Breakaway

Several times a year, "The Wall Street Journal" publishes SpecialReports entitled "Breakaway: A Focus on Small Business." Thisongoing feature is one of the most popular in both the print andinteractive versions of the "Journal." With 25 million smallbusinesses in the United States employing more than half of allnon-public workers, generating most of the gross domestic product, andcreating most of the new jobs in our booming economy, it's no wonderthat interest in small business is very high. Here, in "Breakaway: Small Business, " is the very best of the bestSpecial Reports. Here is the best of the popular column "Here's theProblem, " the business case-study version of "Can ThisMarriage Be Saved, " in which a problem affecting a particular smallbusiness is analyzed and recommendations are offered by two or moreexperts. Here is the best of the in-depth profiles of America'sfastest-growing small businesses, such as Gazoontite.com, which grewfrom 4 employees, one store, and 800 square feet of storage to 120employees, four stores, an 8,000 square-foot warehouse, and $1.2 millionin sales in less than a year. Here, as well, are articles that educatesmall business owners about how to avoid a family feud in a familybusiness; how to identify the six categories of investors; how to createthe right IRAs for yourself and your employees; how to set up a homeoffice that won't take over your home; how to defend your patents; andmany other crucial tips. Collected and presented here for the first time in e-book format, "Breakaway: Small Business" is a searchable, portable, and hugelyvaluable resource for any small business owner -- or, indeed, anybusinessperson -- from the award-winning staff of "TheWall StreetJournal." Cover design by Jennifer Heisey