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A great recent article from The Economist looks at the return of the big business model and the ecosystem between larger and smaller businesses. The thrust of the article, perhaps surprisingly, is that the most successful economies contain a mix of big and smaller businesses working side by side. In recent years, the article argues, an increasing Read More

In this post from ShoeMoney.com, blogger Jeremy Schoemaker poses the question of whether two enterprises, one he has just encountered at a local fair and the other an idea he had for a Website that would predict the sex of your baby before birth...sort of. I have to admit I have a point of view on this one and have always used the yardstick of whe Read More

Want to know more about small business branding and get some important tips about how to get it right? In this great video Jeremy Shoemaker of Shoemoney.com, a blog dedicated to making money online, shows you how deceptively easy it can be to brand your business or product (or even yourself) with little money and few outside resources. The big tak Read More

Lisa of 2 Create a Website deals with the question of how to make money from your blog by looking at blogging not as a get rich quick scheme but simply as a business like any other. And, of course, since blogs usually involve a laptop and maybe one employee, you the blogger, the enterprise can rightly be called a small business too. In this great Read More

Here are marketing basics for small business from About.com. The article includes methods for growing your business and then a look at how small business and large business marketing differ. Marketing guide Laura Lake takes a look at how to get started with your small business marketing then also provides additional related posts. If you have a sm Read More

Though starting an online business may seem like the perfect home based business opportunity, be aware of some of the pitfalls awaiting the Internet entrepreneur. This post on the Biznez Blog looks at some of the worst problems that may stand in the way of becoming a successful online business owner. Above all, remember that all businesses present Read More

What motivates people to buy? This post at HomeBasedBusiness.com talks about what makes people go for a competitor instead of you, especially if you're sure you've got the better product. It turns out looking at the quality of your product might be the wrong way to look at competitiveness. Other more basic factors may affect whether a customer g Read More

Small business should work where ever possible to get its piece of the economic stimulus package. Read the attached story from the Santa Monica Mirror about a workshop held in Southern California to keep local small business aware of what's available. Economic stimulus money in the billions is circulating to fund various projects. Contact your st Read More

The unemployed start small businesses with state funding. This story from msmbc looks at a handful of U.S. states managing an obscure program that seeks to turn unemployed people into entrepreneurs while they are allowed to continue collecting benefits. For the most part, the U.S., at least in some states, is somewhat unfriendly to unemployed peop Read More

Does your small business really need investment? Bootstrap entrepreneur and advocate Greg Gianforte has famously stated that of all the things young startups need, money in the form of outside investment is not one of them. Too much funding at the outset of a business can keep entrepreneurs from focusing adequately on getting customers and bringin Read More