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In his book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Dr. Stephen Covey recounts a conversation with a man who hated attending out-of-town training events. The man explained that his wife calls and hounds him on every detail of the day, whom he dines with, etc., and that he felt imprisoned by it. Read More

Our experience, as well as those of our clients, has left us sensitive to the numerous legal mistakes small business owners make. We offer this in an effort to help you avoid them. Read More

In working with the Five O'Clock Club on public relations issues during the past few months, I've learned many members are associated with smaller businesses--either as owners, consultants or freelancers. As a small business owner myself with a background in corporate public relations, I'm always interested in helping such individuals learn to become their own best self-promoters, both for themse Read More

Need a transcript or copy of a prior year's tax return? You should be saving all your tax returns. They can provide important for any number of reasons. And the more complicated your return, the more important it is to keep a copy. That's particularly true for business owners, active investors, etc. Switching return preparers? It's probably the first question the new preparer will as Read More

Find info on seed and venture capital programs to help fund your small business. Venture capital is typically provided to early-stage start up companies that have high growth potential in industries such as biotechnology, information technology and manufacturing. Read More

Finding the right business idea can give you the courage to start a small business. Use these start up business ideas to help. Read More

I don't know about you, but I'm sick and tired of hearing only bad news. I know we need to pay attention to what's happening on the economic front to make sure our businesses remain successful, but all we hear is the bad news. Read More

In my years online, I've seen the painstaking learning process of starting--and marketing--an online business many times over. When I started my business, social media marketing was foreign to me. Read More

Small start-up businesses don’t usually have the resources to launch huge advertising blitzes in multiple media formats. In fact, even if you are already in business, chances are you don’t have an extensive cash allocation earmarked for promotion, or you’ve tried many different advertising approaches and vehicles and haven’t hit on a really successful campaign yet. You aren’t alone!siness Start-U Read More

There is evidence that small business is starting to see the value of social media for their operations. As it has been with search marketing it is likely that a majority adoption of the practice will take a considerable amount of time but it looks like the movement is underway, to a degree. Read More