The entrepreneur, founder and inspiration behind Starbuck’s massive empire has retaken his throne. Howard Schultz, who grew up in subsidized housing projects in Brooklyn, is the one responsible for turning the Seattle based coffee-bean roaster into a global brand. Schultz has not run the company’s day-to-day operations in eight years. He’ll be replacing Jim Donald, […]
I recently ran across this survey from Staples outlining some interesting results concerning small business owners. Below are some of the highlightst:
More than half of small-business professionals said that work has actually become part of their dreams. Fifty-one percent of those surveyed said that they “sleepwork” (i.e. dream about work), and nearly 70 percent […]
Courtesy of eMarketer.com:
For those who do business online, advertise online or have a website (Hopefully, most all of you!), eMarketer, a provider of research on e-business, the internet and online marketing, recently released its list of 10 key predictions for 2008.
Online Ads Remain Resilient
Video Surge Slows
Social Network Advertising Hits $1.6 Billion
Networking Goes Beyond MySpace […]
www.BigThink.com has recently opened its internet doors. It claims to be the first venue for “the growing global conversation about where we are and where we’re headed.”
“We live in a global age, and yet there is no central, global forum to exchange, discuss and debate the big issues and ideas of our time”, says Big […]
Courtesy of a recent Discover Card Small Business Watch, a monthly index of the economic confidence of the nation’s 22 million businesses with 5 or fewer employees:
Key Findings
46 percent of small business owners said that they have experienced cash flow issues in the last 90 days, an increase over last month’s 41 percent and July’s […]
Courtesy of InvestmentNews.com:
Although many high-net-worth donors share a desire to volunteer and to include children in their philanthropic planning, there are many differences among them, according to a report released today by Bank of America.
In what could be the largest study to date of the philanthropic motivations and behavior of high-net-worth individuals conducted by North […]
Intuit, the maker of the popular small business software Quicken and TurboTax, has announced that it will acquire Homestead Technologies for $170 million. Homestead Technologies specializes in assisting small businesses in designing and running their websites.
MSNBC:
A February 2004 study by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers indicates that approximately one in 10 U.S. households operate some type of full- or part-time homebased business. And these businesses are more than holding their own. A May 2006 study released by the SBA’s Office of Advocacy reveals that America’s homebased sole proprietors generate […]
