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4 Tips to Avoid Co-Founder Conflict

4 Tips to Avoid Co-Founder Conflict

Student entrepreneur Eric Muli on why it’s important to be honest with your business partners and to quickly get over disagreements.
Could Teaming With Other Small Businesses Be the Key to Success?

Could Teaming With Other Small Businesses Be the Key to Success?

Advice for growing your business in a down economy.
Not a Superhero Entrepreneur? You’ll Still Need a Sidekick

Not a Superhero Entrepreneur? You’ll Still Need a Sidekick

Business is nothing like comic books or the movies, but having sidekick when the going gets tough can’t hurt. This Halloween, consider finding the Robin to your Batman.
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Business Partners: 5 Tips for Finding the Ying to Your Yang

Business Partners: 5 Tips for Finding the Ying to Your Yang

Start-up expert Rebekah Iliff says the key to finding an ideal partner or co-founder is first understanding your own strengths and future desires.
How to Close Your Startup’s Experience Gap

How to Close Your Startup’s Experience Gap

Joining forces with key individuals and organizations on campus can quickly accelerate your startup.
7 Steps for Choosing a Top-Notch Business Partner

7 Steps for Choosing a Top-Notch Business Partner

Venture capitalist, author and professor Peter S. Cohan answer readers’ top questions about entrepreneurship.
The Young Entrepreneur Mega InfoGraphic

The Young Entrepreneur Mega InfoGraphic

Most people know that each of us processes information in different ways.  Some people are auditory learners, for instance, while most are more visual.  Well, if you're someone who likes your information visual, have we got a treat for you! …
Oh, Brother! Tips for Sibling Collaboration in Your Business

Oh, Brother! Tips for Sibling Collaboration in Your Business

Being a triplet, with two highly competitive siblings, I've had my fair share of sibling rivalry. Though sibling rivalry is a term most often associated with children — young brothers and sisters struggling for their parents’ attention, rivalry may continue …
Complementary Partnerships

Complementary Partnerships

Who you work with is just as important as the work you do. While many young entrepreneurs fly solo, some of us choose to run our businesses with partners. As the Vice President and COO of AKT Enterprises, I have …
5 Questions to Ask While Searching for a Co-founder

5 Questions to Ask While Searching for a Co-founder

Starting your business, especially the first one, is like starting a new life. If you are sure of what you want to achieve, you would soon find yourself thinking and talking about your startup all the time, as if you …
5 Steps to the Perfect Business Partnership

5 Steps to the Perfect Business Partnership

There are a number of reasons to bring a partner into your business.  You might need a certain expertise, you might need funding, or maybe you just don't want to go it alone.  Whatever your reasons, bringing in a partner …

How to Find a Great Business Partner

Every new business goes through phases, some representing expansion (hopefully, often) and some contraction and as these phases unfold your business can fluctuate in size and require different resources. Sometimes, the business will get to a certain plateau and seem …