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Google co-founder Larry Page provides several tips for entrepreneurs. Tip 1: Just don't settle. Especially with employees, it is very important to find great people you are compatible with. Tip 2: There is a benefit from being real experts. Experience pays off. Tip 3: Have a healthy disregard for the impossible. Stretch your goals. Tip 4: It is OK to solve a hard problem. Solving hard problems is where you will get the biggest leverage. Tip 5: Don't pay attention to the VC bandwagon. Don't start a company just because you can. Instead, have a really good idea that is good regardless of the funding situation.

Seth Berger is founder and former CEO of AND 1, a company specializing in basketball shoes and apparel. Started by Berger and several classmates while they were students at Wharton in the early 1990s, AND 1's original product line featured t-shirts targeted at young basketball players; the company later expanded to offer a full line of apparel. Under Berger's leadership, revenues increased from $1 million in 1993 to more than $200 million in 2001. In 2005, Berger sold AND 1 to American Sporting Goods, a private footwear company based in Anaheim, Calif. Currently the head boys' varsity basketball coach at the Westtown School in Westtown, Pa., Berger spoke with Knowledge@Wharton about what it takes to build a successful company.

Tips to Start a Home Based Business from Rieva Lesonsky Women are finding work life balance by starting home based businesses. Business expert Rieva Lesonsky shares tips on how to start a business from the comfort of home.

Mother and daughter business partners, Cerese and Deborah Dolman are keeping it in the family in their jewelry company, Cerese D. In this segment, they discuss the advantages of working with a family member

B's Purses, a woman owned business, struck the million-dollar mark within their first year through purse parties! They reveal their secret to instant success through direct marketing