The Baltimore Sun: Broad economic slowdowns can often trickle down to small businesses, including those in relatively stable industries. But a downturn does not→

This is a guest post by Alan Johnson. It seems that “now” is definitely one of the most commonly-used words among online entrepreneurs these→

7million7years.com: 1. Do I understand the business? To really “understand the business” you must know exactly how the business makes its money and exactly→

Twenty five teams are competing for $70,000 in prizes from the Wharton Business Plan Competition. The 25 semi-finalists were recently whittled down from a→

Hello readers from Opportunity World. My very popular, but controversial, post 20 Things Not to Do Before Starting a Business is in the February→

Wondering how to get your product into a big box store like Wal-Mart or Home Depot? Fortune Small Business recommends using a middleman: Matt→

Boston Herald: As we begin a new year, let’s gaze into the crystal ball and see what’s coming for small businesses. Some things are→

UpandRunning.Entrepreneur.com: Validating the idea and understanding the business model are pretty important steps that should come before writing a business plan. That’s hardly a→

Skelliewag.org: When it comes to new projects (for me, a new blog or a website), you could say that I’m commitment phobic. For a→

Philippe Kiethun Chrun of MyCarpoolStation.com exhaustively describes why his business is failing in Deconstructing a Struggling Start-Up. Regardless whether or not they they hired→

Fortune Small Business: 1. Easy Money. Richard Branson’s new firm, Virgin Money, will change the face of finance by replacing inflexible loans from big→

Lifehack.org: Turning a good idea into a successful innovation requires the glass to be full. A half full glass simply isn’t enough. There are→

The Miller Urban Entrepreneurs Series Business Plan Competition has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs take their businesses to the next level and now it could→

Bootstrapper has put together an excellent list of online calculators that every entrepreneur sometimes needs.

BloggingStocks.com: Most young companies dream of getting their first heavyweight customer — a huge player, central to their industry, like Google Inc., or better→

Tennesseean.com: Operating costs include expenses necessary to produce a product or provide a service. That includes salaries and wages, raw material costs, and the→

LifeHack: The first step to reclaiming more time from your day is to get hold of the big chunks that aren’t being put to→

Clarion Ledger: Nancy Tanner Crisco and Janis Burgess lacked a written business plan when they opened What’s Cookin’ in Brandon in 2005 but nevertheless→

Lifehack.org: Most of us have one or two areas of knowledge that we strive to know very well — things related to our jobs,→

We often need to have a business meeting in a public place. Whether because we work at home and don’t have the space, or→