Biz Plan Hacks

Are you a woman who dreams of being a small business entrepreneur? Do you face economic challenges or social disadvantages?

The Office of Women's Business Ownership is a great resource for wome…

There is always going to be gossip at work. You spend long hours with co-workers, and there's going to be the occasional cocktail happy hour and a colleague will usually be overeager to share some…

Without mentioning it to them in advance, an employee of one local recently decided to spend his summer vacation days volunteering as part of the clean up and response effort for the Gulf oil spill…

Are you thinking of relocating to a different city outside of a 100-mile radius?

Well… you might want to consider taking the following steps in looking for a job:

Do your research. Make sure y…

A business plan is a business plan. But sometimes there's more to life than the plan…

I have a friend who lives in a rural community in the Midwest. He sells lawn care products and provide…

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It’s a simple truth: a weaker US Dollar can be a good thing for your business if you produce anything that gets exported. As the dollar gets weaker, your products become cheaper ov…

What's the best franchise to get into?

I've seen a lot in the past year about how great franchises are. Lots of support for a new entrepreneur.

If I had to pick a franchise for me… …

My Wall Street Journal subscription is one of the luxuries of life that I get the most pleasure out of.

If you don't subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, it's easy to think of the paper …

My friend Scott McLeod over at Dangerously Irrelevant published a post today that makes an obvious (but potentially startling) point about the nature of change.

Scott is an educator, an Associate Pro…

Are you a REAL small business person?

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The Nitty Gritty Virtual Assistant has a list of what makes a real business person. In short it is someone who is…