Business Tips Highlights

Don't let your best employees fall through the cracks. Learn how to keep them motivated and engaged, so they'll stick around.

HuffPost Small Business Editor Rod Kurtz takes questions about how to successfully move a business without losing customers, and how to keep customers in slow winter months.

In Chapter 10 of 21 in her 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, entrepreneur Audrey Parker answers "What Makes a Good Business Partner?" She notes a good business partner combines instinct, trustworthiness, a sense of humor, commitment to success, and an ability to be flexible. She enjoys being around a positive-minded person who is optimistic who also can inspire and unify teams across different environments. Parker co-founded CLEAResult an energy management consult firm.

In Chapter 4 of 20 of his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, software entrepreneur and Borrowed Sugar founder Dan Street shares why patience is important when measuring success. Street discounts myths that startups become billion dollar companies overnight. He believes patience is about sticking to your vision, developing ideas over time, and finding support to help execute that vision. Street is the founder and CEO of Austin, Texas based Borrowed Sugar.

What are some of the mistakes that small business owners should avoid? Tips by Dave Dahl of Dave's Killer Bread - part of the Business Series by GeoBeats.

Maureen G. Mulvaney, also known as MGM, talks about how her workshop will help your business to succeed.

All Things Digital's Kara Swisher talks to David Kirkpatrick, author of "The Facebook Effect," about Facebook's competitive advantage over its competitors which made it the no. 1 social network.

Mike Agerbo speaks with Aryne Sheppard from the David Suzuki Foundation with tips on how to make your workplace a little more environmentally friendly.

Lynda Resnick, co-chair of Roll International, talks about the secrets to effective advertising.