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I’ll tell you one of the most encouraging signs I saw in 2009: It was small-business owners in the streets, protesting.
I’m referring to business owners who rallied at sites around the country to oppose healthcare reform, in one case more than 100 of them gathering outside the Richmond, Va., offices of Virginia Senator Mark Warner.
The climate [...]
There is no denying that the internet changed the way business is done. Hell, the advent of the internet heralded the nouveaux information age. According to a recent IBISWorld report, many of the decade’s best-performing industries are a result of this new paradigm.
Case in point: VoIP is a fairly new industry, which, according to [...]
Came across an interesting article the other day; Should We Eliminate Our Vacation Policy? from Business Insider. Will the movement of companies ditching its vacation policies and tracking gain momentum?
It all started at movie rental giant, Netflix. In a publicly released HR presentation it shared the impetus behind the move; “An employee pointed out ‘we [...]
I’ve spoken to so many business owners and consultants this year about how to survive the downturn–how to save money, operate more cheaply, find free resources, start up on a shoestring. Everyone’s looking for anything that can help them hold on until the economy turns.
The hard times have inspired a lot of innovation. One of [...]
Bank loans have been hard to come by in the past two years, which has many small businesses looking for angel investors. In one sense, it’s an ideal market for angel investing–many sound business ideas, and even established businesses with orders in hand, can’t get a loan. Seems like a great opportunity for angels to [...]
2009 was a tough year for franchises. Will 2010 be any better? According to the International Franchise Association, the answer is yes… but not as much as it could be.
The IFA recently released the Franchise Business Economic Outlook for 2010, a report prepared for them by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, which predicts a year of slow, marginal [...]
Yesterday, we reported on positive trends that developed as the year wound down. Today, we look at the naysayers who forecast more gloom ahead in 2010. Which view contains the truth about what 2010 holds for small businesses? Only time will tell.
Among the recent pieces of distressing [...]
As 2009 wound to a close, there was a flush of positive news. But does it outweigh the negative news of the past year? Studies and analysis of the business year have been numerous. Today, we examine the good news for small businesses looking forward to 2010. Tomorrow, check back in for the storm clouds [...]
There’s been a lot of excitement about the marketing technique of crowdsourcing–getting fans and customers to create your marketing content free. But the crowd can easily turn into an angry mob–just ask Toyota, which had a recent crowdsourcing disaster.
If crowdsourcing can backfire even in the hands of experienced, major-company marketers, should small businesses go anywhere [...]
Why look at individual 2010 forecasts elsewhere when you can see a whole bunch of forecasts herded together and presented to you in one convenient blog, right here on the Daily Dose!
Because late December always brings with it a veritable hailstorm of forecasts, I’m organizing these by topic for easier digestion.
Trends and innovation: American Express [...]
