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Have You Ever Taken a Bet the Farm Risk? submitted by VikaQ 11 hours ago (via feeds.feedburner.com) Have you ever taken a “bet the farm” risk in your business?I’m asking this question as part of an ongoing series in our Success Center — looking for thoughtful, introspective answers that will help other entrepreneurs.So I posed this question to 6 entrepreneurs and experienced businesspeople. Here are their responses:“We take calculated risks,” says [...]   0 Comments - More Info - Bury   Topic: Business & Money

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What I Like about Airplanes submitted by Sophia1988 20 minutes ago (via feeds.b5media.com) It’s the ultimate 30,000 view reality. I look out the window and notice that perception isn’t always reality. I wonder whether the folks in the dark parts of town realize that the sun is shining a few neighborhoods over. Do you suppose the folks in the sunlit neighborhoods think about the parts of town that [...]   0 Comments - More Info - Bury   Topic: Business & Money

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What Disaster Recovery Plan? submitted by VikaQ 462 days ago (via feeds.feedburner.com) Do you have a disaster recovery plan for your business? Uh huh. You’re probably just like 71% of small business owners — you don’t have one. It might seem intimidating to put one together. I remember working on the mother of all disaster recovery plans in my corporate days. It felt like [...]   0 Comments - More Info - Bury   Topic: Business & Money

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Small Business Bears A Bigger Share of Liability Costs submitted by VikaQ 462 days ago (via feeds.feedburner.com) A study released just last week by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform found that small businesses bear a disproportionate burden of tort liability costs. This is the second study (I reported on an earlier study two years ago). This study evaluated small businesses with less than $10 million in annual revenues [...]   0 Comments - More Info - Bury   Topic: Business & Money

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Bluetooth — Now It Is In Our Cars submitted by VikaQ 462 days ago (via feeds.feedburner.com) Bluetooth is blessed and cursed by an unusual, even bizarre name. Blessed because the name is memorable. Cursed because it makes the technology behind it seem unnecessarily mysterious and intimidating. But it really is not all that mysterious. Bluetooth creates a personal wireless cloud around you. [...]   0 Comments - More Info - Bury   Topic: Business & Money

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Mood Among Small Business Owners is Less Optimistic submitted by VikaQ 462 days ago (via feeds.feedburner.com) Economists tell us that the past five years have been a glowing time for the U.S. economy, with a robust expansion. However, being in year six of an economic expansion, you can’t help but wonder, “Just how long can it last?” The NFIB’s Small Business Optimism Index for April 2007 shows that small business [...]   0 Comments - More Info - Bury   Topic: Business & Money

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Small Businesses Are Not Affected by the Stock Market submitted by VikaQ 462 days ago (via feeds.feedburner.com) The April 2007 Discover Small Business Watch, a survey of small businesses with five or fewer employees, found that the gyrations of the stock market have little to do with the day-to-day running of a small business. That’s what the majority of small business owners say. Sixty-eight percent (68%) of those in the [...]   0 Comments - More Info - Bury   Topic: Business & Money

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Practical Tips for Spotting Trends submitted by VikaQ 462 days ago (via feeds.feedburner.com) There are a lot of trend spotting sites out there, but many are focused on short term fads. So what about trends that a small business can take advantage of ? How do you spot trends early enough to identify that next big product line, stay ahead of competitors, or anticipate your customers’ [...]   0 Comments - More Info - Bury   Topic: Business & Money

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Founding Entrepreneurs: To Thine Own Self be True submitted by VikaQ 462 days ago (via feeds.feedburner.com) Ever since last winter JetBlue airlines has taken a beating. The company suffered through some painfully public operational issues that resulted in cancelling 1700 flights because of two winter storms. One well-publicized instance involved a passenger-packed plane stranded on the runway for 11 hours. So last week David Neeleman, JetBlue’s founder and CEO, [...]   0 Comments - More Info - Bury   Topic: Business & Money

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Finding Happiness as a Baby Boomer Entrepreneur submitted by VikaQ 462 days ago (via feeds.feedburner.com) Not long ago I had the opportunity to appear on Lime Radio’s “Be Happy Dammit!” radio program on Sirius. We talked about the trend in Baby Boomers starting businesses — and how it is the path to fulfillment and happiness for some. Most entrepreneurs will tell you, it’s not about how many [...]   0 Comments - More Info - Bury   Topic: Business & Money