Tag Archives: SmallBusiness.com

I hope Google Sites will help people “get” wikis

BusinessWeek’s Rob Hof is reporting that Google is launching a new “app” tonight called Google Sites. As I write this, it is not yet live, however, according to Rob, it uses the “Jotspot” wiki platform Google acquired in late 2006. … Continue reading

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Fan us on Facebook

The white-coat gang at Hammock Labs are playing with Facebook pages. If you’re a Facebookian (Facebooker?) and care to play along, please “fan” Hammock or SmallBusiness.com (or both). As the lab rats have already discovered there’s no button that says, … Continue reading

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It’s not just the URL, Business.com, that’s ‘on the block’ for $300-$400 million

From today’s Wall Street Journal: “The company that grew out of business.com — a search engine used by businesses to find products and services — is now on the auction block, and could fetch anywhere between $300 million and $400 … Continue reading

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Youthful entrepreneurship in America is a modern notion that is three-hundred years old

Recently on this blog, I dipped my toe into a debate about the age of individuals who start and run businesses. My point then (and now) is that while intuitively convincing, the empirical evidence related to business creation and success … Continue reading

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Join the SmallBusiness.com group on Facebook

Do you have a FaceBook account? I’ve just set up a SmallBusiness.com group there and encourage small business owners and managers (current and future) to join it. For the record, the always trend-setting Marianne Richmond was the first person to … Continue reading

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