Minority and women business owners who are looking for contracts with New York City agencies may be finding a warmer welcome today than in the previous city administration. In an exclusive interview w
Entrepreneurship
When the new postal rates went into effect, consumers and businesses might have felt as if they were traveling through another dimension—a dimension not only of weight and distance but also of shape
Publishing industry reports over the past year have cited sluggish book sales, with figures declining month after month. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, book sales fell 4.3 percent from January t
Talk about grabbing your attention! I receive a weekly e-newsletter from The Warrillow Group, a Canadian research firm focused on the small and medium-sized business (S.M.B.) market, and a recent one
BY Brent Leary
Dexter Davis, Founder & CEO, D Street Media Group L.L.C.In an industry that requires decades of dues paying, Dexter Davis, a film producer and distributor and the founder and CEO of D Street Media
BY Antoine B. Craigwell
If you’re like most business owners, you’ve got a huge list of “to-dos” that stay perpetually on the back burner. Purge that list before the year winds down and you will be surprised how much
BY Ty Freyvogel
Kamau and Carol Austin would be the first to tell you that their business had humble beginnings—so humble, in fact, that they often used the free computers at the Montclair, N.J., public library to
BY Glenn Townes
Over the past few months, I’ve had the opportunity to speak at several small business conferences. Many of the attendees had a great deal in common: They’ve been in business for several years and
BY Brent Leary
When New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine signed Executive Order 34 calling for the establishment of the Division of Minority and Women Business Development in the Office of Economic Growth, he became p
BY Glenn Townes
Like many of us, I spend a great deal of time on the road even though I work many hours in my home office. To keep in close contact with customers and prospects, I have various communication systems:
BY Brent Leary