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Current Small Business Articles

MyBusiness Aug/Sep 2008 Lena Anthony	Expansion Plans How one business is taking advantage of the economic stimulus package.
MyBusiness Aug/Sep 2008 Donna Giancontieri	Past Due A guide to hassle-free collections.
MyBusiness Aug/Sep 2008 Goodchild, Pacella & Hammock	The New Frontier Successfully integrating new technology into your small business is all about good timing.
MyBusiness Aug/Sep 2008 Shannon McRae	Turning Points How one moment can revolutionize your business.
MyBusiness Aug/Sep 2008	Small Business Soldiers Winners of the Small Business Champion award which recognizes small business activists at the state and national levels.
MyBusiness Aug/Sep 2008 Shannon McRae	Competing Interests What you need to know about non-competes.
MyBusiness Aug/Sep 2008 Megan Pacella	She's Mine How to protect your most valuable intellectual property -- your employees -- from the competition.
MyBusiness Aug/Sep 2008 Shannon McRae	Your Secret's Safe How confidentiality agreements can save you time and money.
MyBusiness Aug/Sep 2008	Reducing the Energy Cost Burden One of the top problems facing small business owners is increase fuel and energy costs.
MyBusiness Aug/Sep 2008	McCain Addresses Summit Attendees McCain promises to help, not hinder, small business.
MyBusiness Aug/Sep 2008	NFIB Report Shows Critical Problems Indicates healthcare, energy are most critical small business problems.
MyBusiness Aug/Sep 2008	Legal Center Hosts Free Webinars The webinars cover a wide rage of compliance topics important to small business owners.
MyBusiness Aug/Sep 2008	Speaking Out NFIB members share their top five small business election priorities.
MyBusiness Aug/Sep 2008	Congress Takes Critical Next Step New bill allows small businesses and self-employed to form nationwide pool to purchase insurance.
MyBusiness Aug/Sep 2008	NFIB Hosts Fix-It Forums Town halls held across the country demonstrate impact of crushing healthcare costs to small businesses, and underscore need for reform.
MyBusiness Aug/Sep 2008	Healthcare Solutions Examined at Summit Attendees at this year's National Small Business Summit participated in an interactive healthcare panel to provide Congress with input as lawmakers consider policy solutions for the small business community.
MyBusiness Aug/Sep 2008 Todd Stottlemyer	Business First It's time for the presidential candidates to commit to a position on healthcare costs for small business owners.
MyBusiness Aug/Sep 2008 Rex Hammock	Editor's Letter Learn what works and doesn't work from small businesses that have changed their approaches, or integrated new technology.
MyBusiness Aug/Sep 2008 Bill Dunkelberg	Leading Indicators Small business walks an economic tightrope.
Inc. August 2008 Bo Burlingham	The Believer Flat broke at the age of 21, Joe Cirulli made a list of 10 things he wanted to accomplish in life. One by one, he pulled them off - and built a health and fitness empire.
Inc. August 2008 Robert Andrew Powell	Keep Running Two determined guys got the idea that they could shove their way into the running-shoe business. Their company, Newton Running, has made impressive strides. Now, where the heck is that finish line?
Inc. August 2008 As told to Dalia Fahmy	Finance: Elevator Pitch PODO helps shoppers find sneakers and shampoo. Can it find $8 million?
Inc. August 2008 Nitasha Tiku	Trading Up How a shop in Little India became a sleek brand.
Inc. August 2008	Ziba Beauty: Five Steps to a Retail Makeover How Ziba Beauty differentiated its stores from other salons
Inc. August 2008 Alex Salkever	He Thought it Was Time to Shut Down, Until His Workers Cooked Up a Scheme. Has this farmer gone bananas? The experts weigh in.
Inc. August 2008 Jason Del Rey	Priority: This Couple Just Made $500 Million Bebo's founders talk about selling their three-year-old company to AOL for a princely sum - and what they plan to do next.
Inc. August 2008 Ryan McCarthy	Business For Sale: A Foam-based Business A Southern California fire-safety company is for sale for $8.5 million.
Inc. August 2008 Leigh Buchanan	Legacy: Andre Galerne, 1926-2008 An adventurer's approach to life and work.
Inc. August 2008 Shivani Vora	Passions: Scott Mitic, CEO of TrustedID Scott Mitic helps protect consumers from identity theft by monitoring their credit reports. Outside the office, he relishes tending to his backyard hive and making his own jars of honey.
Inc. August 2008 Jim Melloan	Updates: Cashman Cashes In An update on Protez Pharmaceuticals, whose founder was seeking $500,000 in funding in 2005.
Inc. August 2008 Jane Berentson	Editor's Letter Dr. Norman Vincent Peale was one very successful entrepreneur from a hard-knocks New York background who read it and took it to heart.
Financial Planning August 1, 2008 David Grau	Worthy Successors In the financial services industry, the general term "succession planning" describes any number of plans to deal with an owner's departure from the business.
Bank Systems & Technology July 23, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan	Visa, Facebook Target Small-Business Owners With Social Networking Facebook has the potential to become a crucial advertising medium by allowing users to become 'fans' of the business and serve as a referral to all of their friends.
Entrepreneur August 2008 Tracy T. Lefteroff	High Rollers Venture capitalists showed entrepreneurs the big bucks in 2007. Could one of our top VC firms be looking for a business like yours this time around?
Entrepreneur August 2008 Sara Wilson	Face Time: Too Faced Cosmetics Inc. These cosmetics connoisseurs are giving major brands a run for their money.
Entrepreneur August 2008 JJ Ramberg	Natural Instinct Thanks to one entrepreneur, the urban jungle is getting a little greener.
Entrepreneur August 2008 Carol Tice	Bounce Back With a little common sense and a lot of hard work, your business can survive in any economy.
Entrepreneur August 2008 James Park	Certifiably Green Strut your business's eco-friendly stuff with the help of these 10 programs.
Entrepreneur August 2008 Chris Penttila	Going, Going, Gone? Coverage for your business in the local newspaper might be increasingly hard to come by.
Entrepreneur August 2008 Aliza Pilar Sherman	Million-Dollar Baby What does it take to grow your business into a million-dollar company -- and beyond? Let's take a look at three women at different stages of business growth to find out their secrets.
Entrepreneur August 2008 C.J. Prince	Something to Bank On Community banks have plenty of money to lend, but intense scrutiny has raised the bar.
Entrepreneur August 2008 Crystal Detamore-Rodman	Access Granted Is your search for commercial financing going nowhere? Your local capital Access Program could get you on the right path.
Entrepreneur August 2008 Rosalind Resnick	One for the Books What you need to know about hiring a CFO.
Entrepreneur August 2008 Nichole L. Torres	World Of Difference In college, you've got the whole green business world in your hands.
Entrepreneur August 2008 Rosalind Resnick	Taking Over Buying out your boss? You can do it -- and get a good deal.
Entrepreneur August 2008 Amanda C. Kooser	Simple Startup How to keep your site's operating costs low while still boosting profits
Entrepreneur August 2008 Hoang et al.	Smart Ideas Roundup 08/08 Be in the Know About the Next Big Thing.
Entrepreneur August 2008 Sara Wilson	Early to Rise These entrepreneurs jumped at the chance to be franchisees while they were young -- and their determination and drive are paying off.
Entrepreneur August 2008 Nichole L. Torres	Get Your Money's Worth We show you 10 ways to save during startup -- and which investments are worth the splurge.
Entrepreneur August 2008 Kim T. Gordon	Get Real The truth about some common marketing lies -- and their consequences.
Entrepreneur August 2008	Strategies Roundup 08/08 Discover the best way to handle a lawsuit and the newest books for your growing business.
Entrepreneur August 2008	Technology Roundup 08/08 Get the rest of your tech fix here.
Entrepreneur August 2008 Lindsay Holloway	Crash Test Face it, computers and networks will inevitably fail. How will you handle it?
Entrepreneur August 2008 Heather Clancy	Know How to Hold 'Em Building an online community can pull customers onto your website -- and keep them there.
Fast Company July 2008 Dan Heath & Chip Heath	Selling Your Innovation: Anchor And Twist How to get your audience to understand -- and care about -- your innovation.
Inc. July 2008 Aviva Yael	The Get Ahead Guide: Erin McKenna Makes the Best Cupcakes in New York City Unable to find a vegan bakery that could satisfy her sweet tooth, Erin McKenna decided to start her own, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Now she wants to go national. How fast can she grow?
Inc. July 2008 Donna Fenn	The Get Ahead Guide: ScanDigital Processes 100,000 Images a Month There are few barriers to entry in the scanning business. Is that a big worry for start-up ScanDigital?
Inc. July 2008 Nitasha Tiku	The Get Ahead Guide: Seema Sudan Made Money on Her First Collection Her first 11-piece sweater collection was a hit, but the rag trade is full of knockoff artists. How can she protect her brand?
Inc. July 2008 Ryan McCarthy	The Get Ahead Guide: Perry Chen Thinks His Website Could Be as Big as YouTube His site, KickStartr.com, is an online community designed to help artists, musicians, athletes, inventors, and filmmakers raise small sums of money from a large number of patrons. But is the concept of a giant website a bit passe?
Inc. July 2008 Timothy Harper	Buy, Sell, or Hold? How entrepreneurs are playing the commercial real estate market.
Inc. July 2008 Tess Taylor	Brett Zamore Designed a Stylish, Affordable Kit Home. These predesigned homes are modest, energy efficient, and easy to assemble on your own site for as little as $100 per square foot.
Inc. July 2008 April Joyner	The Product: Grilling Planks Entrepreneurs provide suggestions on marketing wood planks for barbecue grilling.
Inc. July 2008 Jason Del Rey	Tapping the Community Pool Online communities let you see what's on your customers' minds.
Inc. July 2008 Jason Del Rey	Creating Customer Hangouts You can set up an online customer community on the cheap with standalone applications, hosted software, and a savvy tech team.
Inc. July 2008 Brendan Coffey	A Direct-Mail Pioneer Fights Back As His Catalog Business Struggles Will a move to the web save the day?
Inc. July 2008 Patrick J. Sauer	When Workers Strike Back In May 2007, we wrote about Snokist Growers, which endured an eight-month strike.
Inc. July 2008	Finding Salespeople Abroad Locating top performers in the global economy... How to calculate what you should spend on advertising.
Inc. July 2008	Ask Maxine Clark Founder of Build-A-Bear Workshop comments on customer surveys.
Inc. July 2008 Patrick J. Sauer	Behind the Scenes: Companies At The Heart of Everyday Life Small businesses that make products for Nascar drivers
Inc. July 2008	How To: Assemble A Board of Advisers An advisory board is a rare species in the small-business ecology, yet assembling such a board may be one of the most important steps a CEO can take to assure an enterprise's success
Inc. July 2008	Building a Better Board Though we often think of sound business advice as universal, a good board is tailored to the opportunities and obstacles in the path of your specific company.
Inc. July 2008	Advisory Alternatives If you are unable to devote the time and resources necessary to a full-fledged board of advisers, there are alternatives.
Inc. July 2008	Advisers or Directors? The alternatives are presented for each.
Inc. July 2008 Max Chafkin	A Haven For Virtual Companies The state of Vermont is set to become the first in the nation to offer a legal framework for virtual companies.
Inc. July 2008 Elaine Appleton Grant	Business for Sale: Grounds for Optimism A group of specialty coffee bars in Idaho, starting at $5 million
Inc. July 2008 Norm Brodsky	Street Smarts: Ask Norm How do you know when it's time to sell -- and other questions from our columnist's readers
Search Engine Watch June 24, 2008 Carrie Hill	The Big Picture -- Well-Rounded SEM for SMBs, Part 3 More elements a small business should consider when looking at a well rounded search engine marketing campaign include local search, usability, and creating a Web site that will increase conversions.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008 Rex Hammock	Editor's Letter There are always opportunities for small businesses - even when the economy is in a recession.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008 Lena Anthony	What's in It for Me? The National Federation of Independent Business fought hard for the small business provisions included in the economic stimulus package, and now we want to make sure you understand how to take full advantage of them.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008 Eric Butterman	First Impressions Chances are, most potential customers will judge the quality of your business by the appearance of the sign out front. If you've made the inside of your store look professional, but your sign hasn't been updated since 1983, it's time to reevaluate -- and revamp -- your signage.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008 Megan Pacella	Green Ways Recycling paper is no longer enough to claim that your business is green. So what does it take? Peek inside True Green @ Work: 100 Ways You Can Make the Environment Your Business, to find out.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008 Emily McMackin	Mission Possible Shortly after launching the GiveCard -- a prepaid Visa or MasterCard that allows recipients to donate 10 percent of their gift to the charity of their choice -- the co-founders discovered that consumers were eager to give back.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008 Bill Hudgins	Retention Tips From a Pro MyBusiness asks one small business owner what accounts for the stability of his employees, and his answers are textbook examples of the advantages of working for a small business.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008	Tax Trap The expensing and deducting of vehicles include a number of special rules, so it's important to keep a few things in mind when purchasing a vehicle for business use.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008	Meet the Dell/NFIB Award Finalists Want to know how to create a truly unique customer experience? Read on to see how the following 10 finalists for the 2008 Dell/NFIB Small Business Excellence in Customer Experience Award did just that.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008	The Big Three Read on to see what the National Federation of Independent Business will be doing regarding these three key issues in the coming months: healthcare reform... tax relief for small business... fighting the union-driven agenda...
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008 Karen J. Bannan	Crisis Averted Many companies don't plan for the worst, and they don't plan on what they'll need to come from the worst. Read on to see how you can.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008 Shannon McRae	The Power of Small Business The voice of every National Federation of Independent Business member is crucial. Be inspired by members who have taken action and learn how you can get involved with NFIB to defeat anti-small business legislation expected to surface this year.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008 Bill Hudgins	Accident-Prone When it comes to business liability coverage, it's common to have too little coverage -- and possible to have too much. Here's how to get it just right.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008 Melany Klinck	Lock Down Fortunately, by following a few essential rules, small businesses can protect their networks and computers from most viruses, hacker intrusions and other security problems.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008 Rachel Hartman	Plastic Please While perhaps not benefiting financially, many small businesses are discovering management benefits from going cashless.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008 Amy Cates	On the Safe Side Read on for tips to help you prepare for, endure, and follow-up with an OSHA inspection at your business.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008 Megan Pacella	Shield Your Assets It's tempting to save money by skimping on insurance coverage for your business, but every small business owner should be prepared to face the unexpected.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008 Summer Huggins	Tricks of the Trade Marks Group PC, a 10-person firm that provides technology and consulting services to small- and medium-sized businesses, find themselves the victims of online scammers. Here are a few steps you can follow to keep your business scam-free.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008	Find NFIB Media Polls A recent survey indicates how small business owners receive their news and information about current events.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008	NFIB Endorses Healthcare Reform Bill NFIB is supporting the Small Business Health Options Program, because it embodies many of the principles necessary to help small businesses find and afford healthcare.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008	Get Involved in This Election View the 2008 list of federal candidates who have been officially endorsed by the National Federation of Independent Business Save America's Free Enterprise Trust.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008	NFIB Weighs in on Supreme Court Cases The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued two decisions that may have a negative impact on small business owners.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008	YEF Tops Record for 2008 Scholarships The National Federation of Independent Business's Young Entrepreneur Foundation is gearing up to announce the 2008 winners for the annual NFIB YEF Awards.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008	NFIB Legal Center Works for You The NFIB Small Business Legal Center actively pursues legal cases that will help protect much-needed legal reforms.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008	Liability Reform The cost and availability of liability insurance is ranked as the No. 2 problem by small business owners.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008	Divided We Fail Hitting the Road The National Federation of Independent Business joins Divided We Fail to engage the American people, elected officials, and the business community to find broad-based, bipartisan solutions to the nation's healthcare problem.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008	NFIB Brings Leaders Together As part of its "Solutions Start Here" Campaign, the National Federation of Independent Business has convened a series of health policy forums to generate dialogue on the future of healthcare.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008	New Healthcare Study A new study reinforces cost as the No. 1 factor affecting small business healthcare.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008 Todd Stottlemyer	Business First The President of the National Federation of Independent Business discusses some potential solutions to the healthcare problem facing small business owners.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008 Bill Dunkelberg	Leading Indicators Small business owner optimism measured by the National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Optimism Index fell to 1991 recession levels at the start of 2008.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008 Beth Milito	Rule of Law How to respond to a lawsuit against your small business.
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2008 Kathleen Landis	Uncommon Enterprise Fun Cakes Rental in Grandville, Mich. fills an empty niche in the wedding trade: beautiful yet affordable cakes. Well, more like beautiful yet affordable cake-like structures.
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