You are currently browsing the archives for the Small Biz category.

Ways for Your Small Biz to Save Money

Inside CRM:
With the economy struggling, every business is trying to cut costs to make ends meet. Small businesses, which have fewer resources, especially feel the burn.
Not to fear. We’ve come up with a mega-list of ways to trim the fat off your enterprise so you don’t become a casualty of the latest economic downturn.
• […]

Bubble & Bee Finds Organic Niche

Deseret News:
The busy home of entrepreneurs Stephanie Greenwood and Steve Thomas smells of lemon, cloves and lavender.
White marker-boards cover walls of the home, which serves as headquarters of Bubble & Bee Organic. On one board is a list: “Due Nov. 15: Pit Putty = 800, Lip Balm = 1,800, Lotion Sticks = 600, Geranium Lime […]

Economy Stalling Your Small Biz? Shift Gears

The New York Times:
These may not be the best of times to start or run a small business, but Christopher Hazlett’s struggle to hang tough through one crisis after another may hold lessons for the legions of entrepreneurs caught between a stumbling economy and crippling credit squeeze.
At the very least, his upbeat attitude should offer […]

Small Biz Carving Up Autopsy Trade

MSNBC:
Except for a small poster of the Grateful Dead rock band, there’s very little to indicate what happens behind the walled-in industrial compound in East Los Angeles owned by Vidal and Vicki Herrera.
The only hint a casual observer might have is when a white Hummer pulls in or out of the driveway, the words “1-800-AUTOPSY” […]

Garden Marker Biz Keeps Growing

Courier & Press:
Four years after starting her own business, garden marker manufacturer Chris Ingler has found her niche.
What started as a way to track her 3,000 day lilies has blossomed into a business that has 500 garden markers waiting to be engraved weekly.
“When I started getting so many day lilies, I needed a way to […]

Couple Find Biz Niche

CourierNewsOnline.com:
In a dismal economy, Nickie Olivier says business couldn’t be better.
In fact, requests for her Curly Girlz pins are far outweighing her ability to handle the orders that keep rolling in.
“Our demand is so great right now, we are almost recession proof,” Olivier said.
The South Elgin home-based business makes girl-shaped pins and magnets with outfits […]

Beating The Small Biz Blues

Forbes:
Mom and pop shops didn’t need the nasty headlines of the last two months to tell them things were bad out there.
The National Small Business Association’s annual survey of small-business owners published in August found that 67% of small-business owners are directly affected by the credit crunch–more than double the number expressing those fears a […]

Keep Your Homebased Biz Running Smoothly

Alibaba.com:
Leaving corporate America to run a homebased business is the ideal situation for many people: There’s no boss breathing down your neck, no boring meetings to attend and no 45-minute drives in rush hour traffic. Working from home can be a rewarding experience, but it’s easy to forget the basic rules of running a successful […]

Mom Turns Free Time Into Biz Opportunity

St. Petersburg Times:
Katrina Hollon of St. Petersburg, Fla. had an epiphany when her second child, a daughter, was born. “My second child was born with peanut allergies, which changed my idea of heading back off to work anytime soon,” said Hollon, 38, who was a teacher at the time. So instead of returning to the […]

Student Entrepreneur Shows Creativity

TCU Daily Skiff:
The Neeley School of Business has a strong entrepreneurial background. It seems only natural, then, for the TCU Bookstore to have some competition from one bright business student.
Horned Frog entrepreneur Josh Dennis, who founded Frogbookstore.com, and a team of three, claims to offer 20 to 60 percent discounts off the Barnes & Noble […]