
Today, nearly everything a startup software business needs can be bought as a service. No longer do software companies need to accumulate expensive office space, furniture, IT infrastructure and similar accouterments.
It takes less capital to start such businesses. And — unencumbered by…

He that covers his sins shall not prosper. Ancient Jewish Proverb. There seems to be a disturbing trend that all business owners are facing: job candidates who lie.
Mitch, The Window Manager, one of the best business blogs in the business, had a reader in a job interview with a dilemma:
How does a…

Editor’s Note: In this guest post by author Mary Hunt, she presents 5 Do’s and 5 Don’ts when selling to women small business owners. The information is based on research gathered by herself and Terri Whitesel, of Interpret-her, and information contained in her book, In Women We…

Today I am participating in an online book tour, for the book, In Women We Trust: A Cultural Shift to the Softer Side of Business by author Mary Hunt.
A few words about online book tours
For those of you who are not familiar with the concept of an online book tour, it’s pretty straight…

User-generated advertisements are trendy these days.
However, most forms of user-generated ads are just not practical for small businesses.
User-generated ad programs typically are used by big corporations that serve mass consumer markets. Corporations will provide some sort of online means for…

Today (September 4, 2006) is a bank holiday here in the United States, called Labor Day.
Labor Day is a holiday to celebrate the American worker.
Rosa Say at her Managing with Aloha blog today has an outstanding opinion post about Labor Day. In it she decries the chipping away of the American work…