Back in the 1910s, my Grandpa Jack was working in a shoe store, but he had bigger aspirations. So, he put a few machines in the back of the store and made socks and stockings on the side. As business picked up, he started building his own textiles factories, one of...

The most successful executives I know all have a group of trusted advisors. This kind of board is more than a network. It is a small core of people who care about your success–both personal and professional. This is how Holly Goodwin, a high tech project manager,...

Raj Malik is CEO & Co-Founder of KikScore, an exciting startup that helps small online businesses use their own track record of reliability and trustworthiness to increase sales and close more leads. Raj is a contributor to his company’s blog at blog.kikscore.com,...

Robert and Daphne Mallory are a husband and wife writing, editing and marketing team in the business and telecommuting sector. A former journalist and an attorney, they consult with political campaigns, large corporations, small businesses and anyone else that needs a...

“Innovation” is a scary word when it’s aimed in your direction.  Say you’re looking for ways to improve your business; you know you need to be innovative, but then you immediately flash on an image of Steve Jobs and freeze. The word innovation tends to set a really...