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In this day and age, travel has become increasingly necessary for business, even with the advent of video chatting and text messaging. Along with this expansion of travel comes an expansion of services and products designed to help the traveler in their journeys. Let’s take a look at some smart bus Read More

With over half of the states having a higher minimum wage than the federal minimum, it may feel like small businesses are being squeezed.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, two-thirds of minimum wage earners are in the service industries, a full 44 percent in food service. Two-thirds are p Read More

Every business leader has blind spots which limit their effectiveness and success, but due to ego, over-confidence, or deferential subordinates, many live totally in the dark. Some are smart and humble enough to assume that they don’t know what they don’t know, but lack an effective process for shi Read More

Hipsters? That’s so 2010!
It turns out, if your company has been marketing to hipsters — in all their bearded, horned rim-spectacled, ironic glory — you’re missing out on a whole demographic. And one with seemingly more disposable income.
They’re called “yuccies” and it’s short for Young Urban Cr Read More

Putting together a killer board is at the top of every founder’s to-do list. But how do you convince top executives to join? Which incentives work best to attract the leaders you need? To find out, we asked nine successful entrepreneurs the following:
“What should I consider offering executives to Read More

As the world’s largest social media platform, Facebook can be an integral part of your customer communication strategy. This week, the platform added a few new features that could impact the way your business uses it to connect with people in the future.
The expansion of Facebook Place Tips could Read More

Social media site Twitter may be known for its 140 character limit, but the company has recently announced that Direct Messages will no longer be subjected to that restriction.
Twitter plans to remove the 140 character limit on Direct Messages sometime in July but gave no specific date for the cha Read More

By virtue of the fact that I am, by nature, a quiet and private person, I will freely acknowledge that when it comes to networking, I am not the best at it, although I do make an effort!
“The Complete Guide to Professional Networking: The Secrets of Online and Offline Success” by Simon Phillips (@ Read More

Acquisitions of regional newspapers by bigger and bigger media companies is the norm these days. So the idea of a small community newspaper still being a small business may seem like a thing of the past.
But not if you travel to Cooperstown, New York. Read More

When it comes to financial decisions, like whether you should invest in Gold and Silver, it seems millions of people let Mr. Market tell them how to feel and what to do—despite the obvious fact that, from time to time, he plays around quite a lot. Read More