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Anita Campbell of Small Business Trends shares these important tips on starting a business (and contrasts them with what not to do) n a post at Open Forum. You'll find this tightly budgeted approach important when considering your own ventures. Sure, the temptation is always there to spend lots of money. If you don't have any starting out, you w Read More

Drop shipping can be an excellent option when creating a startup retail business. With little or no overhead and a wide variety of products to pick from, the e-commerce owner can simply focus on marketing, making sales and passing on the orders for fulfillment. Justyn Hornor, a longtime business owner and now business consultant has a variety of p Read More

This post from Caron Beesly examines the home based business market and tips on entering it. According to Beesly, about 52 percent of all small business are based in the home, a result of the lower cost and lower risk this approach can provide. There are, of course, a wide range of businesses that can be run from the home, often with little or no Read More

When it comes to small business, working with your spouse is sometimes an occupational hazard. As Andrew Field of PrintingForLess.com explains on SBTV.com, working with your husband or wife requires care to see that relationship and business issues do not overlap. This is a subject very near and dear to my heart since my wife and I often work toge Read More

Whether you are an established business venturing into the world of online marketing or an e-commerce startup with nothing but a Website, a product and a dream, this article from online marketer Nikki Pilkington looks at why your efforts may not be generating the kinds of results you expected. Don't make the mistake of throwing in the towel or wr Read More

Almost any skill or talent might be the basis for a small business. But remember that no matter how much fun that activity might be, when it comes to creating your own business, it will also be a lot of hard work. In this video, photography expert Anthony Maddaloni talks about some of the challenges facing those beginning in small business in gene Read More

What's the purpose of your business plan? That depends on what you are using it for, says Clayton Christopher, founder and owner of Sweet Leaf Tea Company. Christopher says his company writes a new business plan every year but it isn't the kind used to raise money from investors. Though a document to raise money is one kind of business plan, ano Read More

Self publishing can be an important tool for small business. Books on your area of expertise can create a whole new product line for your business and now getting published is no longer the obstacle it once was. The self publishing revolution with technologies like print on demand at the forefront have revolutionized the publishing industry. This Read More

As Labor Day draws to a close, here's one of my favorite meditations for entrepreneurs who are even thinking about leaving their existing venture and going back to the kind of regular job that this national holiday was created for. It comes, of course, from Steve Pavlina, a truly dangerous mind...but in a good way...and a guy who is certainly on 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