Not Yet Ready to Call It a Recovery

On April 1, 2010

Not Yet Ready to Call It a Recovery

March ended on a positive note with a year-to-date increase in small business hiring of 3.1 percent and a year-to-date increase in pay of 0.4 percent, according to SurePayroll's Small Business Scorecard, an economic indicator that tracks the health of…


On April 1, 2010

How to Write a Termination Notice

Face it: No one likes to fire an employee. You've heard other executives say it's the hardest part of their job. The process itself is complex – but it need not seem daunting. If you're new to management, consult your…


On April 1, 2010

The Senselessness of Census Data

The UK census, taken every ten years is a huge undertaking, but the data it throws up is by-and-large worthless. Businesses have much better ways of capturing data on the population.
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On April 1, 2010

Lessons From A Monkey

In this short video, I look at the parallels of the Francois Langur monkey from South East Asia and small business. In a nutshell (and without giving the game away), these little monkeys have a real reason to stand out

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On April 1, 2010

When to Go Unvirtual


gloStream was founded five years ago as a virtual medical records company, selling software to doctors' offices. The approach worked well; costs…


On April 1, 2010

The Best Collaboration Tools


Dropbox. Think of it as your virtual hard drive. Dropbox gives you 2GB of storage space on its servers, which you can access from any computer. The service also makes it easy to share presentations and spreadsheets.

Basecamp.…


On April 1, 2010

No Office, No Problem


Home office

Cost: Free Focus Factor: High Don't Forget: To be courteous to your spouse Best For: Solitary work. Private phone calls. Wearing slippers Avoid When:…


On April 1, 2010

For New Cars, Will Matte Become the New Black?

It's funny how trends from the car underground slop over into the mainstream, and the latest is the matte or "satin" finish, for cars. It's origins are murky, but it all probably started with the rat rodders. A rat rodder

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On April 1, 2010

How to Manage Virtual Employees


Infinity Box is a software company whose signature product, Wufoo, creates forms for websites. The seven-person company, which was founded in 2006 and is based in Tampa, turned a profit in its first year and…


On April 1, 2010

How a Virtual Company Communicates


Matt Mullenweg founded Automattic in 2005 to administer his wildly popular WordPress blogging platform. Today, Automattic is a 55-person virtual company that attracts 230 million monthly users and manages the blogs for many large media…


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