On March 14, 2011

Twitter’s Founding Moment

Hard to believe, but Twitter is already five years old. To commemorate the occassion, the site's creator and Twitter's former CEO, Jack Dorsey has been retelling the company's founding story (through his Twitter page, natch). Here's <a href="http://jacks.tumblr.com/post/3840683207/im-with-biz-about-starting-work-on-twttr-march-13th"…


On March 14, 2011

Small Biz Resource Tips: mybrainshark

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Your Web marketing guy tells you to do it. Your competitors are doing it. Your employees are requesting it. If you’re not doing online video presentations, you’re missing out on a great learning and sales tool. With mybrainshark, small…


On March 14, 2011

How to Evaluate a Joint Venture

Big companies enter into joint ventures—new business entities created through business agreements—all the time. In fact, many large companies now rely on partnering up with other companies, especially smaller ones, as a way to innovate by outsourcing their research and…


On March 14, 2011

The Perils of Expansion

It's a quandary that every successful restaurateur faces: Do you stay fiercely loyal to your original location, a la chef Gabrielle Hamilton and Prune, the much-loved NYC restaurant she's been running since 1999? Or do you go the way of…