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Does your LinkedIn profile make it look like you're hiding something? Five quick, essential updates. Read More
If you regularly travel and make presentations connected with your small business, you may be acquainted with this challenge. Suppose the location where you are presenting isn't equipped with the latest in tech making a video or PowerPoint presentation difficult or impossible. Now you can carry you Read More
Here's a roundup of tactics and strategies to help your small business thrive not only on Black Friday but on Small Business Strategy as well. Take a look at the some of the news, suggestions and resources offered. Can they be applied to your small business? Read More
What are small businesses up to over the Thanksgiving weekend and moving into the Holiday season, and how can you boost your small business's Holiday performance this year? You've come to the right place with this special SMB Thanksgiving roundup. Be sure to save room to digest these awesome small Read More
Is small business important to the economic recovery? Few small business owners have any doubt. But what about the experts? We've heard plenty of question raised in recent months about whether small business is really the key to recovering from recession. No longer! Chairman of the Federal Reserve Read More
Organizers of the grass roots Occupy Wall Street movement may claim they are acting on behalf of 99 percent of the American public, but small business owners, many of whom also fit into this category, are beginning to complain that they are being hurt by the movement too. Protests have disturbed ma Read More
Why is it that some employees blindly follow the most meager parameters for providing customer service, while others go the extra mile with seemingly no skin off their noses? Lehigh Valley opinion and news blogger Shakur Pfist recounts one interesting customer service story amid minor ranting and raving, illustrating what it takes to provide exceptional customer service in small business.. Read More
Health care reform may help some older workers overcome obstacles to getting hired. By reducing health care costs for some businesses, employers may find older, more experienced workers a better fit, however it seems uncertain how reform will affect small businesses. Promising information about the current health care reform proposal in relation t Read More
The popular belief may be that most inexpensive manufacturing is now in China, but this BusinessWeek article looks at the options for using U.S. manufacturers for your product idea. The U.S. manufacturing base remains strong and something to consider before planning to ship your business overseas. You may be surprised at the manufacturing services Read More
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Jenny Bhatt @jenny_bhatt Engineers New Business Opportunities

Though trained as a manufacturing engineer with a long and distinguished career in Corporate America, Jenny Bhatt found … More
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