Marc Raul is today’s guest. He is the product specialist with Brother Canada. He talks about how to go about acquiring good quality small business infrastructure such as printer. Most small business owners working in their home office require three key pieces of equipment: a phone, a comp ... Read more

There's two great things about business plan contests; you have to do a business plan anyhow, so you don't lose anything by entering, and a fair number of these contests offer big money to the winners. The added bonus is the potential publicity of being a winner - worth even more money in the bank ... Read more

Something people find rather interesting is when they hear about my Homeless Experiment . Usually they hear it from one of my jackass friends mentioning to someone "Ask him where he lived this year!" or some question-inducing comment like that. People generally want to read the experiment, but ... Read more

The quicker you invoice, the quicker your chances of getting paid. And shortening your cash flow conversion period is one of the quickest and easiest things a business can do to improve its cash flow. Traditionally businesses bill at the end of each month, sending all their invoices out ... Read more

Did you know that email marketing’s ROI was about $45 for every $1 spent on it in 2008? Without a doubt, email marketing has become one of the most effective methods of direct marketing. When done properly, an email marketing campaign costs almost nothing to launch and maintain, and it generates ... Read more

The official unemployment numbers are just out for October, and the data reinforces all of the worrisome surveys that have been coming out all week: The unemployment rate rose to 10.2% in October , from 9.8% in September.The unemployment rate was 4.9% at the start of the recession in December ... Read more

Trying to use social media and the latest in personal technology as a means to bootstrap your marketing in these tight economic times?  Myventurepad offers several useful articles including an overview of why social media is so important for marketing and P.R., six tips for using Facebo ... Read more

The NFIB has just released their employment report for October.  It is consistent with other reports we are seeing this week. William C. Dunkelberg, chief economist for the NFIB, issued the following statement:   "Once again, the 'good news' is less bad news. Small business owners in O ... Read more

Cristian: Hi Andrea, welcome to Entrepreneurship-interviews. Tell us a few words about yourself. Andrea: Hello  Christian, and first let me thank you for this chance and for the good work on your entrepreneurship-interviews.com . Well, about me, I’m a guy with an idea. Before having t ... Read more

Are you on a mission? Do you have a vision? Are you itching to get your name out and make a difference in the world? If you answered NO to any of these questions–that’s okay. It’s time to get inspired. The opportunities to connect with millions of like minded people ar ... Read more