Small Business

Magazine articles on entrepreneurship and products and services aimed at small businesses.

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HBS Working Knowledge September 13, 2004 Nunes & Johnson	Break Out of the Big Box Looking for a moneyed market? Forget the retail fortress shopping mall and set up shop in a "lifestyle center." An excerpt from the book Mass Affluence.
HBS Working Knowledge September 13, 2004 Evan I. Schwartz	What Steve Wozniak Learned From Failure Failure is the rule rather than the exception, and every failure contains information. If you keep trying without learning why you failed, you'll probably fail again and again. An excerpt from Juice: The Creative Fuel that Drives World-Class Inventors.
Financial Advisor September 2004 Grove & Prince	How U.S. Small Business Owners Find Their Advisors Referrals and trustworthiness are key elements for financial advisors in gaining this high-end business.
Financial Advisor September 2004 Dudley, Fast & Wallace	How FLPs Can Survive IRS Scrutiny Properly formed and managed entities with true business purpose will succeed in both the gift and estate tax discount games. Business purpose makes the difference: Taxpayers without it are just rolling the dice.
IDB America August 2004	MIF Supports Fund for Renewable Energy The Inter-American Investment Bank's (IDB) Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) has approved an investment for small and medium-size companies involved in renewable energy, cleaner production and energy efficiency projects in Central America.
Inc. September 2004 Hillary Johnson	How I Did It: Amber Chand Fleeing Uganda, Amber Chand came to the U.S. and built Ebiza, an artisan handicrafts retail company selling produces made in war-torn nations.
Inc. September 2004 Bo Burlingham	Don't Call Her an Entrepreneur Why did Ani DiFranco reject offers from major record labels and start her own business? "I didn't want to participate in what big corporations are doing to society," she says.
Inc. September 2004 Amy Gunderson	Labor Has a New Target And guess what? It's you! Unions are targeting small business. Few entrepreneurs are going to encourage their employees to unionize but, like it or not, more and more are going to be dealing with collective bargaining.
Inc. September 2004 Rod Kurtz	Small Biz Braces for Life on the High (Priced) Seas Importers and exporters face a new era in port security -- and that could bring choppy waters for small companies. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge has repeatedly said that industry should expect to absorb much of the cost for securing ports
Inc. September 2004 Alison Stein Wellner	Getting the Most Out of Interns Every start-up can use some cheap labor. But successful internships require more effort than you might think.
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