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Episode Guide
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The $16M Squeegie
Handle removal.
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19 Million and One-of-a-Kind
Most micro businesses operate out of home offices.
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21st Century Farming
Farmers use the newest technology to harvest more profits.
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Acquire Your Competition
How to grow a business through acquisitions.
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Algorithms in Love
A business succeeds by understanding the interiority of people.
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All About Money
Money options.
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All in the Family
Family business.
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America the Beautiful
One man builds a house for the homeless.
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American Artisans
Artists and crafters keep the West alive.
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Analog vs. Digital
Analog vs. digital; vinyl records.
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Angelo DeLucia's Recipe
Family's frozen recipe.
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Angels Everywhere
Entrepreneurs as a source of startup capital.
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Arab-American Entrepreneurship
Services in various languages.
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The Art of Pricing
A small business calculates the price its customers pay for happiness.
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Automate Art
An artist invests in state-of-the-art printing techniques.
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Be a Safe Place to Work
A business owner realizes the power of providing a safe place to work and focuses herself on that goal daily.
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Be Well. Everybody Be Well
Creating and sustaining a culture of health in the workplace.
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Beating the Big Boys
How one man succeeded without a big company logo behind him.
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Beating the Odd
Companies that overcame failure.
- Bewildering the Big Guys
- Beyond Bankruptcy
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A Bicycle Rack for Two
Innovation and functional accessories in the bicycle business.
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Big Bucks for Small Companies
A small business investment company could be a good place to get money for growth.
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Big Fish Swallow the Little Fish
Deploying an idea and selling it.
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Bloom Where You Are Planted
A woman's goal to improve her whole neighborhood causes great sales increases in her own business.
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Boss Is a Four-Letter Word
Two men build a huge business with neither as boss.
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Brand Matters
A business owner nearly failed in business.
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Brave and Free
People strengthen the fabric of America.
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Break the Mold
How two entrepreneurs reinvented their 30-year-old company.
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Breaking the Mold in Motor City
Females in the car industry.
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Brookstone Technologies
Australian firm's software makes work completely portable.
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Build a Business and a Legacy
A woman grew her real estate business into a multi-billion dollar sales organization.
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Building Beauty
A small home builder won awards and new customers by building his own dream house.
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Building Teams
Business owners talk about how they attract, train and retrain good employees.
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Built by Design
Architectural firm uses management, design and technical strength in its work.
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Business on Tap
A new entrepreneur expanded a sagging business.
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Cactus & Tropicals
Employee questions.
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California Kaizen, Drucker for Dummies
A growing business involves everyone in continuous improvement.
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Capital: The American Revolution
Economic independence by small business.
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Capitalist School
Foundations of the American economy; capitalism.
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Captain of the Ship
Owners of small businesses.
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Capturing the Essence
What it takes to capture the deep image and to run a business.
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Cashing Out
Baby boomers look to cash out of some of the businesses they started.
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Cause Marketing
Companies using cause marketing.
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Cause Marketing
An icon of environmentalism uses capitalism to further the cause.
- Chocolate Factory
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The Concept Restaurant
The concept of successful restaurants.
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Counter-Intuitive Marketing
A business owner pulled his company out of bankruptcy, turned employees into business owners and installed new technology.
- Country Supply
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Create a Quality Program
The Malcolm Baldrige Awards program for small business.
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Creating Jobs and Creating Wealth
Five business owners creating good work.
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Cybex
Business restructuring.
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Data Is More Valuable Than Cash
How some small business owners protect the data in computers from natural and cyber disasters.
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Database Wealth
A business owner who began his business in high school focuses on product offers and marketing.
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David Fluker's Crickets
Database management; sales.
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Decades of Success
Business stamina.
- Designer Pet Products
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Disaster and the Devil
Small business owners prepare for disasters.
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Disruptive Discontent
Karsten Solheim built a profitable business based on customized manufacturing.
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Doing Business With the Government
Small companies deliver efficient solutions to government-funded programs.
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Don't Let One Bad Apple ...
A family-owned business almost goes under after turning the business over to a poor leader.
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Dot Com Profits
An entrepreneur shows single people how to meet their match.
- Drilling a Niche
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E-Culture: What Is It and How Do I Get One?
Companies use the Internet to find sales and lower operating costs.
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E-Learning
Small British companies are turning raw data into knowledge.
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Ebby Halliday's Houses
Self-employment.
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Economic Independence: The Next Revolution
Author Michael Novak discusses the roots of America's prosperity.
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Exit to Equity
Succession planning begins early to leverage intangible assets.
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Expectations Exceeded
A family business accepts big contracts.
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Failure Teaches
Eric Rose started his second business with a finely tuned mission.
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Family Business Succession
The family business gets passed along quickly.
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Fashion and Quality
A fashion designer fills the need for hip women's clothing at an affordable price.
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Fast Growth Through Franchising
Getting the models to work well.
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Faster Is Better
Rapid testing for lab reports generates $250 million for its founders.
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Find the Best Suppliers
A Tampa retailer cultivates his suppliers to get the best for the lowest price.
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The First Shall Be Last
Owners of thriving companies usually put themselves last.
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Five Million Dollar Corner
Location development.
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Flying High
Small airports.
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A Flying Leap
A business owner turns trash into cash.
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Form and Function
Shop helps shape New York skyline.
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The Fountain of Youth
The vitality of rewarding work.
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Franchise a Family Secret
Family recipe.
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From $0 to $1 Billion in Less Than a Lifetime
Businesses which quickly grow to more than $1 billion in value are extraordinary.
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From Farm to Table
Innovative food products.
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From Just a Job to Being the Owner
An immigrant's drive to make it in America.
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Fun Food
Small company makes the machines that make convenience foods.
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Gary Wall's Oregon Trailblazer Foods
G. Wall's berries.
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Get Certified and Get Big Contracts
A woman wins more contracts after getting her business certified.
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Get Out of the Office
Business owners use volunteer work to enrich their personal lives and help their business grow.
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Give People What They Want
Advertising-free publication.
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Giving Back
The restaurant industry includes small businesses that give back.
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Good Old Boys
A bankrupt family bakery gets a makeover.
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The Great Cover Up
Company makes hats for babies and children.
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The Greater Good
Business owners invest time to help other businesses.
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The Harmoney Business
A marriage and a family therapist turn an intellectual property into a successful online company.
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Healthy People, Healthy Company
How the mind-body-health connection impacts productivity in the workplace.
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Healthy Sweets
Business based on giving.
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Here's to the Winners
The importance of small businesses.
- Here's to the Winners
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High Tech Hatchery
High-tech incubator launches companies.
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Hire Your Boss
An entrepreneur hired his own boss.
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Hispanic Business Is Big Business
The owner of a small advertising agency explains how her business grew to be a multimillion-dollar, multicity operation.
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Historic Main Street Comes Back to Life: Fresh Chocolate in Daytona Beach
The original founders of a chocolate business visit the new family who took over the business.
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Historic Main Street Comes Back to Life: Paint Store in Historic Deland
Sons of the founder carry on their local paint store tradition.
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Historic Main Street Comes Back to Life: Tourism on Catalina Island
Mr. Wrigley's summer home is a year-round destination for small businesses.
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Home Alone
Working from home.
- Homework
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The Immigrant Quotient
Immigrants enjoy prosperity in America.
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In Celebration of Small
Small business persons of the year recognized by the White House for their success in creating jobs and prosperity.
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Incubate Your Start Up
Business incubators are a viable way to begin a business.
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Innovation 101
Patents; trademarks; copyrights.
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Internet First Principles
Simple Web sites generate real business.
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Intuition in Business Is a Must
A woman uses her intuition to foresee trends, and her salespeople market those trends to thousands of retailers.
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Invent an Industry
A man who promoted concerts while in college invents the event-lighting industry.
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Investing Is Better Than Spending
Power of seeding new ideas.
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IP Theft on the IP
Stealing intellectual property over the Internet protocols.
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It Starts With Talent
Turning a talent into a business.
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Italian Integrity in New Jersey
Family owned business.
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It's About Price
Scott Mooney's Country Supply earns a profit with competitive prices.
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It's All Online
Companies use the Internet to save time and money and reduce annoyance.
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Jagged Edge
Extreme sports clothing.
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Jim Morris and the Earth
Building a mission-driven company.
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The Job Creators
Small businesses creating new jobs.
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Job One Is Job Creation
Small business owners create good work, then recruit good people to deliver quality products to customers.
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Joe Dannis and American Sign Language
Creating a product that will dominate its market.
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The Journey Is the Destination
Selling mission as a product.
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Judy Jacobsen's Art
Many small customers vs. a few big customers.
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Just Do It -- Take Charge
The independent spirit of the American cowgirl builds strong business.
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Just in Time
Watch distributor's success.
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Kathleen Barnes Books the World
Buying a business vs. starting a business.
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Katz Deli
Texas butcher.
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Keeper of the Vision
A founder passes day-to-day work to others and retains a vision for the company.
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Keeping Track
New technology helps businesses keep up with financial statements.
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Ken Done
Artist Ken Done's work becomes the basis for a clothing and accessories line.
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Ken Duncan Studios
Photographer Ken Duncan discusses his business.
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Know Your Costs or Go Broke
A global business in Texas cornered the market in corn dogs.
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La Dolce Vino
Opici Wine Group.
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Leaders Have Followers
The most important leadership skill and the most overrated one.
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Learn Your Financials
An entrepreneur offers tips on how to read financials.
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Let's Be Healthy
The health of people who start, run and grow businesses.
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Leverage Art
A painter leverages his original work to create wearable art sold around the country.
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The Lifeblood of Your Business -- Your Key Critical Ratios
Business leaders use profit and loss and balance sheet to understand their business.
- Lighten the Worker's Load
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Lighting Is Big Business
A small company's innovation has been embraced by museums around the world.
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Like Father, Like Daughter
A man grooms his daughter for success in business.
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Made in NYC
New York City fashion house.
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Main Street Shopping
Specialty shops offer good cookware and culinary accessories.
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Make Something: Manufacturing Is Back
A small business competes in the global marketplace without sending production offshore.
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Manufacture a Hat!
Specialty clothing protects children from ultraviolet light.
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Marketing From a Distance
Small companies in Maine sell outside the state.
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Marketing Magic
New marketing ideas are gleaned from the oldest cheese factory in Wisconsin.
- Marketing Turnaround
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Marty Edelston's BottomLine
Productivity levels of small businesses.
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Mentor's Circle
Big and small businesses learn from each other.
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The Midas Touch
People as a product.
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Middle East America
The strength of small business is attributed to diversity.
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The Millionaire Formula
Earning a million dollars.
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Mir Fox Rodriguez
Accounting firm champions diversity.
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MOM's Money
Finding money for business ideas.
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The Money Is Out There
A businessman in Boston finds the money he needs to start his business.
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More Than a Catalog
A catalog company increases sales by packaging craftsmanship with enthusiasm for protecting the environment.
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More Than Meets the Eye
Retail shop.
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Mother Knows Best
A woman helps her sons turn a failing business into a thriving one.
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Moving On
Three business owners separate themselves from the companies they built.
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My Own Money
From bootstrapping to using other people's money is the key to growth.
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Name Recognition
Branding.
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The New Small Business School
Profiles of business founders and their businesses.
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A New Way to Communicate
The realities of replacing the old with the new.
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New Year and Time Defined
Getting work done cheaper and faster using computers and connectivity.
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The Newest Form of Relaxation
Woman's impact on the relaxation industry.
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No Borders, No Boundaries
Small companies reach global markets.
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No-Hassle Travel
A fixed-based operation caters to air travelers and how price has become a small part of the business model's equation.
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No More Secrets
The power of knowledge sharing.
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Nothing Happens Overnight
Bankruptcy.
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Nouvir
Patents; fiber optics.
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Numbers in Any Language
Accounting firm specializes in diversity.
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Obsessed With Quality
A business proves perfection is not illusory.
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Offer Your Customers the World
A business succeeds by teaching customers to travel with a book and backpack.
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Old Country Recipes
Woman earns profits making immigrants feel at home in a new country.
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On Caffeine
U.S. immigrants improve choices and quality of coffees for the country.
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On the Road Again
Company focuses on one area of show business.
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One Workplace for All
How small companies are increasing profits.
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Open Up to Investors
How companies can open up to investors.
- Order at the Border
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An Oregon Icon
Oregon coast.
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Out of This World Entrepreneur
An inventor becomes a scientist.
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The Ownership Nation
Some business owners offer ownership to reward employees.
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The Pain of Starting
A founder who says he would not do it over again if he had the chance.
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People Come First
Developing personal power.
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The People Part
Human resources.
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People Power
People skills are perhaps the most valuable of all those needed to do business well.
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The Perfect E-Business
Modern Postcard's founder implements an Internet strategy without Wall Street or venture capital.
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Perfection Is an Art
A business owner in California grew an old business while competitors were stifled by new technologies.
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Personal Chemistry
Chemical company's teamwork.
- Pipes for Prosperity
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Possibility Thinking
A global entrepreneur flourishes creating gadgets.
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Postcards Communicate
Digital workflow.
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The Power of One
One-person companies rack up profits over time.
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Protect Your Ideas
How to protect ideas.
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Put Your Products in Orbit
A business gets government contracts with NASA and DOD.
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Quality Pays
Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award; investing in one's business.
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The Rebirth of Downtown
Merchants work together to revitalize downtown.
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Rebuilding the City
Architectural firm rebuilding Manhattan.
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Remaking America
A company evolves from being sales-driven to being technology-driven.
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The Right Stuff
Launching a business.
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Run Your Office From Your Pocket
A small software company banks on providing Chinese entrepreneurs with tools they need to run their businesses without paying rent.
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Rustic Elegance
A builder creates log homes around the imaginations of his customers.
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Saving Health Care
A small innovative company provides patients with cheaper, faster and better healthcare.
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SBIR-Az Tech-NASA
Business funding.
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Scarcity Marketing
A master chef gives customers less.
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Sell Beauty
How an artist built a good business by selling beauty.
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Selling Insight
Anthropology helps a woman build her company.
- Selling to a Public Company
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Service Sells
Repeat business.
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Serving and Selling on the Internet
Small companies; Internet.
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Serving Sells
Building a service-oriented team.
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Shared Space
Taping into pooled resources.
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Shrunken Planet
Software creation.
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Signs in Space
Federal government's SBIR program funds small companies esoteric research.
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Small Adds Up to Big
Company focuses on small customers for sales.
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Small Business Goes Public
Small Corporate Offering Registration helps business owners share ownership and raise money.
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Small but Far-Flung
Managing employees from a distance.
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Small Can Be Big
Business owners benefit communities.
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Small Can Be Smarter
An oil company finds crude and natural gas in places that others have abandoned.
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Small-Town Nightlife
A movie theater brings nightlife to a small town.
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Smile and Say Cheese
Harvard MBAs make white cheese profitable.
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Solve a Big Problem
How small pharmaceutical companies push new products.
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A Son of Ottumwa
Big businesses in small towns.
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The Soul of Innovation
America's business creation culture; one of America's thought leaders and distinguished scholars.
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Soul of the American Economy
What makes America and its people great is a timely question.
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Specialty Retail Still Succeeds
Specialty retail shop owner shares secrets for product selection, marketing and employee retention.
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Staying Power
The common qualities of companies that make it past the first five years of business.
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Staying Power
The best practices of great businesses.
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Steps in the Right Direction
Global business.
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Sticky Stuff
Makers of water-tight expansion joints.
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Stretch Just a Little Further
A business makes stretching part of the corporate culture.
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A Stroke of Genius
Chain of art stores.
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Succession Planning
Companies making employees owners.
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Succession Success
Offspring continue the founder's business.
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Supply Chain Magic
Delivering value-added service.
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The Surfer Joint
Southern California restaurant.
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Surfing Dollars and Target Markets
Company growth.
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Sustainable Business
Reducing the failure rates of business could change the local and national economy.
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Sweat Equity Pays
Investment capital builds with hard work.
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Take Me to Your Leader
Leadership.
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Take Over a Failing Business
One way to succeed in business is to buy a business that is failing and turn it around.
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Target Selling
An owner remains conservative with cash and targets customers she is sure she can win.
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Teachable, Loveable
An entrepreneur teaches people to be nice, which helps bring in sales.
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Teaching to Serve
Tom Gegax saw his company grow to employ 2,000 people by teaching his employees to serve the customer.
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Technology Warps Time
The march of new technologies by small business.
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Tejas Office
Business owner Lupe Fraga.
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Texas Jet
Customer service.
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Thank God for America
A man turned the selling skills he learned on his paper route in Vietnam into real estate sales in California.
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Theatrical Lighting Systems
Lighting company.
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The Theology of Innovation
The pioneering spirit of the United States shows itself in its inventions and product improvements.
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There's Power in the I
Employees learn how to become more productive.
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Think Worst-Case Scenario
Learning to consider 'what-if' can prevent loss.
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Thomas Keller's Kitchen
Less can be more.
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Thriving Employer -- Employee Partnerships
Small and large companies take responsibility for workforce health.
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To the Web or Bust
MapQuest understanding aligns a business internationally.
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The Top Is the Bottom
An expert explains how to become the person other people want to work for.
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Tough Love
A business owner builds people from the inside out.
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Trash to Treasure
Darlene Jeter risks her home to invest in heavy equipment to haul trash from construction sites.
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Unlock Potential
A business owner unlocks the potential in people other employers may overlook.
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Value Your Xo and Os
How to value and protect intellectual property.
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We Are in Charge
Employees take control of their health and the management of their healthcare benefits.
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We Deliver Live (Old Fluker Farms)
Delivering on promises.
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We'll Show You the Money
Business funding.
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We're Goin' for the Gold
Two entrepreneurs discuss how they attracted buyers for their companies.
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Whadda' Ya Know?
Sharing knowledge.
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What Works on the Internet
Internet budget.
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When Everybody Knows Your Name
Entrepreneurs' restaurant and brew-pub help bring the night life back to Main Street in Libertyville, Ill.
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When No Means Yes
Renegade Animation uses the firm's strengths to achieve its clients' visions.
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Wine Country
Vineyards and winemaking are businesses with an element of charm.
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Winning the Health Care Battle
A Multi-Marker Index system; go inside proteins; diagnostic equipment.
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Wired Home
Linking past to future.
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Women Are Everywhere and Anywhere
Three women show their successes in male-dominated industries.
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Women Who Go Beyond
Successful women business owners.
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Work Around the Clock
Work on a project never stops until it's done in small offices in Los Angeles, Sydney and Amsterdam.
- Working Works
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The World at Work
An entrepreneur attracts an international team who works to deliver for their customers.
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A World of Deals
Global shopping.
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You Can Sell
Selling companies.
