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This week is Global Entrepreneurship Week, the second annual celebration of entrepreneurship worldwide sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and U.K.-based Make Your Mark. For more information on the events planned, which will reportedly involve three million people in 5,000 events worldwide visit the article and links at Entrepreneur. Read More

Win $150 in a small business contest sponsored by bizSugar.com. We've teamed up with our good friends over at SmallBizBee.com to offer a $150 prize for this year's small business and entrepreneurship essay contest. Entry requirements, rules and details are available through the link below. Also be sure to watch for a post on the bizSugar blog to Read More

A CNN Money.com Small Business report suggests few banks are likely to take the U.S. government up on a new round of TARP funding aimed at helping small businesses. The report suggests that earlier programs soured banks on taking federal money or loan guarantees for a variety of reasons including too much regulation, insufficient demand or lack of Read More

Social networking can be key to your small business, especially if that small business happens to be largely online. In this video from the Vimeo network, Justin Small of Searching Solutions talks about how establishing relationships with others online can help you tap into their sphere of influence bringing increased visitors to your Website and Read More

When creating your small business plan think big but start small. With an unusual presentation style, startup business coach Joseph Flahiff urges entrepreneurs to start small with a much bigger idea in mind. Check out Joseph's interesting presentation in this video on Vimeo which explains why entrepreneurs with really big dreams must start small Read More

Entrepreneur and author Cameron Joh gives this brief but exciting interview on CNN about starting his first business with $50 before he even became a teenager. If you haven't heard Joh's story and think there's something holding you back from getting into business for yourself, you owe it to yourself to check out this interview. Joh argues you Read More

Selling your small business even in hard economic times may not be as complicated as it seems. This is especially true if you take the proper steps in the process. Domenic Rinaldi suggests these important tips on "selling your business with confidence." Rinaldi's article also warns against loosing your leverage by appearing desperate in hard ti Read More

Melania Attia shares 10 tips for better small business e-mail marketing at the 2009 Small Business Summit. Among her suggestions are to avoid buying mailing lists, establish personal relationships with customers and be sure to keep e-mails brief and to the point. Attia also stresses the importance of complying with customer wishes when asked to ce Read More

Virtual assistance including everything from accounting to phone service Web design and marketing leaving your small business to concentrate on what you do best, providing your products and services. In this interview with Network Solutions, Gourab Nanda of Maryland-based My Business Assistant talks about how he built his small business by helping Read More

There are many reasons your small business needs to use social marketing and they go far beyond driving traffic to your Website. In the following video, David Skul of Relativity Business Technology Solutions discusses five including the need to engage customers and to collect information about how people in the marketplace are reacting to your pro Read More