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10 “Must Have” Tools and Resources for Your Business

Start Your Business with these 10 Tools and Resources One of the most difficult things you will ever do, but also one of the most rewarding things, is starting your own business. It is difficult...

byJane Hurst

June 22, 2015

Zenovia Andrews Helps You ‘MaxOut’ Your Business

Let Zenovia Andrews help you 'maxout' your business potential! Zenovia Andrews knows the business strategies needed to increase income, maximize productivity, and overcome workplace hardships, and she wants to share her methods with other entrepreneurs...

byChristina Raus

January 22, 2015

Former Microsoft blogger Robert Scoble has got it goin’ on

Uber blogger Robert Scoble announced last month that he was leaving the "comfy?" corporate world of Microsoft to join a startup - mentioned us in his blog Scobleizer. Now here's a great example of an...

byJoel Welsh

July 21, 2006

Why more people will start up

Have you read the most recent BLS report? If you're like most people, you don't even know what a BLS report is! BLS stands for "Bureau of Labor Statistics," and this government office puts out...

byRich Sloan

December 8, 2005

Midterms

My Intro to Buddhism midterm was a few weeks ago, and this week I have my American Business History midterm. No, I'm not buried in Fluid Mechanics equations, but I'm no less stressed juggling the...

byJonathan Hudson

November 7, 2005

An eBay Businesswoman Takes Care of Her Son

One of my favorite “start your own business stories” is of Brandi Ramos in southern Illinois. An army veteran, single mom with an autistic son, Brandi was motivated to start an eBay business so that...

byJoel Welsh

August 25, 2005

Your Niche May Be Right Under Your Nose

Many people possess an undying entrepreneurial spirit, even if they aren't officially in business. The night before trash day, I encountered a man surveying my trash--specifically an old sliding screen door we discarded. “Do you...

byJoan Isabella

August 16, 2005