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Guy Kawasaki recently interviewed Mike Moritz of Sequoia Capital and Paul Graham of YCombinator. Mike Moritz is probably the most successful venture capitalist of the last twenty years since he invested in Google, Zappos, Yahoo, and PayPal. He picked up these twelve lessons from the interview. Read More

The “3 to 6 test” is simple. Set aside 3-to-6 months' fixed costs as a cash cushion for your business. The “3 to 6 test” is a rule of thumb. If you have that amount set aside, it can liberate you as the business owner. It can be the catalyst for growth. Read More

One of the best uses of social media for business is being able to monitor your brand. But what if you want to proactively get feedback about your business, new product ideas, marketing campaigns, or other issues relating to your company? Read More

Shopping for payroll, like anything else, requires a little research. Before you commit to a payroll provider, consider these five questions. Read More

Hiring the right people — perhaps the holy grail of leadership skills — is a never-ending challenge and a constant learning experience. To offer insight on “getting the right people on the bus,” we pulled five of the most incisive statements we've come across in our talks with entrepreneurs and small business owners. Read More

If you own or operate a brand, whether it is a big company, a small business, or just your name, email newsletters have become a popular way of adding value for your clients, customers, or friends. Read More

Twitter's the most talked about, still misunderstood, business tool going these days. It is indeed a great tool to create connections, promote your brand and generate traffic to your web site, but there's much more to it for business if you dig a bit. Read More

We like to work on the parts of our business that are fun to us. Even the prospect of, "I have to do this to get paid" isn't usually enough to keep us from putting off our invoicing. Does this make us bad business people? No. It's normal. Read More

BingTweets combines Twitter trends with Bing search results, enabling users to see deeper, real-time information about the hottest topics on Twitter. Search for anything in the BingTweets search box (at the top right of every page) and see Bing search results alongside the most recent related tweets. Read More

Social networks, there's a lot of them out there and you're being invited to participate in new ones every day. There's MySpace, FaceBook, LinkedIn. There's eCademy, Plaxo, Ning, Bebo, Friendster. Jaiku, Orkut, Tumblr, and more than I can mention here. The question is, which ones do you use? Which ones are the most important? It depends on who Read More