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At some point in time we have all attended a not so productive meeting. We even wonder why we were asked to attend. I offer 18 tips for the meeting chair and participants on how to make meetings more effective.
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Actually, says the multi-millionaire founder of Maxim and other lad mags, you probably shouldn’t even try. His book, How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets, newly published in America, mostly skips the braggadocio and platitudes typical of self-made-millionaire memoirs.
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With tax season behind us, a recession looming and gas at an all-time high, is there anything that business can look forward to?
You bet there is: It is tax rebate time!
And if you're smart, your small business will have a plan in place before those checks are ever cut to help consumers spend their stimulus payment with you.
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Artisans, historically defined as skilled craftsmen who fashioned goods by hand, will re-emerge as an influential force in the coming decade. These next-gen artisans will craft their goods and shape the economy – through upswings and downturns – with an effect reaching far beyond their neighborhoods, or even their nations.
That's one of the c
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From the page: "Whether you're working or not, you have projects to take care of. Some are large, some are small. But the common theme about any project is that you want to do it right and in the most efficient manner. Here's help. SmartDraw Software offers this helpful list, created by project management specialists, to help you get your proje
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Many small business owners don’t offer retirement plans, wary of the costs. But they can be worthwhile investments that help attract and retain employees, while offering tax benefits for companies.
Fees have come down in recent years, the result of increased competition among retirement plan management companies. Business owners should also kee
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Video showing a cool example of how creative ideas work online.
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Do we really need another post about how great Apple's marketing is? Absolutely! I thought this was a great summary. There are a lot of things small businesses can learn from Apple's success, and most of them easily translate from the corporate world to the small business world. The strategies that set Apple apart from its competitors are strate
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