
Rockville, Maryland (PRESS RELEASE – October 31, 2010) – HyperOffice announced the addition of powerful new project management features to its award winning cloud based collaboration software suite.
HyperOffice integrates a range of online tools for teams to collaborate and work together…

Most of the small business economic research that gets published comes from the SBA Office of Advocacy. They publish quite a lot of the stuff, primarily because there isn’t that much of it to begin with and Advocacy is one of the nation’s premier (and pretty much the government’s…

Who’s got a bad customer service experience story? If we were all in a giant room, I’m sure everyone’s hands would go up at that question. In fact, we could probably regale each other with numerous stories of rude, stupid and just plain bad customer service behavior. So, why has…

Alexandria, Virginia (PRESS RELEASE – October 31, 2010) – Bitrix, Inc., a technology trendsetter in web-based business communications, announces the availability of Bitrix Site Manager 9.5 – this year’s most ambitious product release, launching a new industry standard in…

Dallas (PRESS RELEASE – October 30, 2010) – AT&T has been named the 2010 Corporation of the Year by the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC). The prestigious award was given in recognition of AT&T’s exemplary achievements in the inclusion of Asian, Black,…

Welcome to this week’s list of contests and competitions. Note that there are quite a few deadlines coming up in the next few days and weeks!
This list of contests, competitions and awards for small businesses is brought to you every other week as a community service by Small Business Trends…

Few books are providing a rallying cry for the environmental and social shifts impacting goods and services. The Mesh: Why The Future of Business Is Sharing is one of those books. Its cry is worth a listen.
I listened to its author, Lisa Gansky (@instigating on Twitter), at the first BizTech Day…

Washington (PRESS RELEASE – October 30, 2010) – Southern California small businesses can grow profits and jobs by exporting, with the help of innovative financing products from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank), Ex-Im Bank Chairman and President Fred P. Hochberg…

This series is commissioned by UPS.
One of the challenges of small businesses going global is the complexity of dealing with language and local requirements. However, if you do your homework, you can sell your products and services outside the U.S. even if your sales and marketing budget is…

The art of entrepreneurship balances tons of factors from navigating complicated policy, marketing and financing realities to building and molding a winning team and then leading that team to victory. All of this must be done, of course, with a constant eye to the vision of your business itself.…