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Business Killers: 8 Lame Mistakes of Small-Business Owners

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ November 20, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments

Our guest contributor, Paul Herman, offers a summary of unintended mistakes for small-business owners to avoid. Enough already with talk of our country’s fiscal cliff. How about the fiscal cliff (read more...)

Desperately Seeking Funding? Ask Your Crowd

By Mrinalini Kamath ⋅ October 7, 2011 ⋅ One comment

When Regan Wann of Shelbyville, KY, decided that she wanted to expand her business Through the Looking Glass Tea Shop by moving to a larger location, she didn’t apply to (read more...)

5 Questions to Help You Stand Out

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ December 6, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

Who doesn’t want to jump-start their career but finds it demoralizing and difficult to do so? Who doesn’t imagine their resume popping up from a crowded pile? Or even better, (read more...)

6 Ways to Find a Job Beyond the Painful Boards

By Diane Dolinsky-Pickar ⋅ November 13, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Not getting a bite from all those resumes you send out? If you manage your time so that job boards consume no more than 10% of your effort, then you (read more...)