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The Wall Street Journal:
Last fall, South Dakota businessman Steve Polley was scouting for ways to make some extra income when he saw a news headline: The price of hops was surging because of a global shortage.
At the time, Polley knew little about hops, the flowering plants that give beers their distinct aromas and bitterness. Now, […]
US News.com:
The Washington Post reported on how the conventional wisdom that Wal-Mart is the bane of small mom-and-pop businesses is being shattered in the wake of a new Wal-Mart opening in Landover Hills, Md., a close-in Washington suburb in Prince George’s County, Md.
The article cites research showing that in urban areas Wal-Mart has not driven […]
Smart Company:
When Simon Baker took over the CEO chair at online real estate classifieds company RealEstate.com.au in 2001, he reckons it was weeks from collapse. He then spent the next seven years digging the business out of a hole and building a global company.
His first step was to cut costs by 55% and simplify the […]
TheDaily.com.au:
Enact Business Architects has been providing business consulting services since it was founded by Trevor Holmes in 2002, including advice on setting growth plans for companies they have assisted.
But even before Enact had a single customer, Mr Holmes’ own plan for the business was nothing if not ambitious.
“I started developing the concept in 2000, and […]
Scoop Independent News:
As an 11 year old, Matthew Simmons had a small-time business fixing stereo speakers. He cycled around radio shops asking for old and broken equipment and quickly gained a reputation for an ability to fix items previously deemed beyond repair.
Now, the 36 year old Christchurch entrepreneur has his revolutionary acoustic technology installed in […]
Central Valley Business Times:
The Rossiter family’s business has been making shoes and boots since 1910 in Australia but is gaining a foothold in the U.S. thanks in part to an aggressive marketing effort by the Australian government.
This week, for the third year in a row, the family firm’s U.S. arm was part of the Australian […]
Smart Company:
Smartpack Kitchens chief executive Mike Caminer realised five years ago that if he didn’t take quick action, competition from Chinese imports would destroy his kitchen manufacturing business.
Today Smartpack still sells kitchens, but just about everything else has changed – its product is now almost entirely manufactured in China, a new digital strategy is reaping […]
USA Today:
Q: I started a web design company last year and it’s going great – I have more work than I know what to do with. My problem is that I have been asked to do a site that is much bigger than anything I have done before and it will take all my time […]
Inc.:
Small businesses have employed more than half of the nation’s non-farm private-sector workforce in recent years, according to updated data from the Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy.
In 2004, the latest year studied, small employers added nearly two million net new jobs to the U.S. economy, the data shows.
“Small businesses are America’s job-creating dynamo,” Chad […]
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