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<title><![CDATA[The Medical Marijuana Business Matures]]></title>
<description>In the few places that allow storefront dispensaries, entrepreneurs are adopting nonprofit business models to cope with legal gray areas&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/smallbiz/~4/h4KaWpmIYvw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Winning Young Entrepreneurs, 2009]]></title>
<description>The results are in for this year's Best Entrepreneurs 25 and Under roundup. You'll want to keep an eye on these young founders&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/smallbiz/~4/PFvQSUvsMfI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<title><![CDATA[Slide Show: The 25 Finalists]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Managing Workers in Family-Owned Firms]]></title>
<description>Why growing family businesses should implement organizational culture and invest in employee training and team-building&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/smallbiz/~4/XtvTiRjJyWk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<title><![CDATA[Moving Home to Expand the Family Business]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Inside Ski Maker K2's Design Process]]></title>
<description>Design and innovation strategy at Seattle-based winter gear manufacturer K2 focuses on harnessing ideas from employees and sponsored athletes&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/smallbiz/~4/e6v9FkL_mr8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Winning Young Entrepreneurs, 2009]]></title>
<description>The results are in for this year's Best Entrepreneurs 25 and Under roundup. You'll want to keep an eye on these young founders&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/smallbiz/~4/PFvQSUvsMfI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<title><![CDATA[Watchdogs: 'Shell' Schemes Are on the Rise]]></title>
<description>When corporate identities and credit histories are for sale, the potential for fraud is part of the package&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/smallbiz/~4/G9u_HNOA0oI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Home Office That Does the Job]]></title>
<description>Here's how one BusinessWeek reporter figured out what setup he needed so he could best work from home&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/smallbiz/~4/R_bqNGmGNXY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<title><![CDATA[America's Most Promising Startups]]></title>
<description>Developers are cranking out tools for Apple's iPhone that overlay location-based information onto real-world images&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/smallbiz/~4/N4r9sQD6fY4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lessons from Entrepreneurs Who Beat the Odds]]></title>
<description>Most businesses don't last more than a few years. Meet three scrappy entrepreneurs who describe how they reached three-, five-, and 10-year benchmarks&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/smallbiz/~4/EZsyVn_zgTY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Rise of the 'Homepreneur']]></title>
<description>New research shows the economic importance of home-based businesses: They account for more than half of all U.S. businesses and employ more people than venture-backed companies&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/smallbiz/~4/Ut94CVm_mOc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<title><![CDATA[Moving Home to Expand the Family Business]]></title>
<description>Justin Gagnon quit a secure IT job, moved in with his parents, and turned their catering business into a $4 million provider of healthy school lunches&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/smallbiz/~4/GswKV2g5XXg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<title><![CDATA[For Entrepreneurs, Credit Eases&mdash;a Bit]]></title>
<description>Lending to small businesses has increased from a drip to a trickle, thanks chiefly to SBA guarantees&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/smallbiz/~4/APyXJ_6YiBo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama's New Push to Help Small Business Get Loans]]></title>
<description>The President announces plans to raise the maximum size of the SBA's flagship loans and increase community lenders' access to bailout money&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/smallbiz/~4/x-0L2Oq1XhQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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