Latest Stories for October, 2006
All the Good Businesses are Taken — Not!
It never ceases to surprise me how inventive some entrepreneurs can be when starting new businesses. Even in industries that you might have thought of as saturated already — food service, construction, consulting — enterprising and creative people can create successful businesses.
How…
Small Businesses More Optimistic
Gas prices in the United States go down, and optimism goes up.
Last month we saw that the small business optimism index was down. In fact, the drop was precipitous.
Well, the latest Small Business Optimism Survey rebounded by three points — pretty significant .
Small business hopes…
Why You Should Read Small Business Cash Flow
Small Business Cash Flow, a new book by Denise O’Berry, is out. I just got my copy.
Earlier this year, I had read an advance manuscript and I even gave Denise a testimonial blurb about the book, I liked it so much.
This is a book that will pleasantly surprise you. From the title you would…
It Takes A Million Dollar Mindset
“Women own half of the businesses in the United States, yet less than 3% have revenues greater than $1 Million,” said U. S. Senator Hillary Clinton at last night’s Make Mine a Million awards ceremony in New York. The Make Mine a Million awards are designed to change those numbers,…
Easy Sales: The Trend for Small Business
Your Business Blogger has always been a peddler. A very lazy peddler, which meant two things:
1) I had to learn some shortcuts, and,
2) I was destined for management.
I started out selling vacuum cleaners cold-calling door to door.
Cold. Calling. O Joy.
So in the late 80′s I sought out the…
Five Ways Web Design Has Changed To The Advantage of Small Businesses
Editor’s Note: We’re very pleased to bring you this guest column from guest blogger Bruce Balmer. Bruce shares the five ways website development has changed dramatically in the past six years. According to Bruce, these changes add up to great advantages for small business owners, making…
Future Trends 2006 Conference Addresses Sustainability
The Future Trends 2006 Conference is taking place November 6 – 8, 2006, at the Ritz-Carlton, South Beach, Miami. Every year I get a flyer for this event and this year it looks especially intriguing, with over 60 speakers.
What caught my eye this year is the finale session which will be led by…
New Growth Trend: Businesses that Serve Virtual Businesses
Virtual businesses are on the rise. In the types of industries I am involved in (information technology and Internet businesses), they are even commonplace.
For instance, I run Small Business Trends as a virtual business. What I mean by virtual business is that “place” is more or…
Nobel Prizes Focus on Entrepreneurship
This past week much of the talk in the world of entrepreneurship has been about the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Dr. Yunus and his Grameen Bank in Bangladesh.
The Grameen Bank, under Dr. Yunus’s leadership, led the way toward revolutionary micro-credit loan programs. The loans were…
Respect: The Ultimate Business Etiquette
Your Business Blogger is noticing a most disturbing trend in small and large business clients. The younger employees do not, it appears, render proper subservience and groveling to their elder-better bosses. This disturbs my sense of order and entitlement.
Is good ol’ fashioned bootlicking…
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