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Keeping great small business employees is as simple as defining a job description. Hold on to great employees with tips from a business consultant in this free small business video. Expert: Daniel Diener Read More

Jonathan Fields, the "Career Renegade", challenges entrepreneurs to avoid trying to duplicate past success. Duplicating past efforts may be a temptation but such attempts are often unsuccessful because in most cases circumstances in the market and in others have changed. Watch the video for Jonathan's inspiring message. Read More

The New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Group recently carried out a study of recession survival strategies. Their findings should be of interest to business owners everywhere. They concluded that seven factors helped businesses through the recession, and also that these factors are well applied to small as well as large business interests. Read More

An oldie but goodie. This is hands down my favorite post of all time on startup, as relevant today as the day it was pecked out on Kawasaki's keyboard. Credit crunch? Lack of investment? No problem! Create a product, find someone who will pay for it and go! Number 3 is the one that resonates with me (and, no, it's not because I like the idea of Read More

So, what I'm wondering is this - What fundamental marketing “drills” should you, and every one in the organization be doing every single day to become marketing MVPs? (or at least get off the bench) Read More

I wish there were a secret formula to ensure that the freelance business you have been madly working on is going to generate enough income to compensate for your current salary as an employee, if not much more. Unfortunately, there are many, many factors that go into determining business success. Read More

Your employees have a direct impact on how customers view your business. They are usually the first ones to come in contact with potential customers and their appearance, attitude and demeanor can easily be a turn off. Maybe your employees aren't even aware of the subtle signals they are giving out. Luckily, there are small changes that employee Read More

Cristian Dorobantescu, a Romanian entrepreneur and blogger, has some interesting takes on business startup from his perspective as a business person operating in Eastern Europe. Here is his reaction, drawing on his own experience, to an article from Entrepreneur.com on how to pitch to investors with a link to the original. Read More

How should you define corporate values for your startup business? Blogger Ben Yoskovitz asks how to balance opportunities with maintaining a company vision. Read More

Green technology is an excellent investment to make right now and you don't have to be an industry leader to explore green territories. Small businesses can do it too - and many of them actually are. Read More