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  • How to Trademark a Brand Name Video Created: 2012-02-16 @ 16:13:50 EST Updated: 2012-02-16 @ 16:13:50 EST
    Trademark a brand name with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to protect your companies brand identify. Here is an an overview of the process showing how to perform the search and trad..
  • Doing Business As (DBA) a Fictitious Business Name: Why and How Created: 2004-11-04 @ 04:09:12 EST Updated: 2012-01-02 @ 20:06:33 EST
    A fictitious business name, assumed name, or DBA (short for
  • The Best iPad Apps for Entrepreneurs and Small Business Created: 2010-06-27 @ 13:58:46 EDT Updated: 2011-10-14 @ 16:45:59 EDT
    Early adoption is part of entrepreneurship. People who start businesses are the ones who grab the latest gadgets and gizmos to get capture competitive advantage.
  • Reader Stories: Supplementing and Possibly Replacing Your Full Time Job Created: 2010-06-06 @ 15:30:31 EDT Updated: 2011-10-14 @ 16:45:59 EDT
    Are you employed full-time and also own a side business? We're interested in hearing about your entrepreneurial venture: why you chose it, does your employer know about it, how much it supplements ..
  • Adding a Side Business to Complement Your Full-Time Job Created: 2010-06-06 @ 15:30:31 EDT Updated: 2011-10-14 @ 16:45:59 EDT
    Are you employed full-time and also own a side business? We're interested in hearing about your entrepreneurial venture: why you chose it, does your employer know about it, how much it supplements ..
  • Entrepreneurs' Near-Business-Death Experiences Created: 2010-07-31 @ 16:24:05 EDT Updated: 2011-10-14 @ 16:45:58 EDT
    Most entrepreneurs have survived a cliffhanger moment (or two): a period during which something happened that nearly put you out of business. Entrepreneurship is about overcoming obstacles in extra..
  • Reader Stories: Entrepreneurs' Stories of Business Cliffhangers and How They Prevailed Created: 2010-07-31 @ 16:24:05 EDT Updated: 2011-10-14 @ 16:45:58 EDT
    Most entrepreneurs have survived a cliffhanger moment (or two): a period during which something happened that nearly put you out of business. Entrepreneurship is about overcoming obstacles in extra..
  • Reader Stories: The Business Plan: A Relic or a Necessity for Today's Entrepreneur? Created: 2010-07-05 @ 18:35:24 EDT Updated: 2011-10-14 @ 16:45:58 EDT
    Small business CPA Michael Hanley says most small business owners don't need a business plan.
  • Death to the Business Plan Created: 2010-07-05 @ 18:35:24 EDT Updated: 2011-10-14 @ 16:45:58 EDT
    Small business CPA Michael Hanley says most small business owners don't need a business plan.
  • Reader Submissions: The Best iPad Applications for Small Business & Entrepreneurs Created: 2010-06-27 @ 13:58:46 EDT Updated: 2011-10-14 @ 16:45:58 EDT
    Early adoption is part of entrepreneurship. People who start businesses are the ones who grab the latest gadgets and gizmos to get capture competitive advantage.
  • Unique and Profitable Small Businesses Created: 2010-02-09 @ 18:12:09 EST Updated: 2011-10-14 @ 16:45:57 EDT
    Founders of unique and profitable small businesses share their stories and secrets of success.
  • Reader Stories: Unique Entrepreneurial Businesses & What Makes Them Successful Created: 2010-02-09 @ 18:12:09 EST Updated: 2011-10-14 @ 16:45:56 EDT
    Founders of unique and profitable small businesses share their stories and secrets of success.
  • Reader Stories: Strategies for Small Business Financing Created: 2010-01-20 @ 20:55:10 EST Updated: 2011-10-14 @ 16:45:56 EDT
    How small businesses decide what kind of financing to pursue: bootstrapping with credit cards, loans from friends and family, venture capital, angel financing or bank loans.
  • Entrepreneurs' Capital-Raising Tips Created: 2010-01-20 @ 20:55:10 EST Updated: 2011-10-14 @ 16:45:56 EDT
    How small businesses decide what kind of financing to pursue: bootstrapping with credit cards, loans from friends and family, venture capital, angel financing or bank loans.
  • Reader Stories: How Entrepreneurs Are Using Technology to Reduce Cost & Increase Profits Created: 2010-01-09 @ 21:30:19 EST Updated: 2011-10-14 @ 16:45:56 EDT
    How are you using technology to be more efficient, more entrepreneurial and more profitable in your business? Share your favorite innovative uses of gadgets, gizmos, applications and anything else ..
  • Small Business & Entrepreneurs' Use of Technology Created: 2010-01-09 @ 21:30:19 EST Updated: 2011-10-14 @ 16:45:56 EDT
    How are you using technology to be more efficient, more entrepreneurial and more profitable in your business? Share your favorite innovative uses of gadgets, gizmos, applications and anything else ..
  • Entrepreneurs of the Decade Created: 2009-12-11 @ 18:39:32 EST Updated: 2011-10-14 @ 16:45:55 EDT
    We know the accolades due Steve Jobs for the iPod, Mark Zuckerberg for Facebook, Jeff Bezos for Amazon, and the rest of the dozens of world famous business magnates who made a difference in the cul..
  • Reader Submissions: Tell Your Entrepreneurship Story Created: 2009-12-11 @ 18:39:32 EST Updated: 2011-10-14 @ 16:45:55 EDT
    We know the accolades due Steve Jobs for the iPod, Mark Zuckerberg for Facebook, Jeff Bezos for Amazon, and the rest of the dozens of world famous business magnates who made a difference in the cul..
  • Entrepreneur Launches a New Liquor Brand Created: 2011-09-27 @ 15:58:16 EDT Updated: 2011-09-27 @ 18:04:41 EDT
    It takes a little crazy to start any business, but maybe starting a tequila company means being extra crazy. That hasn't stopped Ken Austin, who's in the second year of an adventure called Tequila ..
  • Six Ways to Grow Your Business Created: 2011-09-24 @ 12:47:04 EDT Updated: 2011-09-24 @ 12:54:17 EDT
    Six ideas for growing your business that you can start before lunch.
  • Netflix Gets Rewound by its Poor Disaster Management Created: 2011-09-22 @ 09:10:10 EDT Updated: 2011-09-22 @ 09:10:10 EDT
    Netflix made its own bad movie worse by mismanaging customer backlash over a huge price increase. Its CEO's fumble offers entrepreneurs of large and small enterprises valuable lessons in how to avo..
  • Taking Lessons from Young Entrepreneurs Created: 2011-09-21 @ 14:26:59 EDT Updated: 2011-09-21 @ 14:26:59 EDT
    Young entrepreneurs are setting new rules for business success, often defying conventional wisdom about focusing on one thing at a time and not pursuing markets where there's already a great deal o..
  • Small Business Flies Below the Radar Created: 2011-05-11 @ 08:47:22 EDT Updated: 2011-09-19 @ 09:40:32 EDT
    Stealth Concealment helped invent a market -- wireless antenna concealment -- and created a niche for itself in the process.
  • How Government is Helping Entrepreneurs Created: 2011-02-01 @ 07:20:50 EST Updated: 2011-09-19 @ 09:39:58 EDT
    The Obama Administration joined with major businesses to launch a partnership that will bring new funding and expertise to startups and entrepreneurs.
  • Why Entrepreneurs Fail So Often Created: 2011-05-17 @ 16:57:58 EDT Updated: 2011-09-19 @ 09:37:32 EDT
    Entrepreneurs often fail because they focus on things other than shipping products, do too many things at once, and squander financial resources. Internet executive and startup advisor Rob Kelly ex..
  • Keeping Startup Costs Low with Online Resources Created: 2011-04-10 @ 12:57:21 EDT Updated: 2011-09-19 @ 09:36:50 EDT
    A business expert offers advice on saving money on small business startup.
  • eVenues Offers Short-Term Meeting Space Solution Created: 2010-04-03 @ 11:15:14 EDT Updated: 2011-09-19 @ 09:28:37 EDT
    Company offers online marketplace for renting short-term meeting and event space.
  • 5 Growth Sectors for Startups Created: 2011-07-31 @ 22:10:04 EDT Updated: 2011-09-19 @ 09:27:31 EDT
    Even with the economy still lagging, there are high-growth industries emerging that will attract startups, including opportunities in healthcare, green industries, education, and internet and techn..
  • Making Money with the Help of the Crowd Created: 2011-05-02 @ 07:37:02 EDT Updated: 2011-09-19 @ 09:25:40 EDT
    If you want to make money online and in retail with a new business, head over to LinkedIn's Small Biz Nation group for an active community of helpful hints from experienced business owners and blog..
  • Where Most People See a Pacifier on the Ground, This Mom Saw Opportunity Created: 2011-07-05 @ 10:26:53 EDT Updated: 2011-09-19 @ 09:20:55 EDT
    A former Microsoft HR manager saw an opportunity where most people see a nuisance: picking up the sippy cups, pacifiers and other objects tossed by toddlers from their strollers, car seats and high..
  • BootyPop and the Savvy Making of a Entrepreneurial Brand Created: 2010-08-14 @ 11:06:35 EDT Updated: 2011-09-19 @ 09:19:06 EDT
    The founders of BootyPop discuss their entrepreneurial story.
  • Small Businesses and the Advertising Problem: Which Half (or More) is Wasted? Created: 2011-09-17 @ 09:38:32 EDT Updated: 2011-09-17 @ 09:49:25 EDT
    Facebook has a new plan to give away cheap advertising to small businesses: but is it worth doing at any price?

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