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With an affiliate program, you pay someone a share of the sale when they sell your product. The internet has opened up opportunities for any small business to have a global workforce without the cost of hiring employees. There are people out there just waiting to sell your products for you. Read More

There are many amazing products for business are very inexpensive or often completely free. Here are my top 5 business tools of 2009..... Read More

For every highly motivated and high-performing workplace group, you’ll find one that’s demoralized and demotivated. Regardless of the shape of our economy, sometimes entire departments, divisions, or groups can become demoralized, unproductive, and ineffective. Here will be the 5 step process for turning around a demoralized, underperforming group. Read More

Here are some great tips for the small business owner about how to generate sales for a new small business. Though passion and commitment are important, sales are what will allow your business to survive by generating much needed cash flow. Since you are the business owner and may not be able to hire a sales force immediately, here from ByteStart, the Small Business Portal, are some great ways to Read More

Most industries impose an unseen tax on participants trying to stand out, go against that grain or do the right thing or hard thing.

The tax isn’t something regulated by an agency it comes in the form of higher costs, more steps, education, higher wages – all the things that go into trying to build a business that’s more than a simple commodity type copy of everyone else. Read More

Impact investing – making investments that generate social and environmental value as well as financial return – has the potential to complement philanthropy and government intervention. It's a potent force for addressing global challenges on a large scale. Impact investors want to move beyond “socially responsible investment” (SRI) which focuses on avoiding investments in “harmful” companies Read More

These ten tips for better networking can be specifically helpful to small business. Guest blogger Howard Levy offers some great general advice that should be helpful whether you're working the room st a local chamber event or inhabiting a group on Facebook or LinkedIn. Don't let the situation through you. The rules are basically the same. Read More

Startups die for lots of reasons. Of course the end game usually involves running out of money – until that point in time, you can still fight on (although it might not be worth it.) But at the root of many startup deaths is indecision, especially for first-time entrepreneurs and CEOs. Read More

Creating a culture of innovation in an organization starts with allowing each individual the right to innovate. The first person to do this should be you the leader. What have you innovated, allowed yourself to innovate, given yourself the time to innovate. Start with yourself, then expand. Read More

For most businesspeople, deciding whether to call an attorney should be like deciding whether to go to the doctor. If you have severe chest pain, odds are you're not going to hesitate to call your physician or hightail it to the emergency room. But if you just have a bad cold, you might wait a few days to see if it turns into pneumonia before you drag yourself to the dreaded doctor's office. Read More