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Here from Forbes.com is a list of best small business blogs including some we see regularly here on bizSugar.com. They include Small Business Trends and Duct Tape Marketing. There are some other great blogs here too like Entrepreneurial Mind, Church of the Customer and the All Business Blog Center list of top business bloggers. Check out these gre Read More

Take a look at how to avoid small business burnout. These tips from Ron Consolino, a management counselor for SCORE, were reprinted in a recent edition of the Houston Chronicle. Small business, the article notes, is filled with long hours, missed weekends and other sacrifices. There are, of course, rewards, but if the costs are starting to get to Read More

This article from Mashable looks at the world of wikis and their use for small businesses. Wikis can probably be best described as an online collaborative tool and though they may be talked about less than other popular Internet tools like blogs and social networks, they are at the very heart of the collaborative nature of Web 2.0. Read the articl Read More

Rhonda Abrams suggests resources for small business startup in a six part series from USA Today. This is part three of the series and thought it is entitled "Finding the money to start your small business" it really deals more with places to get information like Small Business Development Centers run by the Small Business Administration, local t Read More

Recession might be the best time to start a small business and AOL Small Business has this great series giving 10 reasons why. Just follow the link below and then click through the whole series and you will no doubt be inspired, as I was, by this glass half full approach to the current economic turmoil. Remember, there may be very little to loose Read More

Inmates at a Florida prison have started a small business of their own. They market their own brand of hot sauce called "Jail House Fire Hot Sauce" to customers across the globe via the Internet. The business was apparently started when one inmate complained about the blandness of prison food. From there the idea has taken off with unique market Read More

Publish your business book, or a book on any other topic you can imagine, today. Blurb.com, founded in 2006, provides software that makes anyone capable of designing their own book and puts costs within reach reach of anyone. Thirty-five percent of Blurb.com's customers are creative professionals including small and single proprietorship business Read More

The year 2009 has been a tough one for small business lending. According to the following article from CNN Money, the U.S. Small Business Administration reported a 39 percent decrease in small business loans during 2009 with the result that the federal agency was able to put together loans for 25,000 fewer entrepreneurs over same period. However, Read More

Sure, the economy is bad, but that doesn't mean it will stay that way, and many opportunities to expand into new markets may arise now when things look so bleak. Entrepreneurial Connection has put together the following Web seminar looking at how to expand your business when the time comes. Take a look not only at the linked article below but at Read More

Wondering how to start a small business blog? This article from Small Business Brief looks specifically at the importance of planning before starting your blog and looks at some of the critical questions to answer. Deciding what you wish to accomplish with your small business blog is a huge part of the equation...and a huge part of figuring out wh Read More