HBS Working Knowledge: “Employers worry a lot about absenteeism, but new research suggests a bigger threat to productivity is “presenteeism”: sick workers who show→

Michele Miller: Gary Heavin is sitting pretty these days, smack-dab in the middle of the business spotlight.  Heavin, founder of the extraordinarily popular Curves→

Paul Emond: I’ve spent the past 12 years trying to build a business with no cash. The fact that I’ve made it this far→

This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at Lachlan Gemmell’s Software Startup.

Dan Sherman: I love this newest idea of mine. I was driving at night recently and saw this BEAUTIFUL Christmas light display at someone’s→

Evelyn Rodriguez: “In this age, most public education (to be differentiated from self-education) is geared toward the job mindset which doesn’t adequately prepare one→

→ jumpbunch.com JumpBunch is a structured sports and fitness program for children 15 months to 6 years old. The classes are typically 30-minutes long,→

Brad Beiermann: “How much should you charge [for gift wrap]? Well, that’s up to you and the numbers…but let me give you a real→

David Garfinkel: Direct Marketing Math is very simple… and yet it is basis for fortunes. Countless millionaires; maybe even some billionaires. It works like→

Steven Rogers: “In my view, business is about being a generalist, with a wide range of experience, confidence, and competence, rather than pursuing a→

WiMax, due out in 2005, is the baby brother of WiFi, and promises to deliver wireless 70 megabit-per-second data service over a distance up→

USA Today: There are dozens of organizations and professional groups that would enjoy an enlightening two- to three-hour workshop on the subject and even→

→ parmastersfranchise.com Parmasters Golf Training Center is the world’s first year-round indoor golf training center franchise. Thay plan to revolutionize golf training by offering→

If a weblog about razors and shaving can draw readers (and advertising dollars) so can your hobby or obscure knowledge. Send me an email→

Atlanta Biz Journal: Sales are sales. But sales morph into real money only when that elusive check arrives in the mail, as businesses inevitably→

→ expresspersonnel.com The Express companies include Express Personnel Services and Express Professional Staffing. Through these companies, Express offers a full range of staffing services,→

Entrepreneur: “The IRS announced last week that it would be raising the standard per-mile business driving rate from 37.5 cents per mile to 40.5→

Reveries: “A small, but growing, entrepreneurial niche is finding profits in cleaning up the hot language and other objectionable stuff in videogames and movies,→