Archive for March 12th, 2009
Bison IT Offers A “Solution” To Computer Maintenance
When you run a business, you need your computer to run smoothly. The more computers you have, the more daunting that task can become. While having a team to handle any problems that might arise would provide a quick solution, it might not be very cost effective for you. As more people stopped paying for [...]
Meet the Founders of Amy Michelle Designer Diaper Bags
Readers Digest: The goal of Amy Michelle Bags is to accommodate the travel needs of both the baby and mom and be fashionable at the same time. The saturated markets of baby products and women handbags did not offer an organized, functional baby bag that was also sophisticated and elegant. “Instead, a mom who chose [...]
Ways to Bounce Back from Setbacks
photo credit: squacco Everywhere you look, read and hear…people are being laid off left and right or out right fired from their long time secure jobs. Everyone is beginning to wonder how they will bounce back from this recession. Karen Salmonsohn recently answered how to bounce back from your setback with a few ideas of [...]
photo credit: gruntzooki In a recent article by Scott Belsky, he argues that there is too many ideas floating around in business today but without very much action to follow them. It is one thing to brainstorm all day and come up with 100 new ideas on increasing your productivity, but without putting them into [...]
photo credit: billaday In today’s economy, small business owners are getting advice from their advisor’s and tax consultants left and right to lower prices, cut staff, cut pay and sick day’s as well as cutting out vacation days. However, there are several other options that a small business owner can take advantage without letting go [...]
photo credit: Nicholas_T In 2008 we all started to realize just how severe the recession was getting, with job losses increasing rapidly, small businesses dropping off the grid and farming jobs dropping rapidly. However, the good news is that job losses today do not appear to be increasing like they were last year. The stimulus [...]
photo credit: darrenstone A woman recently visited Columbia to see her good friend’ who use to work on wall street up until 4 years ago. They moved back home to open Rodrigo’s own business that started out with five employees. Today Rodrigo’s business has grown to over 300 employees. In addition to his brokerage business, [...]
What You Should Tell Your Employees
photo credit: Adam Tinworth Many business owners in the down economy are finding themselves not knowing what to tell their employees as far as the perk’s, benefits, raises, jobs in general, etc. Below is a short list compounded from Guy Kawasaki’s list on what you should be telling your employees…the truth! The market budget is [...]
photo credit: richardmasoner It is indeed a new year which means new everything, from businesses to technology and yes even new economic trends and business trends. A short list of 2009′s new technology and small business trends is below. Government plays a larger and growing role in the economy. The number of small businesses will [...]
Entrepreneur Finds Her Niche In Salad Dressing
The Sacramento Bee: It’s a recipe any entrepreneur would salivate over: Find a niche. Add liberal amounts of food industry experience, a dash of chutzpah and a catchy name. And a great-tasting product doesn’t hurt, either. Those ingredients have whipped up a hit for Dorene Humason of Folsom. In less than two years, her Chinese-inspired [...]
Gadgetwise: Why do so many Twitterers seem to be aspiring stand-up comics? “Good news: Cure for diabetes in mice,” Josh Donoghue, known as awryone, tweets from somewhere in Connecticut. “Bad news: in order for the cure to work on people, they must release whole mice into the bloodstream.” “I fell victim to a Fonzie scheme,” [...]
AdSense Publisher Sues Google And Wins
Search Engine Watch: What if everyone whose account was canceled sued Google?” That’s what a Google litigation paralegal asked the judge in a Palo Alto small claims courtroom. The judge ruled in favor of an AdSense publisher who brought a suit against Google for canceling his account without giving reason – and not paying up. [...]
WebWorkerDaily: One of the dangers of web working is that of getting stuck in a rut. Not that people working in traditional settings aren’t also affected by this professional pitfall. In fact, web workers are probably better off than most because more decisions about how and where we work are generally left up to us. [...]
Advisory Board Big Asset To Small Biz
The Houston Chronicle: Advisory boards work for any size business but can be particularly helpful for a small business. After all, most small businesses don’t have a large management team, but their owners still need to be able to brainstorm ideas and strategies with others who have more than a passing knowledge of their business [...]
