used the Yellow Pages a generation ago, only more so.

You already knew that decisions about where to locate your business involve factors such as size of space, type of space, common area expenses and rent.

Have you ever thought “Where was I?” when you returned to a task after someone had interrupted you? Task shifting — even pulling yourself away from the computer screen to answer a question — can impact productivity. For astronauts, it can increase risks.

With a young population, substantial science and engineering skills and a huge consumer market, India has potential for phenomenal future growth.

In a world connected by high speed Internet, businesses are increasingly seeking a competitive edge by outsourcing software development offshore. For many companies, the strategy promises dramatically lower labor costs and better access to a vast pool of talent.

A long line of academic research argues that privately owned companies should be better managed than their publicly owned counterparts. But recent research by Finance Professor Sreedhar Bharath calls this conventional wisdom into question.

Do you remember “You’ve Got Mail”? In the 1998 hit movie, the Internet enables romance to flower between Tom Hanks, who played a big box bookstore owner, and Meg Ryan, an independent bookstore owner. Ironically, that same Internet has now clobbered big box bookstores.

Most years, the desert heat holds back buyers in the Phoenix real estate market, but not this year. Sales of single family homes were up 20 percent over July of last year, and townhouses rose even more.

Your business is thriving, but to continue to grow, you need capital. Before you enter the market, you need to know what your company is worth.