One Sock: Costco uses their membership fees to cover their fixed costs. They then make their real profit not on the low-margin goods they→

Los Angeles Times: The first note of Ray Foulkes’ weekly piano lesson is the staccato double ring of his telephone. Every Monday at 8→

WSJ: When James Loden, an ophthalmologist, recently peered into a patient’s eyes, he was evaluating her for laser surgery to correct her vision. But→

First there were credit card readers for the iPad and iPhone. Now, there are virtual cash registers. Mac Rumors reports: Square, the company that→

Wow! It is almost difficult to believe that supply chains are so short that an earthquake in Japan would stop production of a car→

Most self-employed people get caught in a trap of their own making: they’re successful because of their own efforts. Unfortunately, since they’re so busy→

For years, Nordstrom’s Employee Handbook was a single a 5-by-8-inch gray card with these 75 words: Welcome to Nordstrom We’re glad to have you→

In New York, the most glaring signs of the Great Recession are the stalled construction sites littering the city–boarded up, dusty, and desolate eyesores.→

photo credit: Josean Prado I’ll describe what needs to happen if you want to connect disparate pieces of information about the same person, organization,→

Bryan Nicholson moved his company from Cedar Rapids to Iowa City, largely based on census information, reports The Daily Iowan. The University of Iowa→

Is your niche perceived as being full of scammers and jerks? You’re not like that, but how do you develop trust, build authority and→

photo credit: zappowbang Some small businesses in rather small “mom and pop” type of towns have for a long time set hour’s of operation→

photo credit: ( Torsten ) When you first set out with your new business you have dreams to do great things, make people happy,→

photo credit: spisharam – Back and Catching up =) In business owners and managers are always looking for new and creative ways to be→

Here’s a neat website I found this morning: FreePrintable.net. The site includes thousands of free printable documents and templates. The business section includes some→

The New York Times: For all those small-business owners looking for additional sources of profitable revenue — and who isn’t? — one option may→

Entrepreneur: You need money to start up; you need money to operate; and you need money to grow. Throw the dismal economy into the→

photo credit: ndanger So social media (Facebook, Twitter, and blogging, for example) is fun; but is it business? If you’re wondering, then it’s about→

Hartford Business Journal: I’m convinced you can turn the summer of 2009 into one of your most productive ever. And I’ve come up with→

HarvardBusiness.org: A recent report listed the happiest nations in the world. Guess what? The US didn’t even make it into the top ten. So→