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• True entrepreneurs bring innovation to the table

  Many people use the terms small business owner and entrepreneur interchangeably, but there are real differences between the two.

• SCORE Miami-Dade, ACCION partner up

  SCORE Miami-Dade is partnering with microlender ACCION USA to give entrepreneurs the tools to succeed.
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  Small Business Makeover

  Tropical Lights of Fort Lauderdale explores sales strategies

  Broward SCORE helps Tropical Lights Inc. with marketing strategies during a Miami Herald Small Business Makeover.

• Business Minutes

  The benefits of expressing gratitude at work

  Thanksgiving has just passed, but I still feel thankful – and for several reasons. Partly, it’s because when I started working on this week’s column, it was the Thursday before Thanksgiving, and I was working from a 19th century hotel room overlooking the Plaza Mayor in Segovia, Spain.

• Women face a venture-capital glass ceiling, too

  Women increasingly are bonding together to share experiences, networks and ideas for how to build global businesses. But there still remains a glass ceiling in luring venture capital and financial backing.

• Six ways to brand your business on Google+

  When Google initially launched the company’s Google+ social network back in June, businesses weren’t allowed to create pages for their brands. That all changed on Nov. 7, when, after a much-anticipated wait, the Google+ social network officially gave businesses the ability create their own branded pages.

• Entrepreneurship

  Miami Herald's Small Business Forum

  The founder of Hair Cuttery, the CEO of Lime Fresh Mexican Grill, the president of LEASA foods, nationally recognized business experts and entrepreneurial innovators are among the speakers at the annual Miami Herald Small Business Seminar slated for Feb. 24.

• 2009 BUSINESS PLAN CHALLENGE

  Second Place: CargoCushion

  Product fills a big gap in freight safety.

• The 2009 Business Plan Challenge Winners

  What did it take to win? A promising business idea and a strong plan to make it a success.

• 2009 BUSINESS PLAN CHALLENGE

  First Place: WeAgree2

  WeAgree2's parenting plan approach saves money for the client by avoiding expensive litigation.

• 2009 BUSINESS PLAN CHALLENGE

  Third Place: JustAskBoo

  Online grapevine wins hearts -- and clicks.

• 2009 BUSINESS PLAN CHALLENGE

  Third Place: UniversiDVD

  Company aims to satisfy a college craving.

• Federal contracts

  Record number of contracts for small businesses

  Small businesses won a record $83.2 billion in federal prime contracts in fiscal year 2007, an increase of almost $6 billion from 2006.

• Government

  Small firms lose faith in social security

  About 77 percent of small business owners believe that citizens should be responsible for their own retirement versus 23 percent who see it as a function of the government.

• LAUNCH PAD

  Risk alone doesn't reward entrepreneurs

  Here we are at the end of this short series on how to start a business. We have had great feedback and it has been a lot of fun. I would like to thank all of the folks who have been reading my articles and watching my videos online.

• LAUNCH PAD

  Know basics before spending on marketing

  How do I put together a marketing strategy? Marketing is the area in which most businesses fail. Why? Because everyone thinks they know what marketing is, so they act on their often faulty perceptions, spend lots of money and get no results.

• Small Business Resources

  LOCAL RESOURCES

• Focus on Small Business Conference

  Burger King franchisee talks about his unlucky store No. 13

  At one point Al Cabrera was Burger King's second-largest franchisee, owning more than 250 restaurants. But to get there he had to survive infamous store No. 13. The restaurant in North Miami was repeatedly burglarized, but also taught Cabrera key lessons in entrepreneurship.

• Management

  Turn your small firm into big business

  Are you prepared to cross Rubicon?

• 10 things investors should know about buying a franchise

  The International Franchise Association says that investing in a franchise is a major undertaking -- one that involves not only money but possible lifestyle changes. Want to avoid the sleepless nights? Here are key items you need to consider before you buy a franchised business.

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