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• Oprah's Favorite "Favorite Thing"

  To motivate your employees, try channeling the media mogul and communicate how much you appreciate them Read More... Posted Friday, December 14, 2007 4:43 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: Entrepreneurs, Small Business

• For Customers, Holiday Cards or Gifts?

  It's fine to send cards for your first holiday campaign. The key is to personalize them and align the message with your company's vision Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 12, 2007 4:33 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: Entrepreneurs, Small Business, VPRT

• When Pickles Are Your Life's Calling

  When Rick Field changed careers from TV producer to pickle maker, he found the two fields have lots in common—except in business, it's never a wra Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 12, 2007 1:08 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: VIA, Food Services, WFMI, Entrepreneurs, Small Business

• How to Break into the Export Business

  To get a clothing manufacturer to let you sell its merchandise overseas, emphasize your experience and the benefits to both of you Read More... Posted Monday, December 10, 2007 3:41 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: Entrepreneurs, Small Business

• Beware the Advertising Pretest

  Some of the most successful campaigns flunked out in pretesting, which still can't predict well how ads will be received in the real world Read More... Posted Friday, December 07, 2007 4:57 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GM, Entrepreneurs, Small Business, VOWG

• The Napkin Test

  Why it's time to replace your company's bulky mission statement with a vision concise enough to fit on the back of a napkin Read More... Posted Friday, December 07, 2007 4:29 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Management, MSFT, CSCO, SBUX, Entrepreneurs, Small Business, Career & Work, KAHL

• Businesses Reconsider the Holiday Handout

  Two surveys find fewer small-business owners plan to offer gifts and parties this season. Another finding: employees prefer cold, hard cash Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 4:00 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: Entrepreneurs, AXP, Small Business

• PotBelly Sandwich Hungers for Growth

  The private, Chicago-based snack purveyor will have 195 outlets by yearend. But can it keep expanding without losing that quirky, homemade feel? Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 3:48 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: WMT, SBUX, WFMI, Entrepreneurs, Small Business, ODP, SYNDF

• What to Do When a Customer Complains

  An attorney representing a New York City dry cleaner suing a customer for defamation offers advice on responding to client complaints Read More... Posted Monday, December 03, 2007 3:54 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: Entrepreneurs, Small Business

• How to Write a Winning Business Plan

  The founder of 18-employee Seahorse Power details the process behind the company's award-winning business plan—and uses an annotated version of it Read More... Posted Monday, December 03, 2007 3:30 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: Entrepreneurs, Small Business

• That Crucial First Year

  Your new business needn't be one of the countless ventures that don't make it to year two. Veteran entrepreneur Barry Thomsen offers tips Read More... Posted Friday, November 30, 2007 3:51 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Entrepreneurs, Small Business, AVP

• Learning from Student Businesses

  For some undergraduates, the first taste of running a business happens right on campus Read More... Posted Thursday, November 29, 2007 12:36 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: Business Schools, Education, Entrepreneurs, Small Business

• Networking Knowhow Spells Financing

  Here are six of my favorite ways to build relationships, including the "drive-by schmooze" where you give yourself 30 minutes to mingle Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 5:06 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: INTC, Entrepreneurs, Small Business

• Yearend Business Checkup, Part II

  You've taken your company's temperature. Now it's time to meet with your accountant or CFO to discuss these important tax-planning issues Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 4:52 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: Entrepreneurs, Small Business

• Yearend Business Checkup, Part I

  It's time to raise your nose from the grindstone and take an overall view of your business' health. Here's what you need to examine to get a good diagnosi Read More... Posted Monday, November 26, 2007 4:43 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: HIG, Entrepreneurs, Small Business