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Overstock.com’s Main Street Revolution Initiative Aims to Help Small Businesses

Anita Campbell — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:30:01 +0000

Will small business lift the economy out of recession? Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne hopes so, and he’s trying to help. Recently the online discount retailer announced the launch of its “Main Street Revolution Initiative,” an effort intended to increase the visibility of small, local businesses by giving them an avenue for exposure to national markets.

“This represents a grand opportunity for producers and consumers nationwide to participate and contribute to the national recovery effort,” Byrne said in a

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Overstock.com’s Main Street Revolution Initiative Aims to Help Small Businesses

Mobile Apps SMBs Should Care About

Lisa Barone — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:00:59 +0000

While seated at Albany’s 5th Annual Small Business Day this week, I had a chance to hear from a Verizon Wireless representative from my area. He was there to talk to business owners about the opportunities that lie in the area of mobile applications. He let us know that 52 percent of the phones he sold last week were smartphones – Web-enabled phones that customers are using to access information on the go. And that number is only goingRead More

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Mobile Apps SMBs Should Care About

Small Business News: Ups and Downs

Small Business News — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:50:25 +0000

With recovery shaky at best and fears of a double dip recession still looming, small businesses have seen many ups and downs. There are many ways to deal with the problems you face everday in your small business venture and many tough decisions affecting your company’s future. Making these decisions often requires reflection and the information necessary to determine whether you are on the right track or whether it is time to make a change. We hope some of theRead More

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Small Business News: Ups and Downs

Tales of Micro-Multinationals: Bluewater LLC

Bernard Lunn — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:30:06 +0000

Bluewater started at ground zero of the tough economic times in America – Detroit. As one of their people put it: “I love Detroit. But it seems to have become known lately as the world capital of bad business decisions. That has made it a great sandbox to play and learn in.”

Checking Out Your Loan Collateral

Bluewater’s employees and contractors are mostly loan collateral field examiners who regularly visit borrower companies (located anywhere) on behalf of the bank toRead More

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Tales of Micro-Multinationals: Bluewater LLC

How to Win Media Coverage as an SMB

Lisa Barone — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:00:05 +0000

I was lucky to attend yesterday’s 5th Annual Small Business Day that was put together by smAlbany, a networking group for small business owners living in the Capital District. The whole day was spent chatting with other SMB owners and learning from experts. While I had the chance to sit in on a number of great sessions, one that particularly stuck out was the Tools for Small Business panel. Surprising to me was that the “tool” being discussed wasn’tRead More

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How to Win Media Coverage as an SMB