Building a Business
Six Ideas for Immediate Job Creation: Will They Work?
How can we get the economy back on track and create jobs? Here are six ideas from the President, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others.
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Marketing
Free Shipping: Seven Ways it Can Hook Your Customers
If there's one thing Americans love, it's free shipping. Here are seven popular ways to offer this much desired perk.
Building a Business
Top Seven Mistakes Business Owners Make Filing Insurance Claims
In the chaos that follows a natural disaster, here are the top mistakes business owners make in filing insurance claims.
Building a Business
A 10-Step Double-Dip Survival Guide for Entrepreneurs
What can you do to get ready for another downturn? Here are 10 ideas for how to position your business for success despite tough times.
Building a Business
Can Entrepreneurs Count on Community Banks?
Small banks have been quietly shutting their doors in greater number. Here's how their loss could affect your business.
Building a Business
One Startup’s Plan to Kill Product Packaging
Product packaging is pesky and expensive, but can we live without it? One startup's founders are betting that the answer is yes.
Marketing
Only You Can Prevent Cringe-Worthy Customer Service
Two-thirds of American consumers have walked out of a store due to bad customer service. Here's how you can prevent pushing customers away.
Building a Business
Tips For Planning an Exit from Your Small Business
If you're thinking about leaving your business behind, some careful planning up front can make it a smooth transition that ensures your company thrives after you're gone.
Building a Business
Small Business Lessons from the Hottest Retailers
Here's how some retailers managed to thrive despite the nation's economic malaise.
Building a Business
How to Compete If Your Job Market Is Rebounding
Hiring is bouncing back in certain pockets around the U.S. Use these tips to help recruit the cream of the crop.
Marketing
How Business Owners Can Shake the Summer Doldrums
If business is slow, consider these networking opportunities.
Building a Business
Entrepreneurs Ask: Will the Downturn Ever End?
This week's stock-market crash(es) and downgrading of America's credit rating leave business owners asking: Is this the new normal?
Building a Business
Does Your Home Business Need Insurance?
Here's a look at the most common types of coverage for home-based companies and what make sense for your business.
Building a Business
How to Divorce-Proof Your Company
If your marriage is headed toward a breakup, these seven strategies can help protect your business if you end up in divorce court.
Building a Business
Paving the Way for More Immigrant Entrepreneurs
The U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services has a new plan to speed the arrival of entrepreneurial immigrants.
Building a Business
Uncle Sam’s New, $5M Incubator for Student Entrepreneurs
The National Science Foundation wants to help commercialize students' university work so they can launch successful startups.
Human Resources
Seven Business Turnaround Tips from ‘Bar Rescue’
A recent episode of the new Spike-TV series offers a road map for saving a sinking business.
Building a Business
Seven Ways to Skyrocket Your Small Business’s Cash Flow
How can you escape the cash-flow trap? Here are some tips.
Building a Business
One Way to Get a Product into Big Chains
Could this new contest from the folks at 'Everyday Edisons' help you get your product on the shelves of big box stores?
Human Resources
Is Disorganization Sapping Your Small Business’s Health?
Disorganization can sap small-business productivity. Here are eight tips to help you stop the chaos and get organized.
Building a Business
Interest Grows in Business Banking
Thanks to the repeal of a banking law, business bank accounts may now earn interest. But community banks aren't pleased.
Building a Business
What Entrepreneurs Can Learn from Borders’ Demise
Borders is moving to liquidate its 400 remaining stores. Here are four reasons why the giant bookseller went bust.
Human Resources
Should You Let Your Workers Sleep on the Job?
Want helpful, happy and alert employees? Make napping -- within reason -- a policy at your workplace. Here's how.
Business News
Small Business Lessons from Netflix’s Pricing Debacle
Movie-rental company Netflix raised its prices last week, and its customers have set the Internet aflame with their ire. Here are six lessons for business owners from this pricing debacle.
Building a Business
For Entrepreneurs, This Summer’s No Day at the Beach
Less than half of business owners plan to take even one week of vacation this summer. While you're at it, here's how to occupy your time.
Business Accounting
Small-Biz Loan Money Finally Trickles to Community Banks
The Treasury Department recently opened the spigot on the $30 billion Small Business Loan Fund. But is it too little, too late?
Thought Leaders
Are You a ‘Horrible Boss’?
The new film Horrible Bosses sheds light on entrepreneurs' own management styles. What kind of boss are you?
Building a Business
The 10 Best Things for Entrepreneurs to Outsource
How much of your time is taken up with activities that don't create new products or services, drive more sales or find new customers? If the answer is a lot, here are some tasks to offload.
Building a Business
Will Today’s Entrepreneurs Ever Retire?
Is your retirement plan to simply keep working until you drop? If so, you're not alone.
Business Accounting
How Much Should Business Owners Get Paid?
Last year, big-company CEOs were paid an average of 343 times what their workers made. How does that number make you feel?
