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    Everything that you need to know to start your own business. From business ideas to researching the competition.

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    Practical and real-world advice on how to run your business — from managing employees to keeping the books.

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    Our best expert advice on how to grow your business — from attracting new customers to keeping existing customers happy and having the capital to do it.

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Everything that you need to know to start your own business. From business ideas to researching the competition.

Run

Practical and real-world advice on how to run your business — from managing employees to keeping the books.

Grow

Our best expert advice on how to grow your business — from attracting new customers to keeping existing customers happy and having the capital to do it.

Good Company

Entrepreneurs and industry leaders share their best advice on how to take your company to the next level.

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Ciara Larkin

SENIOR MANAGING EDITOR

About Ciara

Ciara has spent her career editing and writing about a variety of topics, from personal finance and business for TheStreet to tax and accounting for Thomson Reuters. Her combined experiences have led her to discover a passion for small businesses, startups and all that comes along with entrepreneurship. She aims to produce content for the CO— audience that encourages motivation, offers help and is grammatically correct.

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START » STRATEGY

Business Lessons from Hallmark Christmas Movies
From struggling Christmas tree farms to bakeries on the brink of closure, the challenges felt by the small businesses that lie at the heart of these movies can offer business lessons to all.
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GOOD COMPANY » THE LEAP

Interview with the Co-Founders and COO of Tiesta Tea
Co-founders Dan Klein and Patrick Tannous and COO Alex Sosnov share how a startup idea among college friends became a brand sold in 8,000 stores nationwide.
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GOOD COMPANY » THE LEAP

Interview With Care/of CEO Craig Elbert
The co-founder of the direct-to-consumer vitamin brand discusses his experience with growing and adapting when launching a product that meets a distinctive demand.
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GOOD COMPANY » THE LEAP

Here's How Madison Reed Is Disrupting the Haircare Industry
With a new Ulta deal, Madison Reed founder Amy Errett continues to capitalize on the haircare market by focusing on the ‘why’ instead of the ‘what.’
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