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Win Customers with Empathy Marketing

Consumers are keeping their eyes open for the brand that understands them the best. Learn how the “little guy” can employ empathy marketing methods to cr...  Read more

8 Tips on Preparing Your Family for Entrepreneurship

Before venturing out on your own, you must take account of your family's participation and expectations about the new business.  Read more

Mobile Payment Firm Square Drops Transaction Fee

The company says dropping the credit card fee is part of its vision to "create zero friction and complexity" around payments. Will its competitors follow?  Read more

How to Extend Your Laptop's Life

You tote your laptop throughout your daily life and beat it up. But the laptop's portability makes it vulnerable to wear and tear. Here's how to extend the l...  Read more

7 Tax-Saving Tips for Home-Based Businesses

Filing taxes for your home-based business doesn't have to be a daunting process. Here's how to maximize your return.  Read more

How to Execute Great Ideas

Take a systematic approach to examining and implementing great ideas. These tips from Inc. blogger and business coach, Marla Tabaka will help you to take you...  Read more

5 Tips for a Great PowerPoint Presentation

Want to deliver a pitch-perfect presentation? Here are five tips on how to deliver a killer PowerPoint.  View slideshow

Low Cost and Free Help Resources

Find business help and guidance through these free or low cost resources and ideas.  Read more

Survival Tips for Solopreneurs

A few years ago, survival tips for the small business owner would have focused primarily on productivity issues and marketing strategies. In the face of a fa...  Read more

How to Create a Great PowerPoint Presentation

Are you guilty of information overload? Do you abuse Clip Art? Here, the experts weigh in on how to create a pitch-perfect PowerPoint presentation.  Read more

Ask Inc.: Is It Critical for a Start-up to Have a Website?

Ask Inc. is an open forum for entrepreneurs to ask questions and get answers. Join the conversation.  Read more

Ask Inc.: Tax Advice for Sole Proprietors

Ask Inc. is an open forum for entrepreneurs to ask questions and get answers. Join the conversation.  Read more

Ask Inc.: What's Your Biggest Challenge Working From Home?

Ask Inc. is an open forum for entrepreneurs to ask questions and get answers. Join the conversation.  Read more

Don't Put Your Assets on the Line

Starting a business? Protect what you have by thinking through your legal form first.  Read more

3 Tax-Preparation Apps

These mobile apps help you estimate your tax bill or refund, organize receipts, and find answers to tough tax questions.  Read more

5 Fun Desk Accessories

If you're looking for some new accessories, these fun (and mostly functional) items will spruce up any workspace.  View slideshow

New IRS Smartphone App

Not to be outdone by H&R Block and other tax prep services, the Internal Revenue Service has released its first smartphone app, Read more

What is Your “Why”?

Happy and successful solopreneurs are most often in business for a reason larger than themselves. They know their "why", do you? Learn to find your why and d...  Read more

How to Start a Catering Business

You're a whiz in the kitchen and a master event coordinator. Are you ready to enter this $7 billion industry?  Read more

What CES had to Offer for the New Computer Screen

Life was never meant to be viewed through a little window, and I believe neither was technology.  Look at TVs, computers, cell phones:  all of t...  Read more

Dell's New Vostro 460 Desktop

Dell recently unveiled the new Vostro 460 , a desktop computer tailored for s...  Read more

How to Find Money in Your Business

Solopreneurs experiencing roadblocks to cash flow can take these simple steps to put themselves back in the driver's seat. Get cash flowing and profits movin...  Read more

Livescribe Has What I Want: Smartpens

I can't help but pine for technology that doesn't fully exist.  Many times I will get an idea of what I would like to have, like a watch that records...  Read more

The Smartest Credit Card Ever Made: Your Phone

You are carrying the smartest credit card ever made, but it is not made out of plastic. Instead, your smartphone has all the transaction details you'd ever n...  Read more

How to Boost Confidence and Success

Are you willing to take the emotional risks associated with taking your business to the top or do you do only what is necessary to survive? Find out why you ...  Read more

Building Your Dream Company From Home

Tear up that office lease. Starting a business from home isn't just about the money you save, it's about the lifestyle it creates.  Read more

10 Marketing Musts

Are you are spending enough time and money marketing your business? If not,you are ignoring a critical success component. Customize these ideas to work for y...  Read more

11 Businesses You Can Start in Your Pajamas in 2011

Starting a profitable business from home is perhaps the ultimate American Dream. Here’s a look at 11 entrepreneurs whose commute can be measured in feet, a...  View slideshow

Got Attitude?

Business people with a positive attitude usually exude success and attract other success-minded people. Take this 20-question quiz to find out if your attitu...  Read more

Review, Revamp, Rejoice!

‘Tis the season for rejoicing, but when you look back at 2010 does the mood fit? Follow this process to achieve success in 2011!  Read more

Are You a Doer or Creator?

Do you wonder why things aren't working in your business? By understanding and focusing on your natural talents and strengths you can make your life happy an...  Read more

5 Tips for Conducting a Virtual Meeting

Conducting a successful virtual meeting requires preparation and a new set of etiquette rules.  Read more

5 Ways to Achieve Follow Through

How many of your life and business goals did you achieve during this past year? Did you make your list, check it twice - and then forget about it? Or, did ...  Read more

4 Tools for Creating Video Blogs

A video blog can be a great way to spread company news, talk about products, and stand out among traditional company blogs. Thanks to easy-to-use editing sof...  View slideshow

Resolving Your Inbox Nightmares

Have you lost the battle of the bulging inbox? See these simple solutions to resolve your inbox nightmares.  Read more