Web 2.0 Blog: Dramatically Lower the Experience Barrier Collect User (Customer) Contributions Enable Formation of Communities Become An Open Platform Provide Self-Evolving Customer Relationship→


John Battelle: User generated content is hot – HOT! But if you’re a UGC (yup, I’m using the acronym) site, like RateItAll, Facebook, YouTube,→


Entrepreneur: Entrepreneurs are often told that it is a good idea to recruit an advisory board for their new business. In theory, this makes→


Jim Hopkins: Neighborhood grocery stores are as scarce as hen’s teeth — even in densely populated cities like San Francisco — as Wal-Mart, Kroger,→


Startup Journal: If you’ve got a business idea you can’t stop talking about, why wait to flex your entrepreneurial muscles? Here are five tips→


This week’s Carnival of Personal Finance is up at Mapgirl’s Fiscal Challenge.


Almost all AdSense publishers are looking for the most expensive keywords. Unfortunately, this strategy leaves a lot to be desired. If the keyword results→


Biz Yahoo: Froots Smoothies, Shakes, Salads & Wraps, one of the fastest growing franchise companies in the country, announced today that it will award→


Inc.: High school teachers now have free online access to entrepreneurship course materials, under a new program launched by the National Federation of Independent→


Marketallica: In this picture, he shows his books. Everything seems usual, but not finished, he added some notes to pictures. On notes, he tells→


IdeoBlog: The International Association of Commercial Administrators collects state-by-state filings, including those of new business associations. I’ve found this data very valuable over the→


Kim Klaver Guest Blogging at MultiLeveler:  Many things go together.  Movies have tie-ins with sponsor products,  e.g. Starbucks and the wonderful movie Akeelah and the→


PR Web:  One of the largest problems new business owners face is that lack of the real world business experience. When someone buys a→


Spokane Journal: Fish-and-chips chain’s Spokane-area outlet shares space on North Division The Long John Silver’s fast-food chain has opened an operation in the Spokane→


PR Web:  Quixtar Independent Business Owners (IBOs) propelled the company once again to its ranking as the top online retailer in the Health &→


Pr.com: The highly successful online-auction franchise, Auction it TODAY, www.auctionittoday.com, announced today that it has sold over 100 stores since franchise sales began in→


NNI:  Wealthy and ambitious people of the world often have attributed some “indescribable secret” as the key to their success. People who desire to→


MultiLeveler: Texas Attorney General wins injunction against Bioperformance, shutting them down until at least September.


Franchise Wire: The UK Franchise Directory has a long-standing reputation within the franchise industry. Now in its 21st annually printed edition a redesigned website→


This week’s Carnival of Business is up at MyMoneyForest.