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PeHub reports that Tony wanted to IPO, but Zappos's VC backer, Sequoia's Michael Moritz, craved liquidity and forced the sale. This jibes with a survey we reported that showed, more than anything else, VCs these days are "very worried about exits." Read More

Ever done a vanity search on Google? Whether you have or not, plenty of people have probably searched on your name to see what you are about. Wouldn't it be awful if some type of derogatory search result turned up? Read More

Hoping to get a little extra word of mouth to boost sales in the slow economy? Here are 16 thing you can do right now without having to hire an agency. 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

Search engine giant Yahoo! may be selling its Yahoo! Small Business division as part of a move to divest itself of all services and products not related to its core operations. Yahoo! Small Business provides domain names, Web hosting, E-Commerce, E-mail and online marketing for small business. Reuters has the full story, but as an aside, this is a Read More

The U.S. Treasury Department is preparing to buy up small business loans from the Small Business Administration in an effort to get small business lending back on line. The Washington Post reported the federal government is preparing a $15 billion initiative to stimulate small business financing since private lending has been slow to rebound. For Read More

Many people don't go into business because of the uncertainties, lack of success guarantees, and the unfamiliar. They're hesitant to try something new. 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

Health insurance, healthcare, is both an important investment for small business and a huge expense that risks being forced onto small business, regardless of their ability to pay. Now's the time to educate yourself on this issue and its impact on your business. This post and the comments lay out many of the issues and much of the dialogue going Read More

Every business at sometime has lost a customer to a competitor. Losing a customer, especially ones that you have enjoyed a good relationship with in the past can leave you feeling many emotions such as hurt or even anger. Often, however we never take the time to find out why they have left or more importantly how we can win them back. Read More