Half Of Small Businesses Lack A Disaster Recovery Plan

On January 12, 2011

Half Of Small Businesses Lack A Disaster Recovery Plan

Small businesses are not making disaster preparedness a priority until they experience a disaster or data loss, according to a new report from security firm Symantec.

“According to the research findings, SMBs still haven’t recognized the tremendous impact a…


On January 12, 2011

Start 2011 By Learning from Failure

The Start-Up Toolkit is above all a resource for start-ups and it is my intent to help them better manage, market, sell, protect their businesses, and prosper. Sometimes that means telling people how to avoid problems. For my first column…


On January 12, 2011

Why Superstition Works in Business

See anything unusual in the sky recently? Northern Europeans did, as did people in the Middle East, Russia, and northwest China. Swedes had the best view by far: a partial eclipse blacking out 85% of the sun. …


On January 12, 2011

The Five Core Leadership Skills

When you get down to it, your business is all about meeting the needs of people. Customers, employees, vendors, lenders, investors and members of the community are all people with very human needs. The best businesses understand this, and do…