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Online Sales Tax Brouhaha Hits More SMB Amazon Affiliates

Posted by Fredric Paul 08:34 PM ET | Jun 29, 2009

Amazon.com has dropped affiliate relationships with small businesses in North Carolina and Rhode Island as the states prepare to implement new laws requiring the company to collect online sales tax.

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Netbooks.com Becomes WorkingPoint, Re-Launches Free* Cloud-Based Business Management App

Posted by Fredric Paul 11:22 AM ET | Jun 16, 2009

What's in a name? For Netbooks.com, it was confusion when the business-management vendor's name became the common term for low-cost mini-laptops. So the company is relaunching as WorkingPoint.com as it takes its small-business management app out of beta.

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IT Snooping: Too Much Ado About Something?

Posted by Keith Ferrell 11:58 AM ET | Jun 12, 2009

There's been a lot of buzz lately about internal threats, and like most buzz, some of it's on-target. But some of it seems designed to make us paranoid about our employees -- to what end? Do we need to distrust everyone on our IT staffs and, by implication, everyone in our companies? And where does that get us?

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How To Calculate Your Odds Of Business Success

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 11:18 AM ET | Jun 9, 2009

Calculators provide clear concise answers -- that's the appeal, but for a question as complex and abstract as "will my business succeed" reducing probability to a single percentage is more parlor trick than useful tool -- fortunately a new free online calculator looks (a little bit) deeper.

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Business Owners Need A Holiday

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 07:35 PM ET | May 29, 2009

With every dime precious, taking time off from work, much less an actual vacation, might seem to be an unthinkable luxury, but it turns out that small business owners are planning vacations this summer at about the same rate as last year.

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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Entrepreneurs | Management

Business Owners Don't Fear Recession

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 12:15 PM ET | May 22, 2009

The recession is scaring the bejesus out businesses of every stripe, but owners of small and midsize businesses have been to the brink of failure before -- many times -- and know how to survive.

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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Entrepreneurs | Management | Start-Ups

More SMBs Embracing Social Media

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 06:20 PM ET | May 20, 2009

The results of a recent study from AMI-Partners indicate that more than half of small businesses now consider social media to be a significant factor in acquiring customers and retaining existing customers.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Entrepreneurs | Sales/Marketing | Social Networking

Real Small Business Leaders Tell It Like It Is

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 04:42 PM ET | May 20, 2009

Amid the government power players and big business representatives at National Small Business Week, 9 small business leaders took the spot light to tell a congressional committee about their businesses and how they're coping with the recession.

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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Entrepreneurs | Government

Advice For Entrepreneurs, or Starting Up Is Hard To Do

Posted by Fredric Paul 11:35 PM ET | May 16, 2009

I spent part of this fine, sunny Weekend at the TiECon 2009 event for entrepreneurs here in Silicon Valley. And amidst literally thousands of people scrambling to find the next big thing in the midst of the Great Recession, what resonated most for me was two entrepreneurial veterans emphasizing that you can't worry about the money.

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Cloud Computing | Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Economics | Entrepreneurs | Management

No One Pays Attention To Business Plans - Who Knew?

Posted by Fredric Paul 09:56 PM ET | May 13, 2009

Turns out that even venture capitalists ignore business plans, instead investing according to their gut feelings and personal recommendations. Maybe that explains the dot.com bust?

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5 Last Minute Tax Filing Tips For The Maximum Refund

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 04:48 PM ET | Apr 6, 2009

A little more than a week remains before the tax filing deadline, but it's not too late to maximize your refund or lay a foundation for a bigger return on your return next year.

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Crisis Survival Kit: 5 Ways To Fund Your Business

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 10:59 AM ET | Apr 2, 2009

Need a cash infusion? You can forget about banks or VCs? Those traditional funding sources are strapped or stingy or both. If your businesses needs a significant investment to tap a new market, lock down the one you have, or upgrade equipment, you'll need to get creative.

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10 Social Networking Sites For Your Business

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 10:52 AM ET | Mar 24, 2009

Between Facebook and Twitter, is there room for other social networks? Not only is there room, but the networks that aren't in the headlines every hour may be exactly the places you should be considering invaluable business resources.

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Small Business Innovation: Don't Forget The Technology

Posted by Fredric Paul 11:44 PM ET | Mar 16, 2009

Defining Small Business Innovation -- a research brief released today -- once again drives home the point that small businesses must innovate to survive. I couldn't agree more, but would place more emphasis on technology as the key to making innovation happen.

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Big Is No Longer Best

Posted by Fredric Paul 11:30 AM ET | Mar 15, 2009

At bMighty, we like to say that Small Is The New Large. It seems that liberal mouthpiece The Huffington Post got the message, with business writer Lynda Resnick proclaiming that Big Is No Longer Best.

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