It looks like Canadian small business owners believe they're back on solid footing once again in terms of their firms and the economy.  After a slight dip in April, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business's Business Barometer shows that business…

Zipcar, the car-sharing club for city dwellers, filed for a $75 million initial public offering on Tuesday. (Read the filing here.)

The 11-year-old company should present an interesting test for an IPO market that is showing signs…

If you picked up a copy of this week's magazine, I hope you caught our story and Michael Porter's commentary about doing business in the inner city. The two pieces were pegged to this year's Inner City…

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We continue our podcast series with exit planning expert and author, John Warrillow whose book Built to Sell, outlines the eight steps he says are critical to creating a sellable business. In previous podcasts with John, we discussed the importance…

Why it pays to be honest about your company's failures. In their latest ad campaign, Domino's pizza took a big gamble when they publicly admitted something that a lot of people already knew. Namely, that their pizza wasn't very good.…

With the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, the U.S. Small Business Administration and Agility Recovery Solutions are a launching a new website to help small businesses to develop an emergency preparedness plan.

"Regardless of where you live, it's a…

We've been hearing some good things that affect the economy lately. Most people seem to think we're in a full recovery, gas prices are down, and more Americans travelled this Memorial Day weekend than have travelled in the past few…

Thanks fo introducing me to Square! I've signed up and can't wait to get my little device for accepting credit cards on the go.

Jerrell made a good point in the other threa though; expressing a…

Okay, no one LIKES taxes, but which is the worst?