Herea4‚¬a4„s the latest from VentureBeata4‚¬a4„s Entrepreneur Corner.
Protecting your company from boneheaded vendors a4‚¬a4œ Service companies often rely on third parties to satisfy their customers. But if that third party rips your customer off, you could be held liable. Attorney Curtis Smolar runs down three ways to protect your business.
Hiring in 2011 a4‚¬a4œ a look around the corner a4‚¬a4œ Is the recession winding down Charley Polachi, a partner at executive recruiting firm Polachi, says it appears so. He conducts a straw poll of recruiters in his network to offer a look at how things stand on the executive employment front a4‚¬a4œ both in the U.S. and abroad.
6 social media business trends to watch in 2011 a4‚¬a4œ Social media goes far beyond Facebook and Twitter and is evolving at an incredible pace. Gary Halliwell, co-founded of NetProspex, predicts six ways that evolution will happen in 2011.
7 risks worth taking in 2011 a4‚¬a4œ The last two years have been about conserving cash and keeping your corporate head down. But as we head into 2011, Steve Fredrick and Don Rainey, general partners at Grotech Ventures, note that ita4‚¬a4„s time to start taking risks again a4‚¬a4œ or end up stagnating.
2011 may mark the beginning of a golden era for entrepreneurs a4‚¬a4œ While doomsayers have been having a field day lately, serial entrepreneur Steve Blank says the second decade of the 21st century may turn out to be the best time to be an entrepreneur in the West &8212' and in particular the United States.
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Chris Morris is editor of the Entrepreneur Corner on VentureBeat, helping start-up business owners launch and grow their companies. He previously worked at Yahoo! Finance, where he was managing editor, and as director of content development at CNNMoney.com. He is also a widely respected journalist in the video game and technology fields, whose work has appeared in Variety, CNBC.com, AOL and Forbes.com. Follow him on Twitter at @MorrisatLarge
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