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A study found that small businesses, already burdened by high health care costs, could save money under a mandate to purchase coverage for employees. Read More

Ever Googled your own name? Most people have at some point, and there's a good chance your customers have Googled your name, too. Make sure what they find about you in Google makes them want to do business with you. Read More

Nearly every day now I see a new start up promising to help local small businesses advertise online better. To be sure, small businesses trying to promote themselves online have a lot of options. A few years ago it was OK to spend a great deal of effort trying to be in a lot of places at once. Today, not so. You'd be better off just sticking to a Read More

Nearly every new technology is hailed (at least by its creators) as one that will “revolutionize” this or that aspect of our lives. Upon closer examination, however, the hype is seldom warranted. Once in a while, though, a technology gets beyond vaporware and offers a solution so promising that widespread adoption seems all but certain. The follo Read More

Assess what makes your company profitable, and who makes it happen. Read More

Success in entrepreneurship, or in any field of endeavor, entails the willingness to learn, to fail, and learn from that failure. It also requires unwavering commitment to succeed. Because owning and managing your business is never easy. In this, I'd like to adhere more to what Mahatma Gandhi, India's famous non-violent political and spiritual lea Read More

The best hires are those eager to become part of something greater than themselves, says Cliff Schorer. Read More

A recent report listed the happiest nations in the world. Guess what? The US didn't even make it into the top ten. So much for the American dream. Why are we so unhappy? Let's start by looking at the origin of the word. Happy is derived from the Icelandic word happ, meaning luck or chance. Is happiness then, by its very definition, elusive due Read More

There are hundreds of different internet marketing ideas that can be put to use on your small business website, but as with all things in life, quantity isn't everything. As a matter of fact, internet-savvy consumers will often immediately leave a site that is nothing but a barrage of flash, noise and sales pitches. The key to successful marketing Read More

In ordinary times, cash is merely king. When sales slump cash flow becomes emperor of the universe. Read More