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For Heather - What is Utterz?

Mobile post sent by BeckyMcCray using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3

Started in Small Biz Survival • 8 months ago • 0 responses
Handy Site on Regulatory Information

Business.gov, the official business link to the U.S. government, has new search features and content to help small business owners find information. Business owners can now access information on...

Started in Small Biz Survival • 8 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: resources, tools, entrepreneurship, regulations, planning
Five common mistakes

(Editor's Note: Sam Carpenter offered this guest post on common mistakes. These certainly apply to small town small businesses, too.)Five Common Mistakes People Make When Starting Up a Small Business...

Started in Small Biz Survival • 8 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: entrepreneurship, success, failure
Failure is the secret to entrepreneurial success

Failure itself is not the secret to succeeding. Learning and improving by trying and doing, or learning from failure, is the secret to succeeding as an entrepreneur.If you are not trying new things,...

Started in Small Biz Survival • 8 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: entrepreneurship, success, failure
Help fill the Brag Basket

Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to brag or promote yourself and your projects. Last week, Jeanne and I were the ones to brag. Jeanne "OkieJ" bragged on our great trip to hear the...

Started in Small Biz Survival • 8 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: brag basket
Business school for blogging

I'm going to a business school for blogging, SOBCon08.This year’s event tracks entrepreneur bloggers and corporate bloggers alike, with an innovative format and a stellar cast of speaker/instructors....

Started in Small Biz Survival • 8 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: events
Income Tax Filing Season Scams

As filing season starts, cyber scammers are trying new tactics to steal personal financial information from taxpayers.One type of e-mail message tells folks that their returns will be audited. The...

Started in Small Biz Survival • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: tax matters, irs
You fill the Brag Basket while I'm out

Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to brag or promote yourself and your projects. This week, I'm going to be out of town most of today, so I need your help to cheer each other on, OK?...

Started in Small Biz Survival • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: brag basket
Tool: Directions via text message

Editor's Note: Tuyen Ho emailed this comment to me. Sounds like a very useful tool for small business people. I'd love to get feedback from anyone who tries it. Hi Becky,I read your 1/18 blog post...

Started in Small Biz Survival • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: tools
Business advice from Twitter-heads

My friends on Twitter are a pretty sharp group. I'm always marking tweets as favorites because of the great ideas and great tools we share with each other.Annie Boocio "Banannie7" asked just the...

Started in Small Biz Survival • 9 months ago • 0 responses