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Entrepreneur How to Start a Small Business Online Fri, 15 Feb 2019 20:35:00 GMT Seven tried and true steps for attracting visitors to your small business' site -- and getting them to buy. more info...

Fast Company The fallout from NYT’s Ryan Adams exposé has already arrived Fri, 15 Feb 2019 11:15:37 GMT That was quick! Late on Wednesday afternoon, the New York Times published a damning report about Ryan Adams, detailing a pattern of disturbing behavior toward women, including emotional abuse and sexual misconduct. (Adams has since apologized, unconvincingly , while disputing some facts of the story.) Read Full Story more info...

Entrepreneur 9 Business Ideas Under $1,000 You Can Run From Anywhere Fri, 15 Feb 2019 23:00:00 GMT Go ahead and pull out that swimsuit or leave the pajamas on, you can still be a successful entrepreneur without being tied to an office. more info...

Fast Company Women CFOs may be in style–but what about the rest of the C-suite? Fri, 15 Feb 2019 06:00:04 GMT It may seem like more women are earning roles in the C-suite, but don’t mistake that for a sea change. When Indra Nooyi resigned from PepsiCo last summer, she had spent 12 years as CEO–the rare woman to sit atop a major corporation. Nooyi, the company’s first and only female CEO, had been promoted to the position after six years as PepsiCo’s CFO. But like many of her peers , when her tenure was up, Nooyi was replaced by a man. Read Full Story more info...

Fast Company This is what running a business with your spouse can do to your relationship Thu, 14 Feb 2019 06:00:50 GMT For some, working with a significant other sounds like a disaster. But for these couples, building a business together has strengthened their relationships. Would you work with your spouse or significant other? For some people, spending 24 hours a day with their partner other sounds like a recipe for marital trouble. Working with your spouse surely has an impact on your personal relationship, and some couples say working and building a business together has made their personal relationship stronger, deepening their trust and appreciation and making both their business and marriage more successful. Read Full Story more info...

Feedburner The three types of Amazon buyers — and how other e-tailers can lure them away (AMZN) Tue, 12 Feb 2019 20:02:00 -0500 Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. That’s the strategy e-tailers will have to adopt if they want to compete with Amazon. To fight back against the e-commerce giant’s expanding dominance, other online retailers must understand exactly why and how customers are buying on Amazon — and which aspects of the Amazon shopping experience they can incorporate into their own strategic frameworks to win back customers. Business Insider Intelligence Business Insider Intelligence , Business Insider’s premium research service, has obtained exclusive survey data to give e-tailers the tools to figure out how to do just that with its latest Enterprise Edge Report: The Amazon Commerce Competitive Edge Report. See the rest of the story at Business Insider See Also: New forecast from the NRF projects retail growth will slow in 2019 ...

Fast Company You can buy the house where Jeff Bezos started Amazon in its garage Tue, 12 Feb 2019 06:43:51 GMT You’ll need $1.5 million, though. The house where Jeff Bezos started Amazon from in its garage in 1994 is up for sale, reports the Seattle Times . The West Bellevue house in the Seattle area was never owned by Bezos but was rented by him when he started what is now one of the most powerful companies on the planet. Read Full Story more info...