August 6, 2010
Mark L. Ricciardelli is co-founder, president, and chief executive of Asterisk Financial Group in Middletown, Conn. The company, in partnership with Wesco Insurance, ...
August 3, 2010
It's a tricky transition to go from mom-and-pop retailer to branded franchise operation—one that requires costly professional help.It certainly helps to have ...
July 27, 2010
I have a successful, small, nutritional-marketing company. My sales manager has located and researched a new product manufactured in the Pacific Rim that he thinks we ...
July 23, 2010
I'm a student doing research on entrepreneurship. I recently came across this sentence: "Entrepreneurs are born, not made." What is your opinion on this? —M.B., ...
July 20, 2010
In developing an alternate-fuels engine, I came across a transportation and fuels consultant who says he can help me raise the capital to prove my design. He proposed ...
July 16, 2010
Some small businesses shut their doors—or mentally check out—during the summer. But companies that do so will leave new business on the table, says Tom ...
July 13, 2010
Since the U.S. health-care overhaul became law in March, small business owners have wondered how it will affect them. A new website, sponsored by the U.S. Department ...
July 9, 2010
I'm looking for a Web designer but don't know what criteria I should use to evaluate candidates. Can you offer some advice? —M.E., Henderson, Nev. The relatively...
July 6, 2010
Anne Graham has been brainstorming strategies to help her clients get past recession and into recovery. Graham is managing director of the Legendary Value Institute, ...
July 2, 2010
In 2005, when she launched Make Mine a Million $ Business, Nell Merlino set an ambitious goal: getting 1 million women-owned companies to $1 million in annual revenue ...
June 29, 2010
My engineering firm is exploring construction business in Nigeria. Where can we find local law firms that are familiar with setting up entities for American companies ...
June 25, 2010
Amy H. Handlin has a unique perspective as both a marketing professor and a New Jersey state assemblywoman. In her three terms in state office, Handlin has seen small ...
June 22, 2010
In her role as a volunteer with the 1M/1M project, Irina Patterson has counseled dozens of would-be entrepreneurs and talked to angel investors around the country. The...
June 18, 2010
John Strathy's company, Idea Entity, hopes to capitalize on its 8(a) federal certification as a small, disadvantaged business to sell online training software to the ...
June 15, 2010
Marty Anderson, a business lecturer at Babson College, devoted the first part of his career to corporate turnarounds and supply chain management. In the course of his ...
June 8, 2010
Entrepreneurs are spending too much time on online social media and have unrealistic expectations about results, says Ivan Misner, founder and chairman of business ...
June 1, 2010
I'm a home-based jewelry designer who submitted a ring design to HSN (HSNI). They were pleased with the design and want more quantity. How do I find—and work ...
May 28, 2010
In his new book, The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves, Matt Ridley, a British science journalist (and formerly a director of Northern Rock), argues against ...
May 25, 2010
The $18 billion jobs bill signed by President Barack Obama on Mar. 18 represents "the democratization of tax credits," says Brandon Edwards, president of Los ...
May 21, 2010
My husband and I own a small environmental consulting startup. Because our company cannot yet afford to pay him, he works in construction and has recently been ...
May 18, 2010
(This story has been changed to correct the spelling of Ken Keegans) Jeff Hunter, 48, of Troy, Ohio, grew up in a family business, waiting on customers and sharpening ...
May 14, 2010
I'm producing an event that appeals to age 35-plus audiences. While Facebook invites are nice and press through alternative media is necessary, I'm wondering if you ...
May 11, 2010
Every business owner wants to cultivate a loyal customer base and avoid toxic relationships. But B.J. Bueno, founder and managing partner of The Cult Branding Company ...
May 7, 2010
With a new bride and a startup company, 33-year-old Ted Sullivan has little free time. And yet he spends a good part of his week coaching Little League. "I've got a ...
May 4, 2010
Walking around the office, laboratory, and workshop at Keck-Craig in Pasadena, Calif., is something like touring a strange mechanical museum. Quirky ...
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