The credit crunch is not new for Black women businessowners. “When you are a Black person, you are used to dealing in crises,” says Phyllis Shearer Jones, president and chief executive officer of
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Peter Justen, president and chief executive of MyBizHomepage (www.mybizhomepage.com), a Web-based firm that helps small and emerging businesses to most efficiently keep track of their bottom line, arg
BY Salome Kilkenny
When you run your own business, it may seem there’s never anything but difficult times. The rules of good management apply no matter what the economy is doing at a particular moment. Having said tha
BY Cliff Ennico
If you’re curious about “the impact of the current financial crunch on small businesses,” just read this e-mail message:
“We opened up a franchised retail store using a home-equity loan a coup
BY Cliff Ennico
You would be amazed how many times I’m asked the question: “I’d like to do more marketing online, but it seems so cold and impersonal....” A businessowner describes this dilemma below.
“I ha
BY Cliff Ennico
A forum on ways for small, minority and women-owned businesses to survive and grow in the current economic downturn ended with a call for an emergency White House summit on small business. Convened
BY Salome Kilkenny
As small and medium-sized businesses come under increasing pressure to look to foreign markets for growth and, in some cases, survival, the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council is advocating
BY Patrice Toombs
Gregory L. Reid, Esq., co-founder and managing partner of Reid, Rodriguez & Rouse L.L.P., a New York City law firm serving small businesses in employee issues, gave the following tips at a smallbu
With concerns about the environment and global warming capturing the collective consciousness, more consumers are clamoring for eco-friendly and Green products. Sales of hybrid cars in the United Stat
BY Jennifer Davies
Small firms are finding it increasingly difficult to secure affordable financing in the current economic climate. Testifying in April before the House of Representa-tives’ Committee on Small Busines
BY Small firms are finding it increasingly difficult to secure