Our users voted with their clicks, likes, re-tweets, shares and favorites. These 13 items were their top choices of items added to SmallBusiness.com during 2014.
An Inside Look at Automattic’s “No Office Approach”
An interview with Nick Bradbury, a serial business creator and telemanager on what it’s like to work at the radically “no office approach” software company, Automattic. (…)
Small Business Lessons From Christopher Columbus
While we’re sure there are at least 1,492 lessons for small business owners and managers from Christopher Columbus, we limited this list to nine. (…)
How Small Businesses are Using Digital Marketing Tools in 2014
A new survey indicates that most small businesses have some digital component to their marketing strategy–but 37 percent have none. (…)
How Skype Helps Songwriter Mark Cawley Tune Up His Business
When professional songwriter Mark Cawley began coaching the craft to other songwriters, he took to Skype to reach clients from around the world. (…)
Sitting All Day at Work is Killing You, Here’s What You Can Do About It
More evidence is mounting that sitting all day is really, really bad for us. As in, “associated with cancer” bad, according to research findings appearing in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. And here comes even worse news: Even those of you who exercise regularly before or after work don’t lessen the negative effects of 8-9 hours of uninterrupted sitting. Here are some things you can do that are both healthy, even fun, ways to work that get you up on your feet. (…)
How We Run a Family Business Without Killing One Another
Tips for working with relatives from from the co-founder of Kalos Services, an Orlando-area HVAC and construction services business with ten relatives on staff (and growing). (…)
Lessons from Rock Stars on How to Take Care Of Business
Though long gone, the stories of classic rock aren’t forgotten, in fact, they can even provide us with some great lessons for small business. (…)
6 Reasons for a Small Business Owner to Be Thankful
As we celebrate Thanksgiving, here are just a few of the things small business owners can be thankful for this year. (…)
Top 9 Rural and Small Town Business Trends for 2014
From an in-flow of returning middle aged professionals to an improved outlook for energy costs and availability, there is plenty of positive news in the rural small business outlook for 2014. (…)
How Mentors Helped ‘Vinyl Me, Please’ Spin Up Success
Vinyl Me, Please founders Matt Fiedler and Severan Johnson share how mentors help guide them to success. (…)
Veterans Day Small Business Motivation From General Patton
Quotes on leadership (with a small business translation) for Veterans Day by General George S Patton on the 129th anniversary of his birth. (…)
Our New Encore Entrepreneur Hero, the Spicy Earl Fultz, 90
At 90, Long Island “encore entrepreneur” Earl Fultz recently won a $25,000 grand prize in the Wells Fargo Works Project small business contest. (…)
How to Organize Desk Wires & Cables With Lego Figures
A brilliant discovery: The “hands” of Lego figures are just the right size to clip various types of wires into. (…)