On February 23, 2011

5 Atypical Employee Benefits

A common trend among the 2010 winners of the Top Small Company Workplaces was to offer employee benefits outside of the typical package offerings. On such offering is providing time off to…

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On February 23, 2011

Small Businesses Optimistic About Growth

The majority (65%) of accounting professionals and more than half (54%) of small business owners said their companies grew in the last 12 months, according to a new survey from Intuit.

Despite this growth, 75 percent of accounting professionals…

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On February 23, 2011

Is Motown’s Renaissance an Illusion? No Sirree

Harvard economist Edward Glaeser thinks Detroit is damaged forever. But the city and its signature industry still has some unexpected innovation under the hood.

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On February 23, 2011

Abbott Pays Bloggers For Positive Reviews of Its Similac App

There are two conflicts of interest going on in this marketing campaign: The legalized bribery of bloggers and Abbott's interest in seeing as little breastfeeding as possible.

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On February 23, 2011

You Know, Artifically Flavored, Cellulose Gummed “Food” Really Isn’t “Just Like Homemade”

Aunt Jemima has become the food latest brand to insist that its products are "just like homemade" when in fact they're not even remotely close.

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On February 23, 2011

HOW TO: Change Your Business Model From Paid to Freemium

Umberto Milletti is the CEO of InsideView, the social CRM application which brings comprehensive sales intelligence gained from social media and traditional sources directly into any CRM platform…

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On February 23, 2011

HOW TO: Change Your Business Model From Paid to Freemium

Umberto Milletti is the CEO of InsideView, the social CRM application which brings comprehensive sales intelligence gained from social media and traditional sources directly into any CRM platform…

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On February 23, 2011

A Female Spin on Starting a Business

Normally I don’t focus on male- or female-specific entrepreneurial challenges, but having received two books by women entrepreneurs in the last few weeks, I thought it was a good time to review this topic.

Entrepreneur Susan T. Spencer grew her first…

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On February 23, 2011

A Female Spin on Starting a Business

Normally I don’t focus on male- or female-specific entrepreneurial challenges, but having received two books by women entrepreneurs in the last few weeks, I thought it was a good time to review this topic.

Entrepreneur Susan T. Spencer grew her first…

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