On April 25, 2010

Dealing With the Cloud’s Dearth of SLAs

Headlines tell us that Internet-based threats are becoming increasingly malicious, damaging and sophisticated. These reports come just as more companies are adopting cloud practices and placing mission-critical data into cloud hosts, both public and private. Cloud skeptics


On April 24, 2010

Small Business – Why Not BIG Business?

When it comes to competition, there are definitely a few tricks and tactics a small business can employ to look big. Why would you want to do that?  Size tends to instill confidence in consumers;…


On April 24, 2010

Johnny’s Copyblogger Wrap-Up: Week of April 19, 2010

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If you read Copyblogger and dream of striking out on your own, you need to know that independent business isn’t always good. Bad things do happen.

For instance, I’m writing this in a bookstore cafe. Two tables down from…


On April 24, 2010

How to Make Your First Advertising Buy

Buying advertising marks a grown-up moment in the development of a small company's brand. On the one hand, if you're buying ads, you're certainly making a bid to enter the big time. On the other hand, first-time advertisers are at…


On April 23, 2010

Purchaser Offer with contigencies for a Tavern

I have been working with a business broker to find a Tavern. I am now at the point where I am ready to make a formal offer. The brokerage company has prepared the document with the contingencies in an addendum…


On April 23, 2010

Purchaser Offer with contigencies for a Tavern

I have been working with a business broker to find a Tavern. I am now at the point where I am ready to make a formal offer. The brokerage company has prepared the document with the contingencies in an addendum…