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In many ways, entrepreneurs are an optimistic lot, but small business failure is always a possibility every small business owner must be ready to face. Setbacks and pitfalls are all a part of the game and, as this entertaining and uplifting video from www.atouchofbusiness.com reminds us all, what's important is how we respond to those setbacks an Read More

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

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

In this great guest post from theorist Seth D. Brown on Jeff "Ski" Kinsey's blog, Seth looks at how to avoid spreading yourself thin in the small media departmnent. Instead of worrying about all the applications out there, Seth suggests looking at what each service does for you and avoiding redundancies that consume too much time and return lit Read More

In this guest post on the Small Business CEO, Laura Pettit Rusick, of http://www.optsolutionsinc.com/ gives four challenges and their attendant solutions for helping small to medium-sized businesses to tackle the kinds of projects that can help them grow. If you are in charge of an SMB seeking to take on the larger projects needed to take your com Read More

If you're running a small business, you may have often wondered how to read your customer's mind. Now you can, thanks to this handy podcast from Inc.com. Rod Kurtz interviews Inc. Magazine senior editor Bobbie Gossage about online tools you can use to find out what people are saying about your business. The conversation ranges over a collection Read More

Deciding when to change your business strategy can be tough. In tough economic times, you can quickly see old sources of revenue melting away giving you a clear indication that it's time to change course. But, of course, change is scary and you can risk alienating loyal customers (and employees and partners) along the way. This article from Busin Read More

If you don't live in one of these top cities for entrepreneurs MOVE! Just kidding. Actually, with Internet technology it seems likely just about any place could be a good place for starting your small business venture. Still, this slide show with commentary from Inc.com is an interesting overview of cities that rate highest for successful startup Read More

These 10 tips for using Google Alerts in your small business come from Small Business Informer and are a great resource for any small business. Bloggers have long known the value of using Google Alerts to keep up with breaking news in their niche and to get topic ideas based on the latest buzz. No matter what your product or service, you'll find Read More