Category: Small Business News
Your Virtual Office: its anywhere you want it to be!
Monday, October 12th, 2009 at 2:21 PM EST
Laura Petrecca at USAToday had a great story today about how many small businesses can set up their office anywhere they want. Much depends on what your business is but the idea is all the same: with todays technology entrepreneurs, sole proprietors and other small business owners can work from home or from where ever [...]
The Bright Side of Entrepreneurship
Saturday, October 10th, 2009 at 10:23 PM EST
I just read this blog post by Jay Goltz in the NYT online small business section. This is a simple write-up about such a basic principal in business (perhaps especially small business): how important it is to hire good people, and more important, to take care of them! the conclusion is in the header of [...]
It Could Not Be Done (or: Just Do It!)
Thursday, September 17th, 2009 at 5:36 PM EST
It Couldn’t Be Done Edgar Guest Somebody said that it couldn’t be done, But, he with a chuckle replied That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. [...]
From the NY Times: Is Starting a Business Brave, Smart, Stupid or Nuts?
Sunday, September 13th, 2009 at 7:44 PM EST
I read an interesting article in the NY Times Small Business section today. The story was written by a Chicago based entrepreneur Jay Goltz and I would take two basic principals from it: 1) If you want to start a business, consider who you ask whether it is the right move or not and 2) [...]
‘necessity’ entrepreneurship Vs. ‘opportunity’ entrepreneurship
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 at 11:57 PM EST
The New York Times Small Business section today had a very interesting story about entrepreneurship and how the economic downturn creates new entreprenuers. This is not new and in this blog we also addressed this in the past. The story, by Mickey Meece, quotes from the Kaufman Foundation: “Others among the unemployed are taking the [...]
Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter – which one?
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 at 11:14 PM EST
This short post is intended for our customers who are still not so sure what to do with Facebook or Twitter and the rest of these social networks (or in our context, business networking and marketing tools). I read two interesting reports today, both on Techcrunch. The first indicated that Facebook actually grew twice as [...]
FUD Operations NOT FUD Marketing
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 at 6:24 PM EST
I regularly read the Warrilow newsletters and I also referred to it in the past. I recommend to all as a good read for small business owners although their service is really for larger companies serving small businesses. Yesterday they wrote about how small businesses avoid FUD marketing tactics. FUD = Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. [...]
Toll Free Tips: It is ok to start your small business by accident
Thursday, June 18th, 2009 at 11:15 PM EST
Just started a business “on the side” or as a hobby and not sure where it is heading or whether you should continue? Continue! Your passion is certainly there. It may just grow into your main source of income or your life long dream business! Warrillow & Co. published interesting data in their latest newsletter. [...]
Freelance Jobs
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 at 10:56 PM EST
I would like to point out a good article in todays Wall Street Journal titled: “Negotiating the Freelance Economy” by Sarah Needleman. A good write up about how freelance work, is picking up especially in light of the economy. According to the article there has been a reported increase of 35% and 105% in freelance [...]
Getting the right phone number is also branding
Monday, March 23rd, 2009 at 11:21 PM EST
This blog is not really about offering general advice to small business owners or new start ups / entrepreneurs. However, we try to focus on what is relevant to Phone.com and to our community. Today we want to point to this New York Times online article in its Small Business Section. The article: “The Importance [...]