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An important consideration, depending upon the type of small business you operate, will be how to go about protecting your trade secrets. These are important details of your business ranging from intellectual property to customer lists and if they must be protected to avoid a former employee going to work for a competitor and taking your secrets with them or starting their own business in competi Read More

Cindy King's blog & Twitter interview with Martin Lindeskog. Cross-cultural & international questions and answers. Read More

I'm sure everyone will have a slightly different list when it comes to top tools to improve small business productivity, but here are the selections from About.com guide Susan Ward of Small Business Canada. I'd love to get a discussion going in the comment section about whether you agree or disagree because I've always been of the belief that these are highly subjective matters anyway. Isn't it p Read More

A master of networking and best-selling author Bob Burg sits down with David Siteman Garland Read More

Shane Gibson and Stephen Jagger lead the charge in teaching salespeople and business owners how to use social media to best effect. Check out their new book, Sociable! Read More

In a day and age of identity theft, e-commerce success for small business can rest on providing adequate data security. And small businesses are looking at means to compete with larger e-commerce sites already focused on customer data security technology. In this article from Inc. Technology, we look at some of the tools available and financially in the reach of small businesses to increase the s Read More

Attorney Robert M. Todd gives an overview in this video about how to incorporate a small business. Specifics will vary from state to state and you may want to employ professional help to do the work, but also be aware that the kind of incorporation versus other options such as creation of a limited liability company should also be considered to make sure that the legal solutions fit your individu Read More

The internet is hitting every industry on the planet like a global tsunami, and real estate is no exception. Real estate is moving online in a big way: listings data is becoming aggregated and widely available. Even Google is getting into the game. This makes life very… interesting for real estate agents. Read More

The decisions were difficult to make, but the Editor's of Small Business Trends have chosen their choices for the best small business books of 2009. If you seek knowledge and advice about all things concerning small business and entrepreneurial endeavors, check out the list to see if there are any books you may have missed this year. Read More