Biz Plan Hacks

We all want a workplace that is pleasant and won't give us unnecessary stress in the office.

Here are some work place trends we all would rather live without:

Having to appear busy. Do we re…

The job market this year is a little bit different from what we are used to.

Some job-hunting tactics are now proving to be ineffective and should be re-evaluated.

1. Many resumes do not get rea…

If you've ever actually sold anything on eBay then you know that the thrill of ecommerce can be a little bit addictive. I remember putting a book on eBay – something by Charlotte Brontë, I think…

We talked recently about how well franchises do during a recession. To balance that I thought I'd point out this piece by Jeff Elgin on buying a franchise. Elgin looks at some things you should kn…

I noticed a couple of articles recently (Small Business Trends, Noobpreneur) on the fate of franchises during the recession – and it's a pretty good fate.

Ivan Widjaya sums up the situation:I wo…

I've had a TechCrunch piece floating around in my head for a couple of weeks now, and it hit me today just what impact it could have on business that rely on any type of revenue from Internet adve…

In case you missed it, BusinessWeek published a brief primer last week on what may become a necessary evil for more and more small business: bankruptcy.

The piece looks at filing for Chapter 11 prot…

In case you missed it, BusinessWeek had a piece earlier this month on the how a number of businesses are cutting back on outsourcing as part of their fiscal response to the recession. Of course, that&…

A few days ago I looked at job losses in this recession and talked about the difficult task of predicting sales. I used a chart from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that showed real job losses in the 1…

Jack and Suzy Welch said this today:To say times feel tough doesn't cover it. They feel unprecedented, even for the ones of us who managed through the recessions of 1973-75, '80-'82, and &…