Bringing Out Your Inner Blogger
A thoughtfully planned new media campaign can beat big budgets. It can provide large-scale product refinement and increase the online conversations about you... Read more
Strategy and Planning
Recent Strategy and Planning Articles
Tech Talk: Energy Co. Gains Efficiency with BPM
A Canadian oil and natural gas company found it could streamline time sheets processing and operating expense accrual with the help of business process manag... Read more
Tech Talk: Unified Communications Helps Firm
An Arizona manufacturer of car audio equipment, such as speakers and subwoofers, cuts costs and helps mobile workers stay connected by switching to a unified... Read more
Angel, Venture Capital, or Bootstrap?
Tech entrepreneurs need to pursue different avenues for financing when starting out. Fortunately, online resources can help out. Read more
Providing Remote Tech Support to Workers
What are the best ways for a small or mid-sized business to provide efficient help desk support to employees? Software? Hardware? On-demand services? Or a so... Read more
Review: Topgrading for Sales
In Leigh Buchanan's column, "A Skimmer's Guide to the Latest Business Books," she reviews Topgrading's salesy sequel. Read more
Let’s Get Visible: Supply Chain Technology
A variety of technologies -- from software programs to hardware such as RFID -- now lets businesses see into their supply chain to ensure that the right reso... Read more
The Oil Boom 
With oil well over $100 a barrel and gas prices flirting with $4 a gallon, oil-rich nations are becoming just that -- rich. So who has the most petrodolla... Watch video
Fire and Motion
I’ve read a ton of books on competition and strategy, and none of them are as useful as this one simple concept. Read more
Taking Accountability: Selecting the Right Finance Software
As small and mid-sized businesses need more sophisticated technologies, it is important to avoid choosing the wrong solutions -- especially when it comes to ... Read more
Green Computing Choices
Small business has no exemption when it comes to helping preserve the environment. Here's why you should make eco-friendly computing choices for your busines... Read more
War Stories
Five years after the start of the Iraq war, entrepreneurs reflect on how it has changed their lives. Read more
Will Work for Equity
Why Arizona Bay started taking stock from its customers instead of cash. Read more
10 Money-Saving Technologies
In a recession, sometimes spending a bit on technology can actually end up saving your business money over the long term. Investments in virtualization, thin... Read more
How Does Technology Fit into Your Strategy?
When making strategic plans, you ignore technology at your peril. But focusing too tightly on tech can skew your plans too. Here’s how to strike the right ... Read more
Social Capital
Here's how four socially minded VC firms and banks are breaking from tradition. Read more
IT Security: How Much $$ Should You Spend?
Small and mid-sized businesses keep spending more on IT security solutions, in response to the growing variety of threats. Here’s how to figure out mow muc... Read more
Lean and Mean IT Budgeting for the Shaky Economy
The economic times are uncertain these days -- what with the mortgage crisis and the big swings in the stock market. CIOs or IT managers can do their part to... Read more
Technologies to Eliminate Office Paper
As businesses look for ways to go green, one of the simplest is reducing the amount of office paper they use. But cutting out paper goes beyond merely printi... Read more
Small-Business Confidence Plunges
A survey finds more owners are struggling with cash-flow issues and expect conditions to get worse. Read more
More Retirement Plans on Hold
A survey finds small-business owners fear unexpected costs will deplete their savings later in life. Read more
Small Firms Raising Prices
A recent survey finds higher costs and weaker sales are putting inflationary pressure on small businesses. Read more
The Secret Life of a Serial CEO
Bob Cramer has piloted six companies to big paydays. Now he has found a start-up that offers something else--excitement, poetry, a legacy. Read more
Breaking Through
How companies just like yours mushroomed into powerhouses in their industries. A conversation with Keith R. McFarland. Read more
The Economy Today: Opinions from the Inc. 500
The national deficit and a broken health-care system are just a few of the issues plaguing our economy, according to some of the nation's top entrepreneur... Watch video
Start-Up Secrets from the Inc. 500
Some of the nation's top entrepreneurs reflect on their early days in business -- and offer advice to other entrepreneurs just getting started. Watch video
The Problem Solver
Every company has problems. And Joseph Grenny, the co-founder and co-chairman of VitalSmarts has spent the past two decades helping businesses zero in on ... Watch video
Family Firms Tackle Estate Planning
A survey finds most family-run businesses have planned for a death in the family. Read more
Everybody Wants to Save the World
But when you start a charity overseas, good intentions often go awry Read more
Small Business IT Budget Forecast for 2008
Will the economy impact technology spending for small and mid-sized businesses? Should you put off the purchase of new PCs for a year and consider outsourcin... Read more
Hot Technologies to Watch in 2008
The year 2007 may be remembered for Web 2.0, the rise of social networks, and YouTube. But what new technologies will impact business in 2008? We spoke with ... Read more
Managing IT through a Business Relocation
Small and mid-size businesses relocate to new office space every few years or so, experts say. How does this impact IT? Here are tips on how to relocate IT s... Read more
Broadway Stagehands End Strike
Restaurants, parking lots, and other small businesses find relief as curtains go up again. Read more
Broadway Strike Costing Businesses $17 Million Per Day
The stagehands' strike has dealt New York restaurants, parking lots, and other businesses a "powerful" blow. Read more
Hollywood Writers Strike Threatens to Hit Small Businesses Hardest
Small production companies and other firms in Los Angeles are already considering layoffs. Read more
