Have you ever wondered what the largest company is in your city? I did. I?m in Columbus, Ohio, and I was sure that Nationwide Insurance was the largest company (by revenue) here. I was wrong. It turns out there?s an entire JP Morgan Chase entity based right here in my hometown. So that got me wonder

I'm a journalist. I spent a lot of my career in the news business. As my career has progressed, I've spent time at small and large companies, and I have sat through dozens of business meetings wondering what the heck the "money" people are talking about. They used acronyms as if they were a fore

Owning a business can be complicated enough without having to deal with all the confusing acronyms and abbreviations that assault you at every turn. Take these two: Inc. and LLC. What do they mean to you and your business?Well, if you plan to make money at the business, you?ll want to protect that m

As the economy continues to tank so do the number of Americans without health insurance?and the number small business owners who can afford to insure their employees.A recent survey by the NFIB Research Foundation, a small business advocacy group, showed that only 47 percent of small business owners

If you need to market your company, you know that marketing is getting more competitive everyday. It seems each new day brings a different batch of marketing techniques, making it hard to keep up. If you want to make your product stand out in the crowd, it is important to find marketing techniques t

Have you been feeling the itch to send your small business global? Many are in your shoes--seeing the benefits of business expansion but also fearing the risk of taking products abroad. Although exporting your products may expand your business and bring higher sales, the task may seem daunting to a

Women are taking the business world by storm, and it doesn’t look like they’re backing down. According the Womenentrepreneur.com, women-owned firms are the fastest growing in the country. Women are looking beyond the traditional roles and moving ahead to a new role: entrepreneur. This do

Admit it, your business has competition. No matter how successful the business, there still remains other businesses in the same field trying to outdo one another, and your business is no exception. However, don't be discouraged by competition but instead look to it as an asset to your business. It

The housing crisis, interest rate cuts, soaring gas prices and declining stocks are making for a nervous American workforce. Antsy employees are anxious about expenses and worried about the loss of their jobs. Employers want to put these employees' minds at ease, but still need to keep their belts

Starting your own business can be a nerve racking process as so many different things must be considered before your business can get off the ground. You need money, space, employees and hundreds of other things to make the business you want happen. With all these “to-dos” cluttering you

Being “green” is the theme these days and doing so will help you bring in more customers to your business. But it’s not all about money. Making your business green will better your entire community by helping to save the Earth from pollution and waste. And community thinking is no

With summer finally here, tank-tops and flip flops are coming out of closets and basking in the sun. However, some of these summer fashions also are making it to the workplace, causing trouble for company owners who want comfortable, happy employees as well as professional and safe attire. The solut

Way back in the 1980s the cell phone was revolutionizing business and communication with its amazing ability to make calls no matter where you were. Since then, the world has changed a little bit and cell phones are looking a little bit different as well. Ok, so maybe they’re more than just a

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When interviewing for a job, whether it’s to start your career after finishing school or to move up to a better position, the best thing you can do is come prepared. Dressing appropriately and researching the company are two ways to prep for the day, but it also may be helpful to give your res

These days social networking sites have expanded to reach beyond the teen crowd and out to hundreds of thousands, if not millions. These sites now have an incredibly large number and range of people using them daily for hundreds of reasons. One of the newest, and most profitable, reasons to use such

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