Tim Berry, who contributes here at Small Business Trends, was my guest earlier this week on Small Business Trends Radio.  The topic of the show was business planning.Tim is an expert in business planning, having founded Palo Alto Software, the makers of Business Plan Pro software.  He also founded BPlans.com, an excellent resource for free [...]

In my column this week at Inc Technology I write about the very latest in blog layout and design. New blog layouts feature better navigation, allow you to highlight more content,  and make better use of space on the page.    The new designs compensate for the limitations inherent in the traditional blog page layout:” … [M]uch as I love blogs [...]

I found Anita’s recent blog entry on spotting trends fascinating. One key point she made was that she is not necessarily interested in trends in general. Rather, she becomes interested when trends start affecting small businesses.My interest has always been to track trends before they affect us. I like to be way out in front, [...]

Dell has expanded its Small Business 360 website. Back in January of 2007 I first wrote about Dell Small Business 360 at its launch.  The site was bare bones back then.  At the time, I wrote that for most business owners, researching products and finding out more about how to use the product they just bought was [...]

Have you noticed how popular contests and competitions for business owners and entrepreneurs seem to have become?  Some of the contests offer impressive monetary prizes.  In addition to cash, the contests may also offer valuable services and perks, including business coaching or mentoring, as well as national PR and increased visibility for your business.Business contests can be a [...]