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Small businesses often pay higher fees than their big business counterparts when it comes to credit card transactions. Read more about how small business owners are lobbying for reduced credit card transaction fees... Read More

Have you ever presented work to a customer and the response is less than what you expected? They have changed their minds and want something different. You are left a little confused. If a customer has not really thought through the project’s requirements, then the briefing may actually be just a waste of time for both of you. There is a simple solution to this that benefits both you.



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Where are all the new business ideas and the next great innovations going to come from? Can you be creative in the right ways at the right times? Here's how to turn challenges upside down and develop practical inspirations and unexpected ideas that work. Learn how to be creative - your way! Read More

Entrepreneurs have many choices when starting up small businesses. Franchise operations can often be a simpler way to start your own business. Franchises allow small business owners to work within a larger framework and provide opportunities to show creativity and innovation within established standards. Check out this article on invention vs. innovation in small business entrepreneurship... Read More

If you’ve ever seen a minimum sale price for credit card purchases posted near a cash register, you know that accepting credit cards is expensive. With an ecommerce Web site, your business will suffer if you don’t accept credit card payments. Credit card companies know that you’ll gain more in sales by accepting their cards than you’ll lose in fees, so you can’t avoid them completely. But with so Read More

Why do customers still buy from you? Our entrepreneur reporter and blogger lists five main reasons for small business marketing advice why entrepreneurs should realize why people still keep coming into the store to buy. Here they are in no particular order: Read More

It's time to stop playing defense. To survive a brutal economy like this one, you need to spend at least as much time building your business as you do cutting costs. That means going on the offensive. Read More

Years of managing household expenses may have paid off for women in this severe recession. The below survey findings indicate women have been more successful at cutting expenses across categories recently. Women are more likely to pinch pennies in a down economy. Read More

Do you think this green thing will take a back seat now that money is tight?” I now hear this question more than any other. Times are uncertain, so who really knows what corporate priorities will be over the next year or two? But at the risk of being dead wrong very soon, I’ll venture some opinions. First, if there’s a deep, prolonged recession, the green movement slows down because everything sl Read More

As technology advances and we upgrade our equipment, our old devices are left to collect dust. Listed are a few resources in the Washington, DC area where you can recycle your cell phones and other business equipment. Read More