
We all like to patronize our favorite services, whether it is the neighborhood salon or the small grocery store just across the street. In a smart move that demonstrates clever thinking, entrepreneurs are bringing the daily essential services right to where the customer is: home, office or any…

Last year I commissioned a 3-minute slideshow movie about trends affecting small businesses.
In blog sites like this, older content can easily get buried and never see the light of day again. So I thought I would pull the movie out of the archives and highlight it for you once more. Even…

For those of you in the United States, do you know how small-business friendly your state is?
Uh-huh. I thought so. You don’t have a clue.
Then take a look at the Small Business Survival Index. Every year the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council puts out a ranking of the 50…

As an avid user and advocate of QuickBooks Pro (version 2002), I leaped at the opportunity when asked by Anita, to put QuickBooks Premier Edition 2008 through the paces. For the record, I’m no IT guy and I’m no accountant. My review comes squarely from the point of view of an…