This advice is geared towards small business owners, particularly people who are just starting (or about to start) their own business.
Negotiation, like networking, is one of life’s necessities that you either love or hate. But if it's the latter, it doesn't have to be that way.
Starting a business is a lot of work. Anyone who tells you it's not is either lying or has never actually started one themselves.
From the moment you start-up (when no one has ever heard of you), having a well-rehearsed and compelling elevator pitch can help buyers, clients and potential investors get to know you quickly.
Here are the basics every LLC owner should know about operating agreements.
I've been working online full time for almost 10 years, since age 19. I've had a lot of failures and a lot of successes. There is no better way to learn how to succeed than to learn from someone who has already done it.
Contributors get noticed and attract new friends and opportunities easily, and contributing is much easier than you might assume
The people around you dictate your success. They can also forecast our failure.
Instead of simply buying brand new things for your office, consider some alternative ways to get what you need for little or no money.
In order to successfully grow your business, you’ll need to attract -- and then work to retain -- a large base of satisfied customers. Marketing emphasizes the value of the customer to the business, and has two guiding principles...
If you're setting up a business bank account or need a business license, there will probably be a space on the form for your EIN. Fortunately, it's simple to apply for your own business tax ID number via the web.
It's hard to keep yourself going when you don’t feel the same excitement as you did in the beginning.
Naming your business is an important branding exercise, but if you choose to name your business as anything other than your own personal name, then you’ll need to register it with the appropriate authorities.
A survey by the Pew Foundation which found that 71 percent of Americans view small business more favorably than any other institutions, including religious organizations.
While there are some larger loan options available, many entrepreneurs -- particularly freelance, online and home-based businesses -- require only a few thousand dollars to get started. If this is the case for you, consider a microloan.
How do ideas spread? What messages will go viral on social media, and can this be predicted?
The urgent desire for a successful business -- and the fear of losing business -- drives many a good person to do sleazy things.
Being the Chief Everything Officer is okay for some, but if you've got plans for growth or simply need an extra pair of hands, what are the best staffing options for your business?
Many people aren't aware that when they begin to make a name for themselves, they are creating a brand… and what’s more, that brand becomes hard to change once it’s become established in people’s minds.
Few people know the secret of Ford's success, and those who do know are too modest to speak of it, because of its simplicity.
How does someone else’s success mean anything bad for you?
What makes someone a great leader? Here are 11 important factors of leadership that stay the same from decade to decade, century to century.
A common mistake people make is that they’ll spend 500 hours creating a product and then 20 hours promoting it. Then they wonder why no one is buying.
If you choose to file your own trademark without the assistance of an attorney, you don't necessarily need to hire someone else to do it for you. Skip the fees and go right to the source.
Thinking of going it alone? Becoming a freelancer is an attractive option for many professionals, but can you make it work for you?
If you want to be an effective entrepreneur, you should have at least 10 good friends who are already successful entrepreneurs. Few entrepreneurs succeed in isolation, because, business is a social game.
We all know marketing is key to small business survival and success, but it can be overwhelming to know what to do to be an effective marketer.
Does your small business maintain a Facebook page? Are you thinking about venturing into social media with a presence on this ever-growing social network?
A lot can change in 20 years. If you had a PC 20 years ago, you probably had a 386 or 486 running MS-DOS 5.0 and possibly Windows 3.0. No smart phones. No iPods or iTunes. No web browsers. No Google or Yahoo. No YouTube. No social media unless you liked BBSing.
Whether bloggers are writing to change the world, or just discussing a bad break-up, they may get an extra boost of motivation from traffic-measuring and interactive tools that help them feel more connected to and more influential in their communities.