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The Plus of Partnerships

American culture reveres the charismatic CEO or solo entrepreneur, but some businesses take a different path: partners working together. Here are the stories of six partnerships that work—and the secrets of their success.

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The Top 10 Lessons to Learn From Failure

In order to succeed, you need to know how to fail. The following 10 lessons may have resulted from missteps, but they led to firmer footing.

10 Questions For Your Compensation Consultant

Combine public outrage at Wall Street pay and new Dodd-Frank regulations, and a compensation consultant is more important than ever. Here’s what to ask the payday experts.

10 Questions For Your Web Scrubber

Your company could be one scathing blog post away from a public relations nightmare. Here’s what to ask the experts who tidy up your online reputation.

Q and A: Max Drucker

Do you know what your employees are doing on Facebook? Should you?

ELITE LIST: Best New Restaurants for Business Lunches

Where’s the top place to celebrate a deal—or propose one—over lunch? Worth lists the 10 best new spots to break bread and talk business.

ELITE LIST: Top 20 Business Hotel Amenities

10 QUESTIONS for Your Private Aviation Company

What should you know before going private? David McCown, U.S. president of Air Partner, a private aviation ﬁrm, tells you what to ask before making any decisions.

ELITE LIST: Top 10 Entrepreneurs in Cleantech, Biotech and High Tech

Jim Barnes makes money by getting rid of stuff that other people don’t want—namely, garbage. Barnes is the founder of Oakleaf Waste Management, which specializes in working with companies (Wal-Mart and General Electric, for example) to determine what waste can be recycled or even resold.