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Sometimes a patent gets granted that sounds bogus, but the bank account behind it makes it "real". Page Down key? Come'on guys. Your take-away: 1) Consider keeping your Intellectual Property (IP) under wraps before you release or test your product and 2) Seek Qualified IP-related Legal Counsel. Read More

Had enough of web page abandonment? Are those cost per click fees putting you further in credit card debt and not producing any bang for your buck? Which part of "understand your web site visitor" didn't make it to the drawing board? Read More

In a weak economy, it's especially important to get closer to your most loyal and profitable customers. Allocating dollars to research is one of the best ways to uncover what your customers want and what they really think about your business. Too often, though, companies go about customer satisfaction research the wrong way or pooh-pooh results th Read More

While online mapping services and GPS devices are great for helping people get to where they're going - it's more important to those of us in Sales to know where we need to go in the first place! And while we're at it -it would be nice to know if we're contacting the best opportunity in the area - and shoot - since we're already there - is th Read More

Popular entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and blogger, Guy Kawasaki understands business. Guy is a managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine, and author of eight books on innovative business. Here he shares with us a list of the five most important lessons he's learned as an entrepreneur. Read More

Brian is great at what he does. Brian is your controller—he manages all of the accounting for your small business. He keeps all of the company's expenses properly documented, finds all of the tax deductions, manages payroll, pays all the bills, negotiates for better rates on the company's health plans, and keeps a sharp eye on all of your accoun Read More

Is there any good news in the dismal data on European venture capital? Read More

In Part One, we discussed the planning and strategy behind starting our hyperlocal blogs — primarily the decision to do four blogs instead of one. Though it would quadruple our workload, we believe it was the right road to take. With our decision made, it was time to get to work — time to set up each blog. Before you can think about writing conten Read More

The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council today released a great comparison of the two presidential candidates' positions on the issues that most affect small businesses. While the SBEC is known to support policies that probably more closely resemble McCain's platform, this is a pretty fair list. Read More

When it comes to background checks, employers should be aware of the reasons for performing a background check, what basic information to request, and what legal boundaries exist to protect an employee's privacy. NFIB discusses this topic. Read More