http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness The latest news brought to you by MySpace! Sat, 17 May 2008 06:10:45 GMT http://newscdn.myspace.com/web.2.14/content/springwidget/smallbusiness.xml http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17481899 If I weren't already married, I would marry movies - I would have movies baby. "Speed Racer" is the new project from the Wachowski brothers - the eBayers of moviemaking. They created one of the best ideas in movie history, the Matrix, and then spent 4 more StartupNation Sat, 17 May 2008 03:33:53 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17481899 http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17480222 Indiana Jones' adventures have much in common with what makes entrepreneurs successful. With a highly anticipated fourth movie in the Indiana Jones franchise set to be released this week after almost 20 years, it's clear that there are some valuable lessons to be learned from Hollywood's most Entrepreneur.com Sat, 17 May 2008 00:34:18 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17480222 http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17481234 This isn’t as obvious as it sounds because in practice, most businesses start marketing and advertising when they start up and then one single thing always happens that makes them stop … It can be change for the better, or for the worse. To keep a Zoomstart Sat, 17 May 2008 01:53:41 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17481234 http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17479654 Are small business owners optimistic because they are in business? I believe small business owners are by nature optimists. For example, a recent article in the Charlotte, North Carolina Business Journal stated: Nearly 78 percent of owners and managers of Small Business Boomers Sat, 17 May 2008 00:31:48 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17479654 http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17478964 A week before his obsessively anticipated Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opens in U.S theaters, George Lucas has a reason to bite his fingernails--and not just because Iron Man seems to already have become the blockbuster darling of the summer. Cannes critics almost universally Fast Company Now Fri, 16 May 2008 23:34:22 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17478964 http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2008/05/16/smbusiness/art_sales_record.fsb/index.htm?section=magazines_fsb With record Sotheby's sale, art market keeps booming Collectors dropped a historic $362 million at Sotheby's evening contemporary art auction this week - a sign that for dealers and gallery owners, good times are still rolling. Sotheby's spring contemporary art auction on Wednesday evening was the CNNMoney.com: Fortune: Small Business Fri, 16 May 2008 22:04:05 GMT http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2008/05/16/smbusiness/art_sales_record.fsb/index.htm?section=magazines_fsb http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17471505 Horween Leather Faces an Uncertain Future Horween, supplier to the NFL and NBA, is making a bundle, but whether this fourth-generation tanner can make it to a fifth is anybody's guess When Isadore Horween emigrated from Ukraine and opened a tannery along the BusinessWeek Online: Small Biz Fri, 16 May 2008 18:36:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17471505 http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17470801 Firstly its highly important to ask yourself - what is rapport and how do you know when you’re in rapport with someone? The simplest way is to find something in common with the other person - did you work in the same company, have you similar interests, Small Business Branding Fri, 16 May 2008 18:52:17 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17470801 http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17466740 Here is this week’s round-up of technology news owners may find informative, useful or entertaining: IT Helps Small Businesses Survive Economic Challenges - A survey suggests that strategic investment in technology is a major factor in helping SMEs grow The Small Business Blog Fri, 16 May 2008 15:10:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17466740 http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17463139 Lisa Druxman, Founder of Stroller Strides, is one lucky mom. After having her daughter, Lisa began to seek ways to get herself back into shape but also wanted to spend as much time as possible with her daughter. It was this that sprang life into the concept Small Business CEO Fri, 16 May 2008 15:23:09 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17463139 http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17470001 As part of Success Secrets: this and every Friday, we talk with entrepreneurs and other professionals about building a business. On Wednesday, I posted a teleclass I did with Gina Ratliffe, a success coach and entrepreneur who helps women build businesses Startup Spark Fri, 16 May 2008 19:08:24 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17470001 http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17460522 If this sounds like you, you're probably part of the hyperconnected culture, where multi-tasking communication is the norm. An IDC/Nortel study of some 2,400 people in 17 countries found that 16 percent of respondents are already hyperconnected, embracing a world of multiple devices and intense use Church of the Customer Fri, 16 May 2008 14:41:01 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17460522 http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17471471 It takes a lot of grunt work and perseverance to pull it off. If you follow these suggested steps, it might make your journey a little easier. Many of you have experience in conducting business and/or setting up shop in China. Care to weigh in by either The Global Small Business Blog Fri, 16 May 2008 19:33:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17471471 http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17457945 At another time I’ll reflect on mentoring from the perspective of the PBM (“person being mentored”). But in this blog, I’d like to offer three key principles for mentoring from the perspective of the mentor. Now that I’m more frequently in the role of a Slate: Biz Box Fri, 16 May 2008 12:14:09 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17457945 http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17459429 For venture investors, the credit crunch is providing an unexpected uptick in business opportunities for some portfolio companies, such as providers of consumer loans and data-management services. While employers are reasonably comfortable with the older workers they currently employ, they are not The SmallBusiness.com Blog Fri, 16 May 2008 13:37:04 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17459429 http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17480224 As Jeff Walton, general manager of the Minneapolis Mart, explains, "Trade marts are a retailer's one-stop shopping solution--thousands of different lines and products all represented in one place." Mart Benefits and Tools There are numerous benefits to Entrepreneur.com Sat, 17 May 2008 00:34:18 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17480224 http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17458395 (www.myorganizedbiz.com) - This month’s Friday Features are addressing the challenges of paper clutter. Today’s feature comes from the unclutterer.com from the first in their series called Paper Clutter Begone. They kick off the series explaining My Organized Biz Fri, 16 May 2008 13:00:01 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17458395 http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17451119 Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to give someone a pat on the back, brag, or promote yourself and your projects. Embrace the good things that happen and the work that it took to get the good things to happen. Last week, PokerPlasm was the Small Biz Survival Fri, 16 May 2008 05:46:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17451119 http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17439545 2. All of us are drowning in a tidal wave of complexity already, and these social networking sites make this complexity worse by an order of magnitude. Just when a lot of people learn to use one of the social networking sites/systems, someone will come up Small Business Trends Thu, 15 May 2008 20:40:01 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17439545 http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17472556 The rest of the panel consists of one online humorist, one bubbly blonde vlogger, one ACLU representative, and one 80s-coiffed lady who achieved online fame for making dance videos in kitschy sequined sweaters. There are vloggers who've made it big on YouTube, animators who've done projects for Fast Company Now Fri, 16 May 2008 19:01:12 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/smallbusiness/item/17472556