
WASHINGTON (July 28, 2008) – The U.S. Small Business Administration is re-launching one of its primary entrepreneurial training divisions to broaden its focus into a one-stop shop for information on how to start, maintain or grow a small business, including an emphasis on financial…

New York City (July 29, 2008) – Training By Design, an organizational development firm that has helped transform industry leaders such as Northwestern Mutual Financial
Network, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, and Broad…

Chris Anderson, author of the Long Tail, wrote a thought-provoking article yesterday quantifying the dollars being made around the “free” economy. He pegs it at $300 Billion worldwide.
I’d say it’s much bigger than that.
In fact, in the stream of commerce, all free things…

(July 31, 2008) – Environmental Policy has just released their new “Green Your Business” guide to help SME business owners as well as large corporations develop a meaningful environmental policy for their organisation.
Peter Hale founder of the site says “All businesses can…

(July 28, 2008) – From conserving energy to energizing employees to be environmentally aware, the just-published PR News guidebook , Going Green: Case Studies in Outstanding Green Business Practices, features one-of-a-kind case studies, viewpoints and communications tactics for thriving by…

Mark Cuban, billionaire owner of HDnet and the Dallas Mavericks, is calling for abolishment of all taxes on small businesses with 25 or fewer employees in the U.S. He says that small businesses of that size should be exempt from taxes of all kinds:
“If we really want to stimulate job creation…

Are entrepreneurs and criminals cut from the same cloth? Some evidence suggests that the answer is yes.
In a paper entitled “Drug dealing and legitimate self-employment“, economist Rob Fairlie shows a statistical relationship between being a teen-aged drug dealer and being self-employed…

Seattle, WA (July 28, 2008) - Quosal, Inc. will launch this September the first all-in-one software platform that automates sales quote and proposal preparation, delivery and management. With Quosal, salespeople can create timely, accurate, high-quality and attractive quotes and/or proposals with…

San Francisco, CA (June 07, 2008) - Genbook, the category-leading company delivering Web 2.0 appointments to small businesses, today announced the launch of its channel-partner program for website developers. The new partnership program helps web developers deliver appointment generating and…

ATLANTA (July 28, 2008) - Atlanta-based GeekGhost announced today the launch of the company’s consumer and small business virtual IT services. GeekGhost offers a secure, remote computer support solution to the general consumer marketplace and to small businesses who need cost-effective IT…