Structuring Your Company

The credit crunch is killing small businesses. If we're serious about creating jobs, we need to get serious about solving this problem.

Some stores say they'll open at midnight the day after Thanksgiving. Should small retailers consider extending their hours, too?

Windows 7 could have - frankly should have had - a good run too

No matter how much you invest in social media, all roads still lead to a single marketing destination: Your company's website.

Lucas Sommer was a struggling music engineer when he decided to take on a day job to pay the bills. But when opportunity knocked, he didn't hesitate to answer.

Think you're ready to be a franchisor? Make sure you're prepared to overcome these common hurdles to growth.

The New Yorker says “Big Is Beautiful” and small businesses have been overhyped. But like other critics of small businesses, they’re missing the point.

When a small business needs to hire salespeople, manufacturers' reps can be an affordable, effective alternative to an in-house sales team.

Small business owners like to think of their employees as one big, happy family. Here's why that's a mistake -- and why it sets the stage for all kinds of bad behavior.

An inch of water in the wrong place, at the wrong time, is enough to bankrupt a small business. Why take that chance?

A gloomy consumer outlook is bad news for many small retailers -- although some will benefit simply because people want a break from the endless economic gloom.

More businesses today are embarking on a revolution -- in the minds of customers, employees, and communities. Here's why you should be a part of it.

It's natural to cut your best employees some slack when they make a mistake. Just make sure that "slack" doesn't turn into a noose around your own neck.

Do startup success stories like Groupon make you feel inadequate? Don't -- this type of explosive growth is far more of a curse than a blessing.

Almost any business -- no matter how small -- needs to have certain permits to operate legally. Here are the 10 types of permits you're most likely to encounter.

There is substantial evidence to indicate a direct correlation between continuing education and consistently high achievement.

When dealing with business collaboration, sharing, and communications, you can boost usage and productivity by standardizing on as few platforms as possible.

Here's how to get 1,000 free sales leads for helping us beta test a new Hoovers plugin for Quickbooks that lets you build sales-lead lists.

Worried that nobody will read what you write? John Jantsch says it doesn't matter -- blogging offers more business benefits than just an adoring audience.