One month before the President submits his 2009 budget request to Congress, Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Small
Business and Entrepreneurship, urged the Bush Administration to support America's small businesses by increasing funding for the Small Business Administration
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Kerry, Snowe Call on Administration to Fund Small Business Programs
Posted by alphalife under NewsFrom http://www.forbes.com 5964 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 9, 2008 8:24 pm
A peek at tomorrow's web customers
Posted by JohnH under NewsFrom http://www.pandia.com 5981 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 6, 2008 5:38 pm
Everyone who makes a living online needs to know what the web will be like in the future. Projecting from statistics showing current trends, researchers can make educated guesses, but you don't want to base your business decisions on nothing but statistics. I don't have a crystal ball, but I offer something even better: Have a look at the habits a
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Top 10 Obscure Google Search Tricks
Posted by louienews under TechnologyFrom http://lifehacker.com 5971 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 4, 2008 9:06 pm
Okay, so it may not exactly be a business tip, but considering how often I use Google in my business I thought I passs these extremely helpful tips along. My favorites are the currency converter and using the tilde to find related terms.
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Watch out for the 'evil twin' when using public Wi-Fi
Posted by Becky under TechnologyFrom http://www.usatoday.com 5984 days ago
Made Hot by: on December 30, 2007 11:32 pm
Few things expose your work to greater security risks than latching onto a public Wi-Fi service. Most people don't realize the risks, and even fewer have the ability to perform the geeky tasks that would fix it.
Computer criminals can "sniff" the traffic in a cafe, or set up a fake hot spot that you might innocently log into. When that happe Read More
Computer criminals can "sniff" the traffic in a cafe, or set up a fake hot spot that you might innocently log into. When that happe Read More
OpenOffice.org 2.3 Impresses
Posted by ArmadaIG under TechnologyFrom http://www.eweek.com 5988 days ago
Made Hot by: on December 30, 2007 9:34 pm
Review: OpenOffice.org 2.3 sports a nifty set of feature improvements, but the suite's sweetest features remain its low cost (free) and its strikingly broad platform support. The release of OpenOffice.org 2.3 brings several significant improvements to the open-source office productivity suite, including easier upgrade paths for existing Microsoft
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When New Marketing Fails: Who Wants a Meatball Sundae?
Posted by JohnH under NewsFrom http://blogs.bnet.com 5984 days ago
Made Hot by: on December 28, 2007 2:07 am
Seth Godin is at it again. In his new book, “Meatball Sundae: Is Your Marketing Out of Sync?” — available on December 27th — Seth Godin dissects the 14 trends marketers need to embrace to avoid eating meatball sundaes, which Godin explains as such: A meatball is a worthwhile commodity. They are things we need and sold to everyone. The sundae is th
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New Data Research Portal Offers Up Advocacy
Posted by suzyQ under ResourcesFrom http://www.smallbizresource.com 5988 days ago
Made Hot by: on December 24, 2007 3:23 am
There's a new neat little site you might want to bookmark.
One of the biggest small-business organizations has launched a new research portal that advocates and offers up support for today's SMB shops. The National Federation of Independent Business, whose mission is to promote and protect the right of businesses to operate and grow, just launc
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25 Percent Of Small Business Owners Are Out Of Their Minds
Posted by suzyQ under TechnologyFrom http://www.informationweek.com 5987 days ago
Made Hot by: steefen on December 18, 2007 4:49 am
According to a study conducted by AT&T, fully one-fourth of small business owners don't bother to concern themselves with the security of their business's data. Chances are you and your organization do business with SMBs. Which means that it's your information that is being left unprotected. That should make you angry. The results are really st
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Thrive in a Slowing Economy - Podcast
Posted by Becky under NewsFrom http://www.businessweek.com 5993 days ago
Made Hot by: on December 16, 2007 10:29 pm
How can small businesses not only survive, but thrive, in a slowing economy? Brad Sugars, chairman and CEO of business coaching firm ActionCOACH, gives specific ways to prepare for 2008.
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8 important consumer trends for 2008
Posted by Becky under NewsFrom http://trendwatching.com 5994 days ago
Made Hot by: on December 12, 2007 4:43 am
Here are eight trends to watch and capitalize on in the new year.
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