We look to the future of the C-Suite in this week’s roundup of the top business articles posted on the Internet. But we also have our eyes on the present with plenty of marketing and tax tips you can use in your small business today. Entrepreneurship, startups and innovation Will CIOs, CMOs and CFOs go […]
Sometimes small business owners can feel besieged. Big businesses have advertising and marketing budgets that dwarf their total yearly receipts. The corporate honchos and their high-salaried lobbyists have the ear of our lawmakers. Politicians only seem to care about small businesses during election cycles. But despite swimming upstream against these insanely strong currents, small business […]
There’s a lot of talk about “early round” investors in startups, but the true “early round” honors usually go to founders, family and friends. If you include yourself in the “founder” leg of that triad, what do you need to know to get the other two legs – the friends and family – involved in […]
Here’s an interesting peek into our attitudes: A few years ago, a survey revealed that only 8 percent of cellphone users thought that their use had irritated other people. Yet in a rudeness study done by the Associated Press, 85 percent of those surveyed said they occasionally witness rude cellphone use. In other words, we […]
The economy is beginning to show signs of recovery; however, small businesses continue to shy away from expansion plans. If your company is struggling to simply maintain your current level of business, a new report finds that landing a big elephant as a customer may be your ticket to success. Corporations are currently sitting on […]