
Sometimes business leaders need a rally cry to get themselves in gear. For his call to arms, George Coultier choose to twist the old football axiom (“winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing”) for his book, Profits Aren’t Everything,They Are The Only…

Lathrup Village, Michigan (PRESS RELEASE – February 21, 2010) — Michigan First Credit Union (www.MichiganFirst.com) didn’t need the President’s recent State of Union Address to motivate its efforts to help small businesses. This week, Michigan First launched its online…

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Wallingford, Connecticut, (PRESS RELEASE – February 20, 2010) – If you are an independent contractor doing your taxes can be especially challenging. “When we work with clients who are independent contractors they either avoid deductions out of fear of the IRS or they go the other…

If someone had told me that I would be THIS excited about finance and accounting book, I would have probably let out a big fat raspberry sound. I barely tolerated my finance and accounting courses through college and business school. And I looked forward to financial review meetings about as…

(PRESS RELEASE – February 20, 2010) – During challenging economic times, some companies are looking inward for strategies and ideas to stay afloat and utilize every dollar. These companies are finding one solution to be investing more in employee satisfaction while reducing marketing…

For the past month and a half we’ve been running a poll here at Small Business Trends, asking a simple question: What is your top 2010 resolution?
While it’s not exactly a statistically-sound survey, the results are pretty interesting. They paint a picture of a fitness-conscious…

Washington, DC (PRESS RELEASE – February 19, 2010) – The nation’s top entrepreneurs will be honored at the U.S. Small Business Administration’s National Small Business Week events to be held May 23-25, in Washington, D.C. A series of events and educational forums will mark…

I don’t understand the economy. Not before the crisis, and certainly not since. (It’s a good thing I can draw funny pictures.)
It seems like every week I hear in the news some new indicator or report that suggests that something may or may not be the cause or something else that might…

Tampa, Florida (PRESS RELEASE – February 19, 2010) — Innovative Software Technologies, Inc. (INIV.PK) announced the signing of a Letter of Intent today to purchase industry leader MyBizHomepage, Inc. The transaction will be an asset purchase and Innovative will be employing the current…