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Meet the encore entrepreneurs

Following lengthy careers, more members of the 50+ generation are launching small businesses; ‘I’m doing what I love’

Made in the USA back in style for small businesses
By Joyce M. Rosenberg | Associated Press | 6:39PM
Small Talk
A rowing number of small businesses are chipping away at the decades-old trend of manufacturing overseas. They’re doing what’s known as reshoring, moving production back to U.S. factories.
Lowe’s sends aid to disaster areas
By Caroline McMillan | E-mail | May 21, 2013

Local businesses join in the effort to help tornado victims

Statistically speaking: Cellphone ‘cramming’ charges
May 21, 2013

Unauthorized charges on cellphones are costing consumers millions a year, according to the Federal Trade Commission.

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TURNING POINT»
Guiding small businesses through ‘No Man’s Land’
Leaders of growing companies know it well: that phase where your business is too big to be small but too small to be big.

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NETWORKING EVENTS»
Business Calendar
Networking events and classes of interest to the small business community.

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3 ways to get your business ready for summer
ASK THE EXPERT»
Ask the experts: Use marketing to help with growth
Few things are more important than growth when operating a small business. That’s why it’s critical to plan, according to Jeremy Sisk, president of Xperience4Higher, a full-service marketing and consulting firm in Durham.

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Glenn Burkins»
Should young people mind their own business?
Henry Hutcheson»
Generation Next: Preparing your children to lead the family business
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