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Seth sums it up nicely. Small business is a weapon, not a reason to whine. Read More

Mileage rates are changing in the middle of the year. Zane Safrit has the scoop, and a bit of a mileage tutorial for small businesses. Read More

A recent survey by the Institute for Corporate Productivity has shown that religious strife in the workplace is a real problem. The problem is, what can you, the business owner, do to quell this trouble before it harms your business without running afoul of antidiscrimination laws? Here are some ideas. Read More

Why spend hours digging the Web just to stay up-to-date when you can have the critical information you need to run your business delivered directly to your inbox through RSS feeds or some of the many e-newsletters out there? Most e-newsletters are offered through free subscriptions, but don't get too carried away as managing your inbox could quic Read More

Contrary to what many aspiring entrepreneurs believe, the key to a successful startup does not rest upon having a unique, one-of-a-kind idea. A good idea is a necessary starting point for any new business, but that's all it is. As VC and entrepreneurship teacher Rob Adams points out, ideas are not scarce: they're commodities. Virtually any idea Read More

Does an economic slowdown necessarily mean that business-to-business marketers have to find even more ways to do more with less? Or can a downturn create opportunity for smart marketers to grow and thrive? In this guide to B2B marketing during a recession, Jon Miller answers these questions and share specific strategies you can use to shine wh Read More

A new study and analysis reveals a range of benefits by making some format adjustments to Customer Magazines. Though currently the average number of pages for a customer magazine is 36 and the most popular frequency is quarterly, says the study, more pages inspires more thorough readership and greater frequency yields an uplift of over 10%. Read More

Has technology made us better communicators? What if they merely changed our expectations of output volume, but the quality remained the same. Read More

Despite the fact this plugs a neat postal service (UK only), it makes some good points on complacency - i.e. marketing spend on new clients can be a waste if you gain 10% more clients a year, yet lose 10% of existing clients by ignoring them. Read More

A classic essay by Greg Gianforte about the virtues of bootstrapping and how it often yields better results than the "fund and burn" model of VC-backed startups. Read More