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The class of 2013 is brimming with potential and can add a lot of value to a company; they just need a little guidance from business leaders with the right management style.

If, like many small business owners, you have a business listing on Yelp but the reviews are less positive than you’d like, here are four proven ways to increase your star rating.

Twitter analytics help you improve your social media strategy. They tell you what updates are getting shared, and which links people are clicking on. With that information you can optimize your tweets to get more shares, likes, clicks, and responses.

When you’re purchasing a small business, leasing an office, hiring an employee, selling a product, or trying to get a two-year-old to take one more bite of peas--here are things to keep in mind.

I find that small company business owners often trust too much when they are really busy. Here is advice.

Unfortunately, pricing a service is not as intuitive as a tangible product. Consequently, service businesses too often don’t charge enough to sustain themselves profitably. Here is advice.

Small business borrowing will be a lot different in 2025. Here’s how.

Of the dozen-plus small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) FOXBusiness.com called, only two confirmed they were on their way to making the switch. In fact, 69% of SMBs doubt their ability to upgrade payment terminals for EMV-compliance by the fall, according to a new Software Advice survey.

Looking to replicate the wealth and job creation seen in Silicon Valley, burgeoning tech communities are forming throughout the globe. Chicago, part of the region known as “Silicon Prairie” has seen some of its internet companies, including Groupon, Gogo, and GrubHub, grow from startup to IPO.

Here are 12 e-commerce strategies you should plan to implement in 2014.

 Here is a FOX Small Business Spotlight on Gorilla Cheese NYC, which is on Twitter @gcnyc1.

Entity selection is a big decision new small business owners must make, and the decision to incorporate comes with tax ramifications.

2015 is sneaking up on us rapidly, and it’s important to know what your business must do when it comes to ObamaCare's employer mandate.

If you own a business, it is critical to find a tax preparer who understands that tax implications of owning a small business as well as your particular needs in order to establish a beneficial relationship. 

When you incorporate your business, you create a new separate entity, and in the eyes of the IRS, you become an employee of the corporation. And this move means you must go on payroll and have all corresponding payroll taxes withheld and matched by the employer.

When business is slow, small business owners might find themselves so strapped for cash that they neglect to remit payroll taxes to the IRS in favor of paying employees, the rent or the electric bill.

Those at the top of organizations are data focused. They ravenously devour daily operational performance stats about sales, orders, overhead costs, inventory, compensation, sick days, and so on. Ironically, data can also help save business leaders from themselves.

This month, the Silicon Valley startup received a Small Business Innovation Research grant from the Department of Energy to continue its work automating the installation of solar panels.

The latest report from research group Environmental Entrepreneurs says more than 78,600 clean energy jobs were announced in 2013, with the solar energy sector leading the pack.

LinkeDrive’s PedalCoach app works to help trucking companies save on fuel costs by improving driver behavior.