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Branding Strategy Insider: Imagine your company brochure was so popular that people could sell it online for $38.95. Or your carry bags went for $9.90, and stickers featuring your company logo fetched $15.50 each. Impossible, right? Maybe. But think again. Consider Abercrombie & Fitch, Victoria’s... More

MarketWatch: 1. Triage payments Make a list of all payments due for the next three months. Give payroll priority and see what else you can negotiate to pay later. You may be able to slide with utilities; subcontractors can often be persuaded to wait a bit. 2. Accelerate collections Call customers to... More

USAToday: As lawmakers debate the proposed financial bailout bill, small-business owners — who are especially vulnerable to financial meltdowns — face even tighter credit than usual. They’re tapping credit cards and personal savings as it gets harder to land bank financing. They appear to be... More

Forbes: Maryann, a home-based Web site administrator in Virginia, owns 11 computers: five desktop models in the formal office area, another in the basement, a laptop by her bed, another in the den, two more in the dining room and one in her purse. “It’s a veritable showroom,” she says. Coming... More

The B2B Lead: Every marketer makes mistakes. As an entrepreneur with a limited budget, and only a few chances to make your business a success, the goal is simply to avoid making too many. The five marketing mistakes every entrepreneur is tempted to make are: 1. Betting On the Big Event: Gambling Instead... More

Springwise: When consumers celebrate special occasions, a little gravanity goes a long way and bigger tends to be better. 5starbaby’s movie poster birth announcements, which we covered earlier this year, are one case in point, and recently one of our spotters hit upon another: poster-sized wedding... More

PowerHomeBiz.com: Daycare regulations like it or not, are necessary. Many view them as an inconvenience, designed to make our lives more difficult and a constant reminder of the increasing red tape in our day care businesses. Although our world in general appears to becoming more bureaucracy happy much... More

NicheGeek: There are plenty of schools out there with green practices among their goals, but a new school opening this fall in Bali will be entrepreneurially green from top to bottom. The Green School, which will offer preschool through year eight, aims to provide a place where students can become more... More

BusinessWeek: Can developing free software for mobile phones be a business? It can if you’re Illusion Labs, a fledgling company in the Swedish port city of Malmö. Illusion Labs was started a year ago by Carl Loodberg and Andreas Alptun, who had worked together at another Swedish company called... More

Canadian Entrepreneur: * Critical thinking: Learn to question everything, to look for alternative solutions. Find the weaknesses in other people’s ideas and plans. Learn to articulate what is wrong with them and why things should be different. * Understand strategy: Strategy is a consistent process... More