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Review of Escape from Cubicle Nation
A few years ago I stumbled onto a website called “Escape from Cubicle Nation.” At the time I remember thinking, ‘this is the BEST name’ for a target audience of corporate employees longing to start (or who had recently started) businesses of their own.
I could identify…
Small Business Extend Your Personal Brand Visibility
Ferndale, Washington (PRESS RELEASE – June 21, 2009) — PeoplePond, LLC, the leading provider of online personal brand SEO profiles, announced today users can now integrate their PeoplePond profiles into their Facebook accounts. This shares the personal brand and online identity elements…
American Recovery Capital (ARC) Program Aids Small Businesses in America
Bethesda, MD (PRESS RELEASE – June 21, 2009) — The Interface Financial Group (IFG), North America’s largest alternative funding source for small business, offers the added service of invoice factoring to companies signing up for a loan with the new American Recovery Capital (ARC)…
Leap Wireless Supports New Start-up Incubator
San Diego, California (PRESS RELEASE – June 20, 2009) — CommNexus and Leap Wireless, International, Inc., the parent company of Cricket Communications, Inc., a leading provider of unlimited wireless services, today announce their support for EvoNexus, a non-profit incubator dedicated to…
Just How Financially Healthy is Your Small Business, Anyway?
As I grow my business, I have learned that one of the most valuable uses of my time as a small business CEO is to manage the financial health of my business. In other words, is my business strong? Or — heaven forbid — are we skating on such thin ice that one or two bad months could mean…
Plustek Launches Full Line of Book Scanners
CERRITOS (PRESS RELEASE – June 20, 2009) – Plustek Technology Inc. (www.plustek.com/usa), a manufacturer of consumer, prosumer, professional and office imaging devices (including portable scanners, sheet fed/flat bed scanners, wide format scanners and IP cameras), is pleased to offer a…
SMBs Positioned to Make Faster Economic Recovery
NEW YORK and OSLO, Norway (PRESS RELEASE – June, 19 2009) – Small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) will lead the economic recovery in large part due to their ability to be more nimble and responsive to opportunities. Today, TANDBERG announced that in an effort to help SMBs gain a…
Sinking Small Business Revenue
As you may have noticed I do a lot of graph cartoons. I like them because for such a simple setup it offers almost endless possibilities.
Most times I play with the graph as it’s the focal point of the image, but I like to try to change things up by playing off other components; in this case…
Top Start-up Opportunities
LOS ANGELES (PRESS RELEASE – June 19, 2009) – There is still money to be made despite the economic climate according to industry research firm IBISWorld. The company identified the leading start-up opportunities for entrepreneurs and investors to potentially make a profit in 2009 and…
$500 American Express Gift Card: Last Call
Hurry — time is running out to take our survey and enter the raffle for a chance to win a $500 American Express gift card, or one of ten $50 gift cards.
Small Business Trends is teaming up with research firm Hurwitz and Associates to conduct a survey to find out more about the types of…
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