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Ask Doug and Polly: Developing a marketing plan that works

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Succession plans: Protecting an owner-dependent business

Ask Doug and Polly: Firing a customer

Why your business needs a good exit strategy to thrive, survive

Ask Doug and Polly: Expanding a food truck business

How executives are harnessing social media to help their businesses

Ask Doug and Polly: Should small businesses offer paternity leave?

Selling you on Facebook

Ask Doug and Polly: Managing cash flow

Would you fire someone for blogging about your job offer?

Is Facebook trolling really the final word in applicant evaluation?

Ask Doug and Polly: Delegation

Breaking strategic inertia

Ask Doug and Polly: Working with a spouse

Virginia Department of Business Assistance resource guide

Ask Doug and Polly: Business structure

The year in entrepreneurship

Ask Doug and Polly: Rewarding and retaining your employees

Factory or service jobs: Where should the government invest?

President Barack Obama toured the Rolls-Royce plant in Prince George County March 9. The plant makes parts for aircraft engines.

Ask Doug and Polly: Hiring high-quality employees

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A guide to better listening

Ask Doug and Polly: Managing e-mail

Debating support for small business

Ask Doug and Polly: Taking on a partner

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Best business lessons from George Washington