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Ditch the Rental Car

Here’s a new way to arrive in style.  Read more

4 New Wi-Fi-Only Tablets

If you’re not thrilled with the idea of buying a tablet with a pricey wireless plan, you’re in luck. Now there are plenty of Wi-Fi-only options from whic...  View slideshow

5 Ways to Revamp Your Workspace

A funky lamp or a colorful chair can go a long way toward sprucing up the office. Here are some items that might just do the trick.  View slideshow

The Best Back Office Software for Running Your Business

Last month we told you the best options for front office software. This month we asked the experts to weigh in on back office software to improve your busine...  Read more

10 Things You Should Know About Social Media

Social media is still an enigma to most people. Marla Tabaka offers these ten tips from Eric Yaverbaum for successful social media strategies.  Read more

Beat the Home Office Blues

Working from the home office can come at a cost. Business Coach, Marla Tabaka, offers these simple steps to beat loneliness and isolation of working from home.  Read more

Pay Yourself and Prosper

Business coach, Marla Tabaka cites mistakes that prevent small business owners from paying themselves & scaling their business. Avoid these pitfalls & prosper!  Read more

Essential Gadgets for Every Home Office

Can't keep track of where you leave things around the house? Need a little distance from your home life? Check out these gadgets, essential for every home o...  View slideshow

9 Steps to Effective Problem Solving

Problem solving is a skill that start-up founders need to learn quickly. Use these steps to guide you.  Read more

Brendon Burchard, the Millionaire Messenger

New York Times bestselling author, founder of Experts Academy, and one of the top business and motivational trainers in the world, Brendon Burchard.  Read more

Time Tracking for Productivity

Tips to become a proactive business owner, increasing productivity and increasing cashflow.  Read more

5 Ways to Stop Dreaming and Start Building Your New Business Now

Dreaming is easy. Starting? Not so much. Here are five ways to make the first steps easier.  Read more

How to Brand Big

Strong brands focus on a combination of telling a great story and delivering on the promise. Learn more at Inc. Magazine!  Read more

4 Innovative Keyboards

We tested four keyboards with newfangled features. Here are the results.  View slideshow

Review: The HP Veer Smartphone

A look at the Veer, a phone that runs on Palm’s updated webOS2 platform  Read more

Big Idea: A Computer for Seniors

The story behind the Telikin, a touchscreen computer pre-loaded with easy-to-use software for holding video chats, checking e-mail, and more.  Read more

Tangle-Free Laptop Speakers

Here’s the skinny on Altec Lansing’s new Orbit USB stereo speakers, which are designed for travel.  Read more

Discover Your Marketing Mindset

Marketing is a dirty little word for many solopreneurs. Business coach, Marla Tabaka, offers guidelines to create marketing messages that resonate with you.  Read more

How to Get Unstuck

Learn these simple steps to allow the answers to your problems to come to you rather than you chasing them.  Read more

Are You a Start-up Jerk?

If you are starting up a company and find yourself pitching everything that walks upright these days, please watch this video.  Read more

6 Essential Skills Every Entrepreneur Should Have

There's no doubt that entrepreneurs have the passion and mindset to develop innovative business ideas. What they often lack are the skills required to effect...  Read more

Competition Supports Leap to Millions

If you have achieved at least $1 million in revenue in each of the past 2 fiscal years, you may want to check out this competition. Here, the sky is the limit!  Read more

How and Why to Develop a Niche

The compelling reasons for isolating your niche are many. You will have greater clarity, less stress and stop chasing the illusive “anyone who”.  Read more

Developing a Business Vision and Mindset

Money and time are what solopreneurs cite as the gap between vision and reality. But clarity, strategy & an empowering mindset are the true missing keys.  Read more

10 Steps From Idea to Business

A cheat sheet to turn your vision for a successful new business into a reality  Read more

How to Beat the Poverty Mindset

Erase negative beliefs about financial success.Learned responses are neurologically embedded but can be erased and replaced with positive thought and behaviour  Read more

How Accountability Creates Success

Implementing and fine-tuning can be challenging entrepreneurial minded people. Instead of exhausting yourself, why not set up an accountability strategy?  Read more

How to Co-Brand to Boost Sales

Leveraging synergistic brands can take a business to new and exciting heights. How can co-branding help you to reach an expanded audience with your message?  Read more

A Gadget That Lets You Track Prized Possessions

The Garmin GTU 10 alerts you when it enters or leaves boundaries you set up online.  Read more

My Favorite Tool for Collaborating

Entrepreneur Paul Gladen explains how he uses Mavenlink to work on projects with his employees, contractors, and clients.  Read more

A New Way to Make Calls Abroad

Tired of outrageous overseas roaming charges? EZ Roam aims to help.  Read more

4 Great New Business Laptops

We tested four new notebooks with fast processors and loads of features. Here are the results.  View slideshow

Grow With Cause Marketing

Will Americans switch to your brand if you are associated with a good cause? Research shows that 79 percent of them will.  Read more

A Guide to Starting Your Small Business Blog

Though time-consuming, blogging about your business has its benefits. Here are four tips to help you get started.  Read more

Why Women Are Great Strategic Planners

...And what men can learn from them.  Read more