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I'd like to point out a few small business technologies (in no particular order) that I can proudly say are worthwhile, reliable, and will—drum roll, please—work. (Submitters note: While this is a good article, I think he should have replaced MS SQL with MySQL. It works like a charm and has a small business price tag -- free) Read More

Four government agencies have online sites devoted to helping small businesses cope with government-related programs and general business information. The Small Business Administration has a toll-free number and an e-mail answer desk; the Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration and the Kauffman Foundation offer one-to-one coun Read More

Yahoo Inc. this week introduced a new monthly Web Hosting service for small and medium sized businesses, which provides unlimited hosted storage capacity and bandwidth. Read More

With the millions of websites out there, you think you're safe. You think the statistics are in your favor. That your website would never get hacked. Well, I'm here to tell you it CAN happen to you. The Small Business Trends website was hacked this past Christmas Eve. What happened is part of a larger and disturbing trend in which small-business Read More

To get a general idea of what comparable businesses are listed for, you can look somewhere like Business Valuation Resources. However, he cautions: "With a business like yours, seeking a strategic buyer, the usual multiples go out the door." Regardless of your industry, multiples are a very dangerous way to value a business, says Cathy J. Durham Read More

Learn to deal with unethical tactics in negotiation such as lying and threats. Offer useful tactics and strategies Read More

TowerGroup estimates that of the $97 billion worth of plastic gift cards purchased in 2007, nearly $8 billion has gone unused. Just what happens to that pile of cash has become a matter of some controversy. A lot of states—roughly half—claim that at least part of the unspent balances should go to them under their unclaimed-property laws. Other sta Read More

All Monique Walker needed was $5,000 to rebuild her business in Houston after Hurricane Katrina. But the banks said no. Arga Bourgeois needed $10,000 to expand her store, the only health food outlet in her black neighborhood. But the banks said no. Both women found help with Acción Texas, a nonprofit lender that provides microloans to startups or Read More

Eight in 10 marketers cite email as the best-performing medium, ahead of search and display, according to Datran Media's second annual survey of 2,000 online marketing professionals conducted in December '07. Email ROI will hit $45.65 for every dollar spent in 2008, more than twice the ROI of other mediums including search and display, said Dat Read More

Rohit Bhargava shares some insights that he gleaned while attending the Consumer Electronics Show. He mentions important tips that I see people violating all of the time at trade shows. For example, keep your booth away from your competition instead of keeping them together. Normally, I'd disagree with the tip "Spend on the giveaways, not the bo Read More