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The Business.Gov website just keeps getting better. Now, there's even a community area... Read More

This creative slideshow offers 10 useful Twitter tips to help you and your small business gain visibility and followers on the popular social media site. Read More

If you ponder whether Twitter could ever be valuable or useful or productive, read this excellent piece by Richard MacManus at the famous ReadWriteWeb. In fact, spend at least an hour a week at his blog... I just blogged about it at my AllBusiness.com blog because I was blown away by the forward thinking content. Read More

Most of you who know me know I am big fan of Guy Kawasaki and not just because he was an Apple evangelist but because he understands startups. He invests in them, launches his own and writes no BS books on the topics that are must reads for anyone out there looking to start a business, especially if you are looking to raise capital for your busines Read More

This is a great list not only of tips to help handle the stress of business ownership, in this economy, but of prioritizing your day for maximum results. Read More

It's also sometimes called bootstrapping and refers to a method of small business startup which ignores the big investment approach. From Suite 101, the Web community, come suggestions ranging from pet care to home care, as all possible startups without the need for much capital at all. Try to think of suggestions we haven't and share them throu Read More

There's a cautionary tale for sales people and a recipe for turnaround success in the story of Descartes Systems Group (TSX: DSG). Descartes has gone: from (i) huge success to (ii) almost total failure to (iii) turnaround success (revenue is now up 50% from 4 years ago and profits are 10 fold higher). How did they do it? The answer is ... Read More

Starting in 2011, a family making $500,000 would have to pay $1,500 in additional income tax to help subsidize coverage for the uninsured. A family making $1 million would have to pay $9,000. Employers who do not provide health insurance to workers would generally have to pay a fee or penalty to the government. The fee would be equal to 8 perc Read More

Ecademy founder Penny Powers gives her most important business tip explaining how to be likable. Penny insists that the trait of being likable requires building relationships by sometimes admitting to your weaknesses as well as sharing your strengths. In this video interview from Your Business Channel she also reviews other business success tips. Read More

James Chen, a venture capitalist and blogger at Pure VC, suggests that government should be run like a business, especially in economic hard times. Unfortunately, he says that both the state government in California and the U.S. federal government have chosen to do what businesses know is unwise, trying to raise revenue either to cover budget defi Read More