Latest Stories for July, 2006
It May be Creative But It Is Business Too
American Express OPEN hit one out of the ballpark tonight, with its small business event, “Making a Name for Yourself.” I am in New York where the event took place tonight. This is the first in a series of posts I will be writing about the event.
Making a Name for Yourself focused on…
Today’s Entrepreneurs Have Laptop Will Travel
Do you ever wonder what today’s tech-savvy entrepreneur carries around in his briefcase?
Well, how about a widescreen laptop with a wireless connection, iPod, all manner of cables and cords, a futuristic-looking microphone, 10 USB memory cards (“because you never know what will…
Hiring? The Best Question To Ask a Job Candidate
What were your high school dreams?
Your Business Blogger is noticing a troubling trend in the hiring process. Lots and lots of personality questionnaires. Psycho-testing. Honesty testing. Handwriting analysis.
But if you want to do well in interviewing job candidates, get Smart.
No, not the secret…
Every Small Business Needs an In-House IT Person
Ramon Ray writes on Smallbiztechnology.com how small businesses that grow to a certain size need to have an in-house IT person. And you also need to have local solution providers who come in and work with your tech person.
So what kind of skills does your in-house IT guy or gal have to have? …
Newsletter Edition Is Now Online — And It Is Free!
The latest edition (July 20, 2006) of the Small Business Trends Newsletter is now available online.
Many regular readers of this blog subscribe to the newsletter. Why? It highlights the most popular articles on the site during the preceding month, measured by the number of pageviews. It can be…
Using Search Queries to Identify Trends
Over at the Small Business Trends forums, a reader has posted an interesting thread about using search engine queries to identify emerging trends.
The idea is simple. You search for phrases that signal trends by inference. For instance, a search for the words “sharp increase” or…
Military Management: The New Trend for Small Business
Some business owners have a desire to run a company like a military unit. The business owner understands, almost instinctively, that there are unique management strategies that military organizations employ to accomplish difficult missions. And perhaps die in the attempt. To sacrifice the last full…
Growing Interest in Virgin Islands Economic Development Companies
Many of you have wondered about my limited posting here at Small Business Trends. Partly it was because I was away on a trip to the U. S. Virgin Islands. No, it was not a vacation. It was a business trip.
I was there on a speaking engagement, addressing a group of small business owners,…
JumpUp – A New Site for Startups
Intuit, the maker of widely-used small business software QuickBooks, has a new Beta site about starting a business. Called “JackRabbit,” (now called Jumpup.com) this latest site is designed for startups and those planning to start a business.
I like the witty connotation behind the…
U.S. Jobs Reports Fail to Pick Up Small Business Employment Numbers
Given as well as the U.S. economy has done the past several years, the job growth numbers have been puzzling. Some people have wondered why the jobs numbers reported by the government seem out of line with other growth numbers.
Over at my BNET column “Selling to Small Business,” I…
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