Latest Stories for May, 2006

 

Podcast Review of Biz III

Steve Rucinski, who is the Executive Producer of the podcast distribution of Small Business Trends Radio, has written the second in our series of Podcast Reviews. He reviewed “Biz III,” a podcast by Mike Hughes and Les Bain. Go read: Podcast Review of Biz III. To have your podcast…

Entrepreneurship on the Rise in U.S.

Entrepreneurship in the United States is on the rise — with the figures to back it up. That’s according to the latest U. S. Census numbers and estimates by the SBA’s Office of Advocacy. Using the latest available figures (from 2003), Raymond Keating, Chief Economist for the Small…

Bootstrap to Avoid the Overnight Success Trap

In the aftermath of the DotCom Bust, bootstrapping is an in topic. These days it is almost trendy to be bootstrapping your business. Of course, millions of entrepreneurs have known that all along and concentrated on quietly building their businesses. Bootstrapping takes time. Your growth is…

Ask the Expert at QuickBooks Community

This week I am serving as the resident Expert over at the QuickBooks Community site. It is part of their Ask the Expert feature. All this week (May 22 – 26, 2006) I will be giving tips and ideas about what you can do to grow your business. I will also help you find out about small…

Two Perfect Job Candidates? Here’s How to Choose

Hiring is one of the most time consuming and agonizing responsibilities of the small business owner. We are often confronted with candidates with nearly identical categories of knowledge, skills and abilities. How does the business owner pick just one? The one right person? Brad Feld and Your…

MySpace Not Much Value to Most Small Businesses

MySpace, the social networking site for teens (and older people who apparently still wish they were teens), is now one of the ten largest Internet properties. While parents gnash their teeth worrying about sexual predators lurking to lure little Heather or Jennifer astray, others claim that…

Introducing Podcast Reviews

One of the most rewarding experiences of my blogging career was my PowerBlog Review series – a series of reviews of other blogs. I got to know many many bloggers as a result of reviewing their blogs. We have started a similar series for podcasts over at the Radio site called — oh so…

Business Composure and Leadership

Never let ‘em see you sweat. Leadership in any sector — business, government, non-profit, or military — depends on image. Personal presentation. Steve Rucinski, who blogs at Small Business CEO and Small Business Trends Radio, comments that, The …lesson I learned early in…

7 Points for Sales Presentations

Technology changes everything. Right? I’m not so sure. Tech enables, but does not always change the basics. Especially for the small business owner. Your Business Blogger was in the market to buy a software solution. I sat through a conference call/web based sales pitch by Brand X for…

Top Five Small Business Radio Podcasts

The April numbers are in for the top five downloads of Small Business Trends Radio podcasts. The following archived radio shows were the most popular downloads for April 2006 from our podcast site, SMB Trendwire: Hiring New Employees – The Technology They Need Guest: Michael Dees of…

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