http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index Find information to help grow your online business with business plans, Thomas Register, news articles and more http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114161-m-1-sc-12-young_fearless_and_fed_up-i How many of you dread Sunday nights because you know that the next morning you have to show up for a job you can't stand?  How many of you ... Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:00:00 -0700 114161 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114163-m-1-sc-12-dont_cut_out_the_middlemanbecome_one-i Roommates Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had a problem.They loved their San Francisco apartment, but it was more expensive than the wannabe ... Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:00:00 -0700 114163 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114188-m-1-sc-12-8_thriving_travel_markets-i Many types of online businesses come and go in the blink of an eye. But the trillion-dollar travel industry continues to grow by leaps and bounds, ... Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:00:00 -0700 114188 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114128-m-1-sc-12-why_you_should_buy_a_business-i As someone who helps prospective and existing business owners for a living, I am heartened by all the media attention aimed at helping people find ... Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:00:00 -0700 114128 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114134-m-1-sc-12-start_a_restaurant_in_a_down_economy-i So you're thinking about opening a restaurant. The allure of fame and fortune seduces you, your love of food drives you, and you want to heat up ... Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:00:00 -0700 114134 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114099-m-1-sc-12-crafting_a_silver_lining_in_a_tough_economy-i In economic times like these, the urge to hunker down in your house, limit spending and jump off the merry-go-round of shopping, credit and ... Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:00:00 -0800 114099 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114145-m-1-sc-12-add_some_green_to_your_inventory-i Selling green products is a process that began to gain momentum in the last four years for Bill Snider, owner of an Ace Hardware store. Offering ... Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:00:00 -0800 114145 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114064-m-1-sc-12-top_10_reasons_to_start_a_business_in_a_recession-i Do you have one good reason to start your business right now? How about 10? Regardless of what people around you (including the media) may say, right ... Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:00:00 -0800 114064 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114052-m-1-sc-12-entrepreneurs_remix_the_iphone_app-i Austrian Michael Breidenbruecker had the same idea in his head for nearly 10 years: Create a software application that provided a personal soundtrack ... Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:00:00 -0800 114052 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114075-m-1-sc-12-rev_up_the_search_engines-i Your web startup needs to cut through the clutter and reel in customers, and search engine optimization (SEO) can be just the ticket. SEO helps ... Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:00:00 -0800 114075 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114054-m-1-sc-12-not_ready_to_retire-i Judith Moore, 61, founder and CEO of Charleston Cookie Co. in Charleston, South Carolina, turned her lifelong baking hobby into a profitable business ... Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:00:00 -0800 114054 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114020-m-1-sc-12-5_green_businesses_you_can_start_at_home-i If anything's hot in today's economy, it's saving money, including a broad range of green businesses helping people save energy, water ... Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:00:00 -0800 114020 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114028-m-1-sc-12-are_these_businesses_still_a_good_idea-i A lot can happen in two years. The iPhone, for instance, has gone from newly released to nearly ubiquitous. As we've witnessed, the economy has ... Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:00:00 -0800 114028 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114011-m-1-sc-12-when_recession_equals_opportunity-i It's a sad fact that pretty much everybody knows people who have lost their jobs in this recession. But sometimes, hard times can turn into ... Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:00:00 -0800 114011 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114010-m-1-sc-12-journalism_caught_in_a_web-i The once-mighty Los Angeles Times has nearly halved the 1,500-strong editorial staff it had 10 years ago. In the last year alone, the paper put more ... Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:00:00 -0800 114010 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-113999-m-1-sc-12-how_you_can_leverage_a_layoff-i Diane Lindquist is a four-decade veteran of journalism and an expert on the trade economy of the U.S.-Mexico border. When the San Diego Union-Tribune ... Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:00:00 -0800 113999 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-113991-m-1-sc-12-cash_in_on_your_network-i As if maintaining a social life and staying afloat academically all while building a successful business isn't difficult enough, college ... Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:00:00 -0800 113991 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-113965-m-1-sc-12-is_dna_mapping_in_your_entrepreneurial_dna-i Harvard geneticist George Church, 54, is co-founder of the Human Genome Project and the Personal Genome Project. More than anyone in his field, ... Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:00:00 -0800 113965 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-113977-m-1-sc-12-laid_off_in_2008_start_a_business_in_2009-i When Ashish Gadnis was laid off from his position as president of a Minnesota software development company, he managed to launch his new life before ... Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:00:00 -0800 113977 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-113973-m-1-sc-12-power_rangers-i "We like it when people take public transportation," says Smith, 41, as he pulls up to the San Bruno, California, BART station. At 11:30 ... Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:00:00 -0800 113973 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114040-m-1-sc-12-tech_and_the_city-i Recent economic developments hit New York City hard, but the dramatic downturn on Wall Street might just lead to a flourishing upturn in tech ... Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:00:00 -0800 114040 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-113967-m-1-sc-12-steal_your_competitors_clients-i Sadly, despite all the advances in the fields of manufacturing and DNA research, there is still no new client factory. It's up to entrepreneurs ... Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:00:00 -0800 113967 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-113955-m-1-sc-12-an_action_plan_for_growth-i There was a point where Kelly Sargent seriously considered quitting the Small Business Administration's Emerging 200 program. Is she ever happy ... Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:00:00 -0800 113955 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-113953-m-1-sc-12-confessions_of_serial_entrepreneurs-i It's hard to quantify how much of their souls entrepreneurs offer up in exchange for bringing a company to life, but for most business owners, a ... Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:00:00 -0800 113953 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-113942-m-1-sc-12-the_animoto_revolution-i For a company so grounded in technology, Animoto is blissfully free of any infrastructure. Indeed, there's not a single server to be found in the ... Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:00:00 -0800 113942 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-113939-m-1-sc-12-starting_the_mobile_content_revolution-i Before preteens and parents alike began using text messaging like a fifth limb, Brian Levin was envisioning the potential for mobile services. In ... Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:00:00 -0800 113939 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-113807-m-1-sc-12-a_step_down_thats_a_step_up-i They're uplifting stories. A disgruntled corporate employee finds the courage to break away and start a fulfilling business. A talented veteran ... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:00:00 -0800 113807 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-113755-m-1-sc-12-the_basics_of_greening_your_business-i This article has been excerpted from   101 Ways to Turn Your Business Green   by Rich Mintzer, available from  EntrepreneurPress . The ... Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:00:00 -0700 113755 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-113712-m-1-sc-12-profits_for_a_better_world-i Once upon a time, people would start a business with two main goals: to be their own boss and to make some cold hard cash. But for some young ... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:00:00 -0700 113712 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-113678-m-1-sc-12-4_advantages_to_buying_a_bigname_franchise-i Hardy Grewal may not be as internationally known as Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Howard Schultz, but his business is as much of a household name as ... Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:00:00 -0700 113678