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6 Tips for becoming a successful entrepreneur
entrepreneurship.doodig.com via @preampree &bull Feb 27, 2010The best at least for the average person to have an entrepreneurial spirit and develop their existing ideas, no matter what they are. I discovered something of entrepreneurship, the activity that I do now, only a stone steppng to an… Full Story »
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Inkling Corporate Blog
blog.inklingmarkets.com via @hkrnws &bull Feb 24, 2010Inkling Corporate Blog - Business Intelligence Using Prediction Markets: 500 Benjamins or Bust, a last attempt to save a small business Full Story »
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How to Minimize the Pain of Filing Small Business Taxes
Small Biz Trends &bull Feb 24, 2010
Small business owners complain a lot about taxes. But the issue is typically about all of the filing requirements - all the things you have to do that give you major heartburn. There are so many tax related activities required for small business that the IRS publishes a small business tax calendar every year. It's a really useful tool that is normally… Full Story »
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SunTrust Wins Nine Greenwich Excellence Awards for Outstanding Service in Small Business and Middle Market Banking
finance.yahoo.com via @Derekmeyer86 &bull Feb 24, 2010SunTrust Wins Nine Greenwich Excellence Awards for Outstanding Service in Small Business and Middle Market Banking - Yahoo! Finance Full Story »
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Small Business Credit Report
The Entrepreneurial Mind &bull Feb 23, 2010
Denny Dennis, senior fellow with the NFIB Research Foundation, let me know a while back that he was working on a new small business survey looking at the impact of the recession on credit. The NFIB released the report "Small Business… Full Story »
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The Long Term Unemployed
Small Business Labs &bull Feb 22, 2010
The authors of Small Business Labs are Steve King, Carolyn Ockels and Anthony Townsend. Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and research affiliates at the Institute for the Future. Anthony is a Research Director at the Institute for… Full Story »
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Accounting for Start-ups
Inc.com &bull Feb 22, 2010
How to do start-up accounting. "Using large company financial tools to measure start-up progress is like giving the SAT to a first grader," writes Steve Blank. "It may measure something in the future but can only result in frustration and confusion now." Blank says that although balance sheets and cash flow statements matter to established companies, start-ups, which he defines as companies in search of a business model, have no use for them. Blank suggests a number of other start-up metrics are useful for tracking how… Full Story »
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The Small Business Outlook for 2010
www.incisive-edge.com via @incisiveedge &bull Feb 20, 2010Further support forsmall businessesbut other budget announcements suggest demand will remain weak. Full Story »
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Read "Found Money" and Improve Your Business and Your Life
Small Biz Trends &bull Feb 20, 2010
If someone had told me that I would be THIS excited about finance and accounting book, I would have probably let out a big fat raspberry sound. I barely tolerated my finance and accounting courses through college and business school. And I looked forward to financial review meetings about as much as you might look forward to a root canal. By now, you get the picture. Finance and accounting don't rank as one of my favorite topics. So why am I… Full Story »
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Starting a business from home? Here's 13 things to remember.
the247entrepreneur.com via @MoneyMagnet22 &bull Feb 19, 2010One of the hardest parts of starting a home business, is deciding where to start. In order to assist you in becoming a full time home business owner, I created this list of tips on starting a business from home.… Full Story »
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How to Track Your Company's Critical Numbers
Inc.com &bull Feb 19, 2010
Business owners have a tendency to rely heavily on their accountants when it comes to tracking their company's critical numbers. Having a strong relationship with a reliable CPA is certainly a must for any business, but you can never forget as a business owner that responsibility for the financial health of your company rests ultimately with you and you alone. If you're someone who is a bit intimidated by accounting, just stay with us-we wrote this guide with you in mind.The simple truth is that you don't need an MBA or an in-depth understanding of double-entry accounting to know which… Full Story »
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Death by 1,000 Cuts
Entrepreneur.com &bull Feb 19, 2010
Frankly, for today's small-business owner, the risk-reward ratio sucks. Historically the United States prospered as a laissez-faire, business-friendly country, where entrepreneurs were relatively unencumbered by federal, state and local statutes. Now the complexity and risk of running a small business is rising exponentially thanks to increased regulation (which means more paperwork). Simply put, it's hard to operate your business when you're busy… Full Story »
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Another View of Small Business Owners' Thinking
The Entrepreneurial Mind &bull Feb 18, 2010
Forbes has just released a survey of small business owners that offers some interesting insights. "Small Business Outlook 2010" is a study issued by Forbes Insights , in association with CIT (the full study is available free on-line, but you do need to register to see it). Here are highlights… Full Story »
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Budgeting and Tax Advice for the Self-Employed
BusinessWeek.com Small Business News &bull Feb 17, 2010
Are you working on a startup concept now or hoping to be self-employed at some point in the near future? There are a number of strategies you can embrace now that will improve your chances of success later, says Jim Sharvin, a CPA who focuses his Torrance (Calif.)-based accounting practice on small business owners and the self-employed. He says he cringes when he sees the many pitfalls that entrepreneurs could easily avoidif only they knew how. Here are a few of his startup… Full Story »
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Choose Your Credit Card Wisely
Entrepreneur.com &bull Feb 16, 2010
In fact, credit cards were the most popular spending method reported by participants in a 2009 Small Business Administration business credit card survey, with 59 percent of small businesses choosing plastic. But, 79 percent of respondents said the terms of their credit card got worse over the past 12 months. Plastic isn't a magic pill for business cash flow needs, but it… Full Story »
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Chicago News Cooperative: A Small Business Finds a Catch in Federal Aid
Small Business News on NYT &bull Feb 14, 2010
When Barbara Wright learned last year of a federal program to aid struggling small businesses like her South Side uniform company, she jumped at the chance to apply for the Small Business Administration loan. I thought I could use the loan to help my cash flow, the soft-spoken Ms. Wright said as she pointed toward racks of uniforms at The Wright Fit, her store at 1805 West 95th… Full Story »
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Health Care Forecast
Small Business Online Community &bull Feb 12, 2010
Why 2010 will likely bring higher costs for your small business and what you can do about it By Reed Richardson While Congress and the White House are still struggling to craft a health care insurance reform bill that, if it passes, will mostly take effect in 2011 or later, many small business owners may wonder where health care costs are headed in the short term. The answer, perhaps unsurprisingly, is up, but not quite as much as in years past. Nevertheless, entrepreneurs may find that the expected rise in premiums forces them into some tough decisions about whether or… Full Story »
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Corporate Office Properties Trust finishes up for 2009 despite dip in 4Q
Biz Journals &bull Feb 11, 2010
Corporate Office Properties Trust reported a 10 percent drop in funds from operations for the final three months of 2009 as the Columbia developer saw its occupancy rate slip nearly 3 percent compared to a year earlier. (OFC) Full Story »
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Conversations: Fire Your Relatives. Scare Your Employees. And Stop Whining.
Small Business News on NYT &bull Feb 10, 2010
An adviser to small businesses offers hard-edged solutions to problems faced by most entrepreneurs. Full Story »
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Celera shareholder wants royalty spun out
Biz Journals &bull Feb 10, 2010
An activist Celera Corp. shareholder wants the medical diagnostics company to "decouple" its royalty interest in a late-stage Merck & Co. osteoporosis drug. (CRA) Full Story »
