BizSugar.com › User › mariajoe › Voted

Do you love this land we call America? Is it the purple mountains, the mystery of deserts, the peace of pastoral meadows or the shining seas that you love? Is it the diversity of peoples, each adding an unforgettable ingredient to the melting pot? Is it the formative ideals of freedom and equality that we continue to work towards achieving, generat Read More

Late last week I caught up with Alex Bennert who is an SEO Strategist at the Wall Street Journal. Alex is scheduled to speak at the upcoming Search Engine Strategies in San Jose on the topic of "How SEO Can Help Save the Publishing Industry" so I decided to get her insight on this topic. Check out conversation below: Read More

As Warren Buffett succinctly observed, anything multiplied by zero is zero. Put differently, when the value of the asset drops below the value of the debt used to buy it, poof. Read More

The debate over the Employee Free Choice Act (read more here) has made many business owners think about the complicated issue of unionization. But what they are probably not thinking about are the numerous federal rules that govern labor relations for business owners regardless of whether or not their businesses are unionized. Read More

It's also sometimes called bootstrapping and refers to a method of small business startup which ignores the big investment approach. From Suite 101, the Web community, come suggestions ranging from pet care to home care, as all possible startups without the need for much capital at all. Try to think of suggestions we haven't and share them throu Read More

From Webpreneur to consultant the editors of About.com's Entrepreneurs page claims these ideas for small business startup will all cost you less than $20. The low budget startup is designed to remove barriers for getting into business but also to create a business with little overhead and hopefully little or no debt before generating revenue. Read More

Whether it's a service based business like accounting or selling your own homemade jewelry, figuring out how to start a home based business can be tricky. Here's advice from AllBusiness advisor Kathy Murdock specifically tailored to working mothers. Murdock suggests considering many factors when setting up shop including determining your target Read More

Biz owners who use Skype will want to read this review. I'm a big Skype fan and have it all nicely configured. It isn't that Google Voice is free that appeals to me, but some of the additional connectivity features (SMS alert - skype now has email), transcript (this is huge). Worthwhile to read Lisa Barone's review at Small Biz Trends. Read More

As a small business entrepreneur, would you know when it's time for you to let go and walk away? Read More

Jeffrey Summers, CEO and founder of Restaurant Coaching Solutions, shared these 4 ways a small business can create their future. Jeffrey should know. His business, Restaurant Coaching Solutions, has turned good restaurants into great businesses for 27 years. Read More