Small business owners can learn many lessons in leadership from the 44 men who have worked in the Oval Office. Here are universal lessons on how to be a leader from the likes of Washington, Lincoln, Jackson, Eisenhower, FDR, Reagan—and even Nixon.
View slideshowInterview with Harvard University professor on the qualities and mechanics of leadership. Read more
Quote from 'A History of Small Business in America,' by Mansel G. Blackford. Read more
Blood and guts! That's what's going on everywhere in the marketplace right now. There's the credit crunch, decreased consumer spending, the bailout quan... Read more
A look at how four entrepreneurs designed unique home offices to meet their specific needs, personal tastes, styles of work and physical limitations. Read more
Taking apart the new financial regulations. New York Times' columnist Joe Nocera Read more
Chester Arthur, who served as President of the United States from 1881 to 1885, will never be regarded as one our great leaders. In fact, many Americans w... Read more
Forget rebel, forget misfit, forget poor boy makes good. A new study shatters old myths about the entrepreneur. Read more
Will this be the small-business conference that finally figures out the difference between being small and thinking small? Read more
For the third time in a century, our government wants to abandon antitrust enforcement. It is time for small business to sound the alarm. Read more
For all the things that Barack Obama did well in this campaign, perhaps the most impressive was his use of social media technologies. There was the Obama ... Read more
At the heart of the case: A 29-year-old entrepreneur who says he stood up for his beliefs. Read more
The idea of unionization can be a scary one for small-business owners, but those fears may be misplaced. Here are things to keep in mind. Read more
We need a national commitment to modernize our skills as well as our industries. Without one, we face continuing unemployment, a further drop in productivity... Read more
All of us need role models, especially those of us who run our own businesses. When I first became a manager, I searched for people to emulate when develo... Read more
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The Democrats are ready for a national economic strategy. Felix Rohatyn's plan for a new Reconstruction Finance Corp. leads the debate. Read more
Four years ago, David Birch showed that small companies create most of the country's jobs. Now he has found that failure is just as important as success in k... Read more
America's most innovative industries are being robbed every day on the floors of Chinese factories. Here's how to make it stop. Read more
How a group of family farmers joined forces to create and market a premium brand of milk. Read more
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