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As you prepare your business for the next year, how do you make sure it isn’t a rerun of the past year? Even if this year was a great one for you, there’s no reason to do things the same way, and you’ll probably want to take your small business in some new directions. Maybe you’ll fix some nagging problems, or finally seize on an opportunity that’s been there for a while but you haven’t gotten around to tackling. Read more

 

When it comes to research on entrepreneurship, few organizations do more of it than the Kauffman Foundation. For a  just-released study called Making a Successful Entrepreneur, Kauffman surveyed 549 company founders of successful businesses in high-growth industries to determine the factors that influence the success or failure of startups. The key success factors, it turns out, are “prior work experience, learning from previous successes and failures, a strong management team and good fortune.” Read more….