Submitted by Motown Terri
from blog:
Author : Connor SullivanIt can be quite challenging to start a new business Numerous small businesses fail within their first year of establishment and the rest of the time the entrepreneurs are either trying to get hold of a Milwaukee bankruptcy attorney or a Milwaukee bankruptcy lawyer When people set up a new business, (Read More)
Small Business Trends:
Every year I do a certain number of holiday cartoons. While they always sell well, they’re among the hardest ideas to generate.Thanksgiving is the hardest. Halloween and Christmas have tons of great stuff to play with, and Valentine’s Day is pretty good, but Thanksgiving is pretty much just turkey.One year I got to thinking (Read More)
Submitted by Louisgray
from Google Reader:
Early on, we predicted that Apple's walled garden approach to apps for the iPhone would lead to developer backlash. Even if it was successful at first, the obvious trajectory was that it wouldn't just lead to problems that drove developers away, but it would eventually limit application innovation, just as other competing (Read More)
Submitted by Stewbagz
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Submitted by Motown Terri
from blog:
By Kate MichaelsAs if paucity of funds were not enough, smaller businesses now have to do an even harder tightrope walk because of the onset of global recession. It has become imperative for them to make judicious use of their diminishing resources so that they can get maximum benefit out of a small investment. Adopting mar (Read More)
Submitted by Gregbd
from Google Reader:
I wish my grandmother were still alive to see it. There it was, on the right hand side of the “c” section on Wednesday morning – yes, some of us still read the Wall Street Journal in paper form – an apology of wrongdoing and a commitment of time and funds by Goldman Sachs in an attempt to repair some of the damage. $100 m (Read More)
Small Business Trends:
The recession is cutting into small and midsized businesses’ IT spending, and some industries are hurting more than others, according to the results of the latest IT Effectiveness Index (ITEI) survey.The ITEI is a benchmarking tool that measures the technology effectiveness of small and midsized businesses. (Small Business (Read More)
Submitted by Motown Terri
from blog:
Author : Vicki IrvinMany scientific studies conducted over many years comparing men and women, have found out that women make better business people This they say can be attributed to their ability to multi task And their multi taking ability is a notch higher than that of men They are also able negotiators and more like (Read More)
Inc.com:
A long goodbye to Oprah (and the Oprah Effect). It's official. Oprah Winfrey will announce to viewers on today's show that she will be retiring from her long-running talk show at the completion of the 2011 season. No need to shed a tear for Oprah, who has amassed a fortune reportedly in the neighborhood of $2.7 billion. Ins (Read More)
Engadget:
Sony had a big management meeting in Japan today, where the tech giant announced some extremely vague plans for what's initially being called the Sony Online Service -- an new "iTunes-like" service built on the PlayStation Network that will sell books, music, and movies. That's really all we know for now -- Sony execs didn' (Read More)
Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is having a tough time guesstimating how many small businesses failed in this recession, casting doubt on the reliability of vital data on employment and economic growth.
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Inc.com:
Steve Case's $300 million payday. It may not be much compared to that ill-fated, monster merger he presided over several years ago--the effects of which persist today--but Steve Case just won himself another big payday. His finance company, Revolution Money, will be acquired by American Express for $300 million. That's acco (Read More)
Submitted by Franchise King
from blog:
Small Business Loans Drop By $10 Billion (From CNN.com, today) "Some banks are unapologetic about their cutbacks. Small business defaults are soaring, and banks are under pressure to shore up their balance sheets and reduce their exposure to risky loans.... (Read More)
Inc.com:
A recent survey commissioned by e-mail marketing provider Campaigner found the top challenge facing small business owners today is customer acquisition and retention -- by a landslide. The 2009 State of Small Business Online Marketing Survey questioned over 250 North American small business owners with 20 employees or less (Read More)
Reuters:
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's small wind sector is booming despite the recession as many rural homes, farms or small business are putting up turbines in the yard to counter higher energy prices and blackouts.
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