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Would it surprise you to learn that startup activity in the U.S. is at it's highest point in 14 years even topping the activity during the famed DotCom boom? A report from the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity relates this very fascinating statistic and raises questions (at least in some minds) about whether we really need to use more tax payer money to encourage loans for small business Read More

Getting press is an essential part of building a business and often will provide the traction needed to get a business off the ground. It worked for me: my initial TV interview gave me the confidence and the visibility to blog and expand my eBay business Read More

Why there is no road map for building your business. Entrepreneurs don't like to be told what to do. Read More

Too many salespeople mistakenly believe that asking for commitments that either advance or close a sale are hard sell tactics. Most salespeople have never been exposed to hard sell tactics, and neither have their clients. The hard sell requires an emotional leverage that you rarely find in business-to-business sales Read More

The Memorial Day weekend is a great time to check your 2010 goals and see where your company is in achieving those goals. While you are at it, look at your whole business and make sure you are serving your customers and improving your products. All while you take some quality time with family, friends and neighbors around the BBQ Read More

Outside email marketing vendors, however, have tremendous incentive to build, adapt, and refine their software solutions to meet the ever-changing demands of the consumer. It is not simply a “need-to” for vendors, it is crucial to their growth and survival in an increasingly competitive space Read More

This article helps business professionals understand social media. Whether you are an entrepreneur or you work for someone else, this article explains what you need to know about social media Read More

A limited liability company is a hybrid-type of legal structure that provides the limited personal liability features of a corporation with the tax efficiencies and operational flexibility of a partnership. Each state has specific guidelines for forming an LLC, but they all adhere to the same general principles.

No matter where your LLC is located, two documents are crucial to its success – the articles organization and operating agreement: Read More

What a difference 2 years makes! We did our first Fortune 100 list of companies and their current Twitter status back in 2008. (Fortune 100 List Of Companie Read More

The New York Times published an article this week with several good examples of small businesses using Twitter. One is Humphry Slocombe, an ice cream shop in San Francisco. It seats 14 people, but has close to 300,000 followers. How Read More