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Now that I've had time to regroup (a little bit anyway) after a long day of travel, I'd like to reflect a bit on the BlogWorld & New Media Expo that wrapped up over the weekend. Read More

Crowdsourcing outsources tasks traditionally performed by your staff or a contractor to a community or crowd of people through an open call. Small businesses are finding they can use crowdsourcing to cut the costs of projects significantly, gain greater insight into public opinion about their produ Read More

How Violight adapted its toothbrush sanitizer into a cleaning product for cell phones. For six years, Violight, a $9 million company based in Yonkers, New York, has made products that zap germs off of toothbrushes with ultraviolet light. Read More

Entrepreneurs should be wary about different fraudulent practices aimed at small businesses. Prevention is better than cure and the best way to prevent fraud is to know how it is being done and who usually does it. Read More

Have you read how office managers rejoiced because of Facebook outage last September? Now, I don’t blame you if you think this is exaggerating it a bit. It sounds too crazy to be true but then I won’t be surprised if it is. Read More

Kit Kat, Coca-Cola, Jelly Belly. Sure, they all taste great. But there's something else at play that makes these brands so attractive: repetition. Read More

In recent news, a final ruling had been released regarding the implementation of the Women’s Procurement Program. The goal of said program is for women-owned businesses to obtain federal contracts. The passing of this legislation would undoubtedly bring about improvements in the previously underrep Read More

When opportunity knocks, make sure to open the door. This is especially true for small business. I have read The Great Un-Cracked Opportunity: Small and Medium-Sized Businesses and the problems Ben Yoskovitz enumerated are so common that most small businesses unknowingly have them. Read More

Bootstrapping is fast gaining momentum again since startup entrepreneurs cannot get loans from banks and other investors. Some say it is an art. But for me, it’s more like a way of living. Read More

Small business owners are often overshadowed by the big wigs in business. It's not the size that matters though because once upon a time, those big companies just started out the same way, small scale. Read More