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Author: AllBusiness ( 09/07/2010 )

Market research is essential to understanding your customers and your competition. Market research can also identify trends that affect sales and profitability. But successful market research takes planning and strategy. Here are some of the most common mistakes businesses make in conducting market research and tips for avoiding them.

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The Future of Internet Search

Author: Esther Dyson ( 08/19/2010 )

NEW YORK – Imagine that Googling an address gave you a list of the closest buildings, ranked by distance. Not exactly what you were looking for, most likely. But that is pretty close to what we still accept for most Internet searches. You don't get what you actually want to finish your task; you get a list of pages that might lead you to it.

Author: Bill Taylor ( 06/30/2010 )

I was sad to read the news that Nicolas G. Hayek — one of Europe's most colorful entrepreneurs, and one of the most charismatic CEO's I've ever met — died this past Monday at the age of 82. I take comfort in the fact that the leader of Switzerland's Swatch Group passed away in his office at Swatch headquarters outside Berne, the Swiss capital. Knowing Hayek as I did, I know he died doing what he loved. He was a dreamer and an innovator to his last breath.

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8 Steps to Entrepreneurial Success

Author: Wayne Liew ( 06/24/2010 )

The following is a guest post by Robert Tuchman, author of Young Guns: The Fearless Entrepreneur’s Guide to Chasing Your Dream and Breaking Out on Your Own. In this blog post, he details 8 steps for you to achieve entrepreneurial success.

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Getting a Foothold Online

Author: Paul B. Carroll ( 06/07/2010 )

The CEO of Zappos.com, the shoe retailer, traces his path to success so far

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