Can Large Companies be Entrepreneurial?
Many would argue no way. Smaller companies are more nimble and can react faster and easier to changing business climates than large companies. But a recen... Read story
Carole Matthews
Employing Gen-X'ers
The old school of business, where job security was guaranteed and employees were sure to be rewarded for loyalty and commitment, is all but nonexistent to... Read story
Sales Motivation
Looking for sales advice 24/7? Check out Sales Talk , a discussion board on Read story
Entrepreneurs Starting Up Despite Weak Economy
Entrepreneurs aren't letting a slow economy keep them from finding professional and emotional fulfillment through business ownership. In "Read story
VC Investment Holding Steady
It's not the go-go nineties, but venture capital investment is showing some sign of recovery according to the Ernst &... Read story
The SBA Goes Hollywood
The SBA is gaining a higher profile through some interesting partnerships lately. First, they've Read story
Norwegian Witch Gets Small Biz Grant
I ran across this little AP tidbit on Salon.co... Read story
Health Care Costs on the Rise -- Again
A Businessweek.com article, Get Used to the Pain , notes that the average co... Read story
Motivating Employees
How do you keep employees motivated and engaged? The answer just might lie in a concept developed some 30 years ago by a Sloan Fellows Professor of Manage... Read story
Innovation and Growth Conference
Ernst & Young and VentureOne will host a the Growth & Innovation Conferene West on Nov. 4 and 5 in Burli... Read story
Is Bush's Tax Cut Working?
For all of the crticism they taken, it looks like George W.'s tax cuts, particularly the second round, might be helping boost the economy. In today's Read story
Frustrated Invention
Ever get frustrated by a product's shortcomings? Maybe you should find a way to make it better. Boston Globe writer Peter Howe profiles Read story
Managing Techies
They're not your normal group of employees. Leading an IT group often calls for being able to facilitate work often in a chaotic environment that is "rife... Read story
Putting France Back to Work
France's 35-hour workweek establised back in 1998 by the Socialists might ... Read story
Thinking Big
When you're small and working on a shoestring, as Carol Skonberg was in 2000 when she... Read story
Suing Your Customers
The recording industry is doing just that by launching hundreds of lawsuits against consumers who download music for free, as Wharton Legal Studies profes... Read story
Considering Employee Ownership?
The Beyster Institute will host an ... Read story
Designing a Website?
If you're considering designing your own website, redesigning your website, or working with an outside firm to do it, you should check out Chuck Green's <... Read story
Taking Business Online
Back in 1996, Jackie Monticup set out to expand her business's customer base. The retail business, The Magic Trick Shop, in Charlottesville, Va., opened b... Read story
Taking Business Online
Back in 1996, Jackie Monticup set out to expand her business's customer base. The retail business, The Magic Trick Shop, in Charlottesville, Va., opened b... Read story
Segway Takes a Spill
The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Segway LLC, based in Manchester, N.H., announced a recall of all 6,000 Segways, a New York Times Read story
Greed on Trial
Ex-Tyco chief executive, Dennis Kozlowski, is to appear in a Manhattan court today, accused of stealing $600 million from Tyco and its investors to suppor... Read story
Do-Not-Call List Hits Another Snag
The national do-not-call list has come under fire again, the Read story
Creating Buzz
Robert Wheatley, CEO of Wheatley & Timmons, a public relations and marketing communications agency, argues that we need to rewrite the marketing communica... Read story
IRS Extends Deadlines for Hurricane Victims
The IRS has extended filing deadlines for victims ... Read story
Giving Back
Some cynics might think Bill Gates' campaign against AIDS in Africa is just a PR effort on behalf of Microsoft. But, as Nicholas D. Kristof suggests in hi... Read story
Small-Business Growth Seminar
Thomas Regional and the SBA will conduct a free seminar for industrial small-business owners this Thursday in NYC. The event being held from 8:30 a.m. to ... Read story
After Isabel
Michael Barbaro of the Washington Post tells the story of Mushtaq Naqash ... Read story
High-Tech Visas to be Cut
The number of H1-B visas that can be issued each year could be cut if Congress doesn't act by Oct. 1. The number of high-tech visas, which have been used ... Read story
The Real Grasso Scandal
Allan Sloan, in his On Wall Street column today, likens the recent Richard Grasso compens... Read story
Voters Say No to Espresso Tax
Back in August I mentioned an espresso tax that the city of Seattle pr... Read story
Wanted: CEOs of Failed Start-ups
CEOs of failed start-ups are finding new lives at the helms of VC-backed businesses, writer Benjamin Pimenel wrote in a recent San Francisco Chronicle Read story
Shopping for Insurance
According to the recent Kaiser Family Foundation 2003 Emplo... Read story
Senate Votes to Rescind FCC Ruling
The U.S. Senate voted to rescind new FCC regulations that would a... Read story
Disruptive Innovations
In " The Lessons of New-Market Disruption ," writer Clark Gilbert recounts Teradyne's ... Read story
Small Biz Confidence
Small business outscores big business when it comes to confidence and plans for growth, according to the recent quarterly results of the Read story
Post 9-11 Thoughts from Britain
In a collection of essays from The Independent , a number of writers refl... Read story
Outrageous Compensation
I love this headline in today's New York Times -- " Grasso Giving Up $48 Milli... Read story
Pampered Pets
Americans own more pets than ever, and seem to care about them more passionately, too, as a recent article from BrandWeek , "Read story
Emotional Branding
Though they all seem to be taking hard a line against George W. Bush (case in point, last week's Bush-bashing Read story
