Monday, July 13, 2009

Business As UnUsual: Surviving the Great Recession

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By Steve Strauss Recently, I was chatting with my friend Rieva Lesonsky about what a challenge it is to own and run a small business in this...

FT: Self-made man who rescued Saatchi & Saatchi

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By Simon Kuper He conducted business meetings unshaven, tieless, smoking a cigar, with his stockinged feet on the table. Robert Louis-Dreyfu...
Sunday, July 12, 2009

Construction Week Online: US $1 Billion Water Project Brings Hope to Jordan

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A new US $1 billion (JOD709.4 million) project is being set up in Jordan to help alleviate a sewer water shortage in the country’s capital c...

Small Business Trends: YouTube: Where Customers Get The Last Word

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By Anita Campbell Professional musician Dave Carroll spent nine months trying to get compensation from United Airlines to fix his $3,500 Ta...

BusinessWeek: The Pros and Cons of Co-Branding

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By Steve McKee The moment Roger Penske announced his planned acquisition of the Saturn brand from GM, Saturn dealerships around the country ...

BusinessWeek: The Anatomy of an Entrepreneur

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By Nick Leiber When Ken Rapp was 16 years old, his mom died of malignant melanoma. Her death made him wonder why, with all the advances in s...

The Entrepreneurial Mind: Young Entrepreneurs Award Nominations Open

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By Jeff Cornwall Business Week is taking nominations for their annual America's Best Young Entrepreneurs roundup through Aug. 16. If you...

London South East: Jordan central bank says is running Capital Bank

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By Suleiman al-Khalidi AMMAN, July 10 (Reuters) - Jordan's central bank has taken over the management of Capital Bank after disputes wit...

Inc.: Seniors Starting Most Businesses

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By Keaton Gray An increasing amount of older Americans are staring their own businesses, reveals a recent survey by the Bureau of Labor Stat...

Inc.: A Father's Cause Aids Disabled Entrepreneurs

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By Meredith Maines Peter Schoemann, a practicing lawyer in Orlando, often works late nights, early mornings and weekends, but he's not j...

Entrepreneur: Cultivate Your Online Reputation

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By Jennifer Wang If you haven't been paying attention to your online reviews, it's probably time to start. This morning, RatePoint, ...

Mixergy: Don’t Be Bullied By Your Board And Other Lessons From A Funded Startup. – With Brandon Watson

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By Andrew Warner Have you noticed how some entrepreneurs look at getting funding as the ultimate sign of success? Not only is funding not th...

Small Biz Bee: 5 Reasons Why Your Email Marketing Is Not Working

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As Smallbizbee.com has grown over the past 10 months, so has the number of emails in my inbox. A good number of those emails are forms of ma...

Entrepreneur: Seven common errors when writing a business plan

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By Adam Toren Compiling a formal business plan can be a daunting task for an entrepreneur. The reality, of course, is that these documents a...

MArketing Profs Daily Fix: Guest Post: A Brand's Largest Social Media Obstacle

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By Samir Balwani Would you believe me if I told you that most of the time the reason a social media campaign fails is because of a single ob...