February 18, 2009

Zapping TVs Everywhere

CNNMoney.com: Business ideas are everywhere, if you know where to look. Mitch Altman was inspired by a noisy TV in a Chinese restaurant in Palo Alto. Altman, a 52-year-old electrical engineer, was trying to catch up with old friends over noodles one evening , but the tube was too distracting. “It sucked our brains out,”

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IRS Details the Audit Process

photo credit: Nesster The IRS kindly sent over this press release: Although no phrase may strike more fear in a taxpayer than the dreaded, “IRS audit”, the prospect of an IRS audit need not paralyze your small business. You can learn how to prepare for and what to expect during an audit by tuning in

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Build Your Biz On The Net

Portland BusinessJournal: Today is an excellent time to change your life for the better. It is a time when old ways of doing business are changing. Many are embracing the opportunities beyond searching for information, sending email messages and social networking. Many are embracing the Net as the main way to do business. Here are

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Local Budget Blinds Franchisee Ready To Boldly Go Into 2009 Business Year

The News Journal: While other small businesses are cutting back on training, Dale and Karen Lowman, owners of the local Budget Blinds franchise, invested in their business by attending the franchisor’s annual national convention in Orlando, Fla. with over 1,000 other Budget Blinds franchisees, their associates and vendors. “Like many of my fellow franchisees, I

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Free Business Classes

photo credit: faith goble It use to be that if you wanted to take some business courses to increase your knowledge or chances of obtaining a decent job, you would have to enroll in a big time school, spend hour’s in a boring classroom with a bunch of strangers and spend thousands of dollars that

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Small Businesses go Fishing

photo credit: James Jordan While big businesses and corporations are making layoffs and cutting staff left and right everyday and cutting pension plans to offset high debt costs, small businesses are going fishing — fishing for new employees that is. All those hard working people being fired and laid off, well, they have to go

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