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Here are 8 tips to keep your customers with you by J. Roy Miller, state director for the New Mexico Small Business Development Centers. In the article, Miller says getting new customers is harder and more expensive than keeping the ones you have so don't give them up without a fight especially in tough economic times. Miller suggests showing your Read More

Small and medium-sized enterprise may be key players in emerging markets as they are in more developed nations. This post from the Vital Wave Consulting blog suggests Chinese-run banks are increasing lending to SME's following a global trend. In many diverse regions in the developing world these companies may employ up to one third of the total w Read More

Robert Miller, a financial journalist with the UK's Daily Telegraph gives tips for small and medium-sized enterprises in an economic downturn. The suggestions including meeting with key staff to determine operational efficiency and reaching out to chambers and other business organizations for help. The suggestions are probably important to consid Read More

Professor of business administration at the University of Virginia's Darden Business School Ed Hess talks to students about his book "So you want to start a business." This nearly hour long seminar reviews an approach Hess insists is not just for academics but is intended to function as the process that a would-be entrepreneur might follow. Hes Read More

An article in the New York Times' small business section reports on a Maryland University business school study that suggests venture capital firms often ignore business plans and even an entrepreneur's past startup experience when deciding what projects to fund preferring to go on instinct and their experience instead when judging a venture's Read More

Serial-entrepreneur and blogger Scott Burkett has this small business outsourcing advice for startup companies. It should be understood that Scott uses the term offshoring because much of this outsourcing may involve dealings with businesses outside the country in which you operate. It should also be understood that much of Scott's advice here is Read More

Oliver Waller, director of OneMinuteU, shares some secrets about small business tax breaks including what to deduct and what to watch for. Be sure to check with your own tax preparer and carefully research any advice you might get online, but the suggestions in this brief article may open your eyes to some of the amazing possibilities out there an Read More

Susan Payton of the Dell Small Business Community gives these tips for starting a small business during a recession. While it may seem counter to common sense, Susan insists an economic downturn can be good time to start a new venture while lay offs make talent available and put people in need of additional income. Among the key questions Susan su Read More

From the Microsoft Small Business Center columnist Joseph Anthony gives 7 tips for buying a business. Among his suggestions are to remember that you are buying not only a business but a lifestyle and also the importance of getting your own professional advice before striking a deal. Read the rest of Anthony's advice and if you've had experience Read More

New York-based entrepreneur and consultant Ahmet Kirtok gives these tips for making your small business green. Amazon.com and other huge companies are introducing green initiatives and Ahmet argues if your small business doesn't you could be left behind. But how can your small business make a difference? Read this blog post for more. Read More