Should you partner and how to form a partnership are common startup business questions.

Finding a partner can help accelerate your e-business growth but it can also be dangerous.

Here are some of my strategy tips for how to start a new partnership thanks to this question from a reader like you.

Dear Scott:
My new website has lots of potential and I have many great ideas for growing it. But, I have not implemented many of them due to a shortage of...

An American organization has 10 engineering job vacancies it has to fill and there are about 100 candidates to choose from;

- 80 are US born
- 20 are born outside the US
- 10 of the candidates have US masters degrees (3 Americans & 7 foreigners)

The company decides it must have Masters Degree workers given the demands of the position, potential for future job growth and it needs the new hires to start in a week. It also wants to minimize costs in the...