The Best Of Both Worlds
Performance, low cost. These funds offer a compelling blend of good performance (on a risk-adjusted basis) and low cost (in annual overhead and s... Read story
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Nothing Makes the Skies Friendly Like a Free Plane Ticket
A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business. Read story
Best Buy Targets Business Owners
Best Buy will be rolling out a line of products with features designed for business use, the Richfield, Minn.-based electronics retail chain said this wee... Read story
Taking Aim
Comparison-shopping software lets businesses target potential customers when they're browsing for products on the sites of competitors. Here's how it works. Read story
CompUSA Targets Small-Business Market
CompUSA, the Dallas-based electronics retail chain, is refocusing its retail efforts to better serve small-business owners, company officials said Tuesday... Read story
Best Buy and Ingram Micro to Offer Expanded Onsite IT Service
Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) and Ingram Micro (NYSE:IM) have teamed up to offer small and midsize businesses across North America onsite IT consulting ... Read story
Focused Bets
Just because sector funds are something of a crapshoot is no reason to ignore cost comparisons. Shop wisely. Of the eight sector groups tracked b... Read story
Speakeasy Expands VoIP Offering
Speakeasy, a Best Buy company (NYSE:BBY), has added two new digital voice options to its suite of VoIP services for the small-business market. Speakeasy's... Read story
Best Buy Canada Offers Data Deposit Box Storage
Geek Squad will deliver secure online data storage and sharing services. Read story
The Lowly Co-op Gets a Makeover
Minnesota's unique start-up boom. Read story
Case Study
The Problem: Handmark had 50% of the market for software for PDAs. Unfortunately, fewer people are buying PDAs Read story
Speakeasy Broadens Customer Broadband Options
Users can now choose broadband providers with any of Speakeasy's voice services. Read story
The Recyclers
Most people see refuse. These entrepreneurs see raw materials. Read story
Marketing: Selling the Superstores
A 15-week, nationwide campaign is followed to learn how to get shelf space at the country's hottest retail chains. Read story
Best Buy Acquires Inc. 500 Broadband Firm
April 10, 2007 -- Speakeasy, a Seattle-based broadband firm that launched over a decade ago as one of the nation's first Internet Cafes, ... Read story
The Future of Consumer Research
Are you still using traditional focus groups? New techniques could help you discover what your customers are really thinking. Read story
Beyond Flextime
Trashing the workweek. Read story
Gift Guide: For the Road
Whether travelling to work, school or Bermuda, these portables will please any lucky recipient. Read story
Case Study
The Problem: Lance Fried planned to sell his waterproof MP3 players in surf shops. But could he really say no to the big-box retailers? Read story
Courting the Power Retailers
Mass merchandisers book about 40% of all U.S. retail sales, and discount retailers--chains with 50 stores or more--book 11% to 13% of all retail sales, ev... Read story
Entrepreneurs of the Year
Be fast, be frugal, be right. These are the business principles that spurred Janie and Victor Tsao to transform their home-based start-up into a $500 million... Read story
Make Your Web Presence Pay Off
Consultant and author Jim Dion follows-up his recent Web seminar "Read story
Speakeasy to Sell Covad's ADSL2+ Broadband
Covad Communications Group (AMEX:DVW) has teamed up with Speakeasy, a division of Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) to sell Covad's ADSL2+ business-class br... Read story
The Technoethics Trap
Figuring out what is ethical--a challenge under any circumstances--is trickier than ever in the Internet age. Read story
Case Study: When Your Bank Stops Lending
When Able Planet's bank pulled his $2.5 million line of credit, founder Kevin Semcken had to think fast. Read story
Business for Sale: An Audio-Book Publisher for $1.14 Million
Three years ago, Bryan Heathman joined forces with his friend Chris Widener, a motivational speaker and the author of books such as T... Read story
Why Can't Salespeople Be More Creative?
The sales profession has been left behind. Countless books and articles have been written about fostering creativity amongst engineers, product developer... Read story
Upstarts: New-Biz Watch
A look at Mark Begelman's MARS, a music and recording superstore that encourages customers to touch the merchandise, plus four shorter articles about the ret... Read story
Study: Discounts Aren't the Only Way to Boost Retail Sales
Dec. 16, 2005 --Small retailers looking to increase customer during and after the holiday season should think twice about simply slashing ... Read story
The Biggest TV Network You've Never Heard Of
Michael Stern started PRN with this insight: If most people make their buying decisions inside the store, why not show them commercials inside the store? Bec... Read story
Courage to Charge More
Most businesspeople I know would do anything, anything other than raise their prices. Few prospects send as many corporate chills down as many corporate ... Read story
Pandora's Long Strange Trip
Online radio that's cool, addictive, free, and-just maybe-a lasting business. Read story
The Survey Says...
Want to know what consumers think? Put down the comment cards and poll them online instead. Read story
Sweet Deals
Mrs. Beasley's has created a stellar blueprint for integrating "bricks" and "clicks" businesses through strategic partnerships, superior logistics, and some ... Read story
Three Scary Words: "Buy It Used"
With more people buying stuff used, companies have to rethink everything from a product's durability to the terms of their warranties. Read story
Back In Business
In November 2004, Handmark , a Kansas City, Missouri, software company that specialized in P... Read story
A New Electric Motorcycle Hits the Road
A start-up company named Brammo introduces the Enertia, a battery-powered motorcycle Read story
How I Did It: Rick Alden, Skullcandy
As told to Nitasha Tiku
Industry: Consumer Products & Services
Three-Year Growth:
I'm With Jack I read the revealing interview with Jack Stack ["Read story
Profiting from Politics
Whether John McCain or Barack Obama becomes the next president, a handful of entrepreneurs plan to enjoy -- and make money from -- this political season. Read story
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