Teaching Kids About Microfinance
Having worked on the Best Lemonade Stand in America Contest ... Read story
Carole Matthews
A Helping Hand
Grace Bova's lemonade stand was inspired by her and her friends' desire to raise money for cancer research. Little did she know her stand would inspire an en... Read story
Weird Tax Write-Offs
Some people try to get away with the most absurd things come tax time. Bankrate.com wrote a classic piece on the nine weirdest Read story
Could You Go Back to Corporate America?
Entrepreneurs are -- on some level -- just like any other individual in terms of employment: They need an income, a level of security to ensure they can p... Read story
What Do Younger Employees Want?
They want to socialize -- with the boss. A new Hudson survey suggests Gen Y (born after 1980) ... Read story
So Much for Cyber Monday
Is it the biggest online shopping day of the year? The famed Cyber Monday, the Monday after the long Thanksgiving weekend, it turns out, isn't that hot fo... Read story
Five Minutes of Fame
Who knew a junk-mail shredder could play a supporting role on a sitcom, but according to a story in this weekend's Read story
Lemonade Lessons
What can you learn from running a lemonade stand? Quite a lot. At least that's what we've discovered since the launch of our Read story
Need Some Online Marketing Know-How?
Marketing Sherpa just posted its list of the best blogs and podcasts of 2006 on its site. Readers submitted ... Read story
Time Off for Baby
In Sunday's Guardian Unlimited and other U.K. papers, the talk was about the ne... Read story
NASA's Getting Entrepreneurial
Forget big government contractors. NASA is setting its sights on "tinkerers and students" to help it innovate. A recent Read story
Home Sweet Home
Forget outsourcing call centers to India. "Homesourcing" seems to be the new trend, as more and more businesses find that employing independent contractor... Read story
Spreadsheets for Everyone
Dan Bricklin, the co-creator of VisiCalc , the first business application written for personal computers... Read story
Need a Little Money?
If you need a little cash to get your business off the ground, maybe you should tap Prosper.com . The start-up, "offer... Read story
Practicing What We Preach
Inc . magazine has been writing about open-book management since one of its co... Read story
Write-Off Cap Increase Possible
President Bush's 2007 budget proposal includes some much needed tax relief for small businesses: the opportunity to write off up to $200,000 a year in exp... Read story
Parking Lot Promotions
On AdFreak.com , Tim Nudd draws attention to a new marketing method: advertisements on parking stripes. You know, th... Read story
Traveling Like Trump
If you can't be him, at least you can travel like him. Donald Trump's latest venture, GoTrump.com , promises... Read story
Hiring Not Easy for Small Businesses
Even though hiring by small businesses has been on the rise since 2002, according to an Read story
Simon Cowell -- Serial Entrepreneur
Simon Cowell, best known as the slightly insensitive judge on American Idol , is bringing his temperamental judging skills to the world of entrepr... Read story
Tackling Health Care Together
Businesses in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, aren't waiting for federal or state reforms to cut the cost of health care. The "Save on Health Care Business Al... Read story
Don't Just Compete, Cooperate
Don't just focus on your competitors. Starting thinking about your "cooperators," encourages Colin Bates, the co-founder of Read story
Where Have Our Manners Gone?
According to the article, " Flying in a Snit ," in today's New York Times ... Read story
January Tax Obligations for Business Owners
January 31 is the deadline for businesses to send out 1099s and W-2s. In a nutshell, W-2s notify employees of how much federal and state tax has been with... Read story
Taking Due Diligence Online
Selling a business can be a long, drawn out process. The due diligence process can last weeks, as prospective buyers lock themselves up in corporate confe... Read story
Businesses Could Foot the Health Care Bill in Massachusetts
In Massachusetts, there's good news and bad news on the health-care front for small businesses. The good news is that the Massachusetts' Senate and House ... Read story
Careful What You Say
Search for "business travel" in your favorite blog search tool and the number of blogs that comes up will be disappointing. Why? According to a recent Read story
Entrepreneurial Revival in China
Entrepreneurship is gaining more respect in China. Today, the country has nearly 24 million small independent companies, and small and medium companies ar... Read story
Great Sales, Poor Service
By most accounts online holiday sales were great, but a couple of recent surveys report that customer service online could have been better. A recent Read story
How's Your Nest Egg?
According to a poll conducted by the National Association of the Self Employed (NASE), it's not looking so good. Thirty ... Read story
The Sickly State of Small Business Health Care
Conditions just keep getting worse for employer sponsored health care. While many large companies are managing to foot the bill, small businesses are stru... Read story
Common Sense Ideas from Everyday People
Cast your vote for the best public policy idea you believe will strengthen the economy and improve the lives of working people at Read story
Advice from the IRS Will Soon Cost More
If you need the IRS's advice on whether your simplified employee pension plan is too complicated or a pre-filing agreement on how much money your multinat... Read story
Don't Bore Your Audience to Death
Guy Kawasaki, a former Inc.com mentor and Read story
Small Not So Big with Computer Makers
Do computer manufacturers care more about small business or about Corporate America? That's the topic Wall Street Journal personal tech columnist... Read story
Microloans Filling a Gap
For small businesses looking for quick money, nontraditional sources of financing offer the infusion they often need to start up or stay afloat. A Decembe... Read story
Secrets to Every Service Business
Seth Godin reminds readers of the two most obvious secrets to service businesses in his Dec. 28, 2005, blog: <... Read story
Leveling the Playing Field
Smaller retailers are reaping big rewards--and giving the big guys a run for their money--online. According to Forrester Research, about 45% of the $26 bi... Read story
Microsoft and Google, Together?
Putting aside their differences, Microsoft and Google have forged an unlikely alliance to create a new Internet lab at the University of California, Berkl... Read story
Happy Travelers
A recent survey conducted by the American Small Business Travelers Alliance (ASBTA) revealed that many small business travelers are very satisfied with th... Read story
