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Here are five tips for small business hit by natural disaster that may help you survive the worst that Mother Nature can visit upon your venture and employees. Guest Blogger Dawn Rivers Baker provides these suggestions in a recent post at Small Business CEO about how to deal with the ultimate unpredictability in business. Hopefully, you will never Read More

This great post by Seth Godin on marketing may seem like it's against marketing but it's really not. In fact, it's kind of a return to a long held theory of Seth's that ultimately you should market people what they really want not what you need to sell. Now, the question becomes how in the world can you figure that out and this Seth doesn't e Read More

Starting with a quote from Ghandi, very little money and a desire to change the world, Summer Bowen built BTC Elements, a boutique fashion, gifts and accessories business providing a carefully selected collection of merchandise that incorporates both environmentally friendly production techniques and attention to social justice. When she had no mo Read More

A unique small business would help welcome newcomers and introduce them to their new community...and make a profit from local businesses at the same time. This great guest post from Bizymoms on Dane Carlson's Business Opportunities Weblog is one you might not think of immediately. Sure, we've all seen those folks show up with gift baskets on TV Read More

Funding small business with credit cards can be a very bad idea. You probably didn't need this piece in the Los Angeles Times business section to tell you that, right? But credit crunch aside, a study finds the amount of unpaid credit card debt can be a pretty reliable indicator of whether or not your small business will survive. Again, use commo Read More

Government grants for small business are often talked about as an option when launching your new venture, but how realistic an option is this when starting out? Well, in the United States any government grants to help small business will likely come from the states and this list of links from About.com should help you get an idea what's out there Read More

This link to an article on top 7 overrated small business ideas from Yahoo! Small Business comes with a reader's advisory from yours truly. Every now and then when I see posts like this on my Yahoo! landing page, I can't help but include them since they're certainly appropriate to bizSugar readers and members. It's very popular to come up with Read More

There has certainly been no shortage of stories, posts and comments questioning the future of social media for small business. But before you switch off your laptop or chuck your blackberry see this post from Twitter investor and VC superstar Fred Wilson. Of course, there has also been a flurry of articles, reports, posts and comments on the numbe Read More

The Wall Street Journal provides this story on how U.S. franchises are seeking overseas markets. In part, the newspaper reports this is due to saturation in U.S. markets by huge franchises like McDonald's, but also the move has been triggered by the credit crunch at home. Emerging markets in Brazil, Central and Eastern Europe and even India and C Read More

The New York Times creates a video series about small business in recession. Despite reports that the recession may be easing, these businesses are still hurting and its hard to say whether some, including a New York movie tourism service (talk about a niche), a bicycle manufacturer largely serving the decimated automotive industry and a New York Read More