Good management practices are far more important to your success than big piles of cash are. Here are a dozen tips to help you start and grow your business with little or no money.
First quarter 2010 numbers are in, and Venture Capital investment in both dollars and deals were down. The good news, if you can call it that, is that it's better than Q1 2009.
Being seen as a valuable member of your local community can keep you in mind for prospective customers or clients in a way that many other branding strategies can't.
Today we found some great articles on the ways that being frugal can cost you, overpriced grocery items you should skip, and the questions you should never ask during small talk.
Pinterest, the interactive pinboard, is another social media platform gaining popularity. It's also another opportunity to get noticed and gain customers.
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How to Fix 18 Common Wardrobe Malfunctions
A clothing malfunction can happen at the worst time — before a big meeting, during a date. Stay covered with this collection of easy, quick fixes.
Best Money Tips: Be a Tourist in Your Own Town
Today we found some amazing articles on how to be a tourist in your own town, things worth haggling over, and surviving an apartment sale.
Wise Bread Reloaded: Hack Your Creativity With a Trick the Yogis Use (Plus Scores More From the Archives)
Need a new idea? We've got a lot of ideas about where to get them, and how to use them.
12 Surprising Things You Didn't Know You Should Be Negotiating
If you aren't asking, you aren't getting. Start asking for deals on these purchases big and small and save!
How to Think Like a Bootstrapper
Good management practices are far more important to your success than big piles of cash are. Here are a dozen tips to help you start and grow your business with little or no money.
Clipped Wings: Can Consumers Fix Air Travel?
From luggage fees, late flights, and TSA screening procedures, can air travel be saved? How can consumers help improve the industry?
The Ups and Downs of Venture Capital
First quarter 2010 numbers are in, and Venture Capital investment in both dollars and deals were down. The good news, if you can call it that, is that it's better than Q1 2009.
Local Branding: Make Your Company Part of the Community
Being seen as a valuable member of your local community can keep you in mind for prospective customers or clients in a way that many other branding strategies can't.
12 Questions to Ask When Choosing an Assisted Living Facility
When an aging loved one needs assisted living, you may not know where to start. These questions will help you find the perfect place.
5 Best Online Brokerages for Your IRA
You know you should be socking more away for retirement, but how? Start now with an IRA at one of these newbie friendly online brokerages.
5 Cost Drivers To Help You Make Accurate Expense Projections
Employ cost drivers to prevent faulty overhead cost predictions from undermining your profit projection and planning efforts.
Becoming a One-Car Family: 5 Points to Consider
Is that extra set of wheels really necessary? You can save a lot of money by downsizing your driveway — you just need to map it out.
How to Earn Airline Miles While You Shop
You don't need to fly hither and yon to amass airline miles — you can rack them up effortlessly just by shopping smarter.
Best Money Tips: 10 Ways Being Frugal Can Cost You
Today we found some great articles on the ways that being frugal can cost you, overpriced grocery items you should skip, and the questions you should never ask during small talk.
Why Showing Your Customers The Love Is More Important Than The Sale
If you give your customers reasons to love you, they will. Here are six.
Putting Pinterest to Work for You
Pinterest, the interactive pinboard, is another social media platform gaining popularity. It's also another opportunity to get noticed and gain customers.
Always Buy Airfare on Tuesdays and 7 Other Calendar Shopping Secrets
Retailers don't just offer their best deals whenever. Before your next shopping trip, check this list of best deal days, then check your calendar!
Best Money Tips: Family Activities for Winter
Today we found some great articles on family activities for winter, earning travel rewards without a credit card, and how to start an emergency fund.
5 Things You Can Stop Obsessing About
Some things in business are worth worrying about and some aren't. These are those that aren't.
3 Simple Ways Small Business Can Maximize Twitter
Twitter isn't for pitching. It's for networking.