Fascinating post on SEOmoz examining the Internet's top blogs. It includes a downloadable list of the top 100 blogs, which is based on a mix of metrics. Lots of interesting information, including: 66% of the top 100 blogs are self-owned. Only about 20% of the top 100 blogs are owned by large corporations. …
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Canadian Small Business Statistics
http://genylabs.typepad.com/small_biz_labs/2008/09/canadian-small.htmlKey Small Business Statistics is a semi-annual report from Industry Canada that covers a range of data and information on small business in Canada. They recently released their July report (07 data) and the highlights are: 1. There are roughly 2.3 million small (less than 100 employees) and mid-sized (less than 500 employees) businesses in Canada. …
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Unbundling and the Growth of Small Publishers
http://genylabs.typepad.com/small_biz_labs/2008/09/unbundling-and.htmlIn a short video clip on Ad Age, Google CEO Eric Schmidt discusses the problems the newspaper industry faces. He blames their decline on three things: loss of classified ads, higher costs for newsprint and the decline in non-targeted ads. …
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A Closer Look at Personal Business Numbers
http://upandrunning.entrepreneur.com/2008/09/03/a-closer-loo...as the core, the bedrock foundation of entrepreneurship, the home-office and one-person businesses of today that will generate the growth businesses of tomorrow. While that’s a nice notion, Steve King of Small Business Labs has an interesting post picking up on some SBA statistics
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Social Media in Culture
http://eponymouspickle.blogspot.com/2008/08/social-media-in-...Steve King examines a NYT column on the role that social media plays in culture.
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One Trick Pony
http://www.onetrickpony.dkEntrepreneurship All Top Small Business How to Change The World OPEN forum Small Business Labs Startup Academy WorkHappy.net
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Entrepreneur.com - Blog Network - Up and Running
http://upandrunning.entrepreneur.comLas Vegas, it was still pretty much hopping. I had to miss the annual eBay sellers’ event this year, and I’ve been busy with other things, so I didn’t realize how bad things have gotten. (With thanks to Steve King of Small Biz Labs, who posted eBay Sellers Express Their Unhappiness.)
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Top 5 reasons to use Web 2.0 / how to get started
http://www.cpasuccess.com/2008/07/top-5-reasons-t.htmlSecondLife: 7 percent Still not convinced? This is also a major trend in the small business sector, according to Intuit's research report, "The Future of Small Business, Part 2" and in the latest post on the Small Business Labs blog. In that report, they talk about the emergence of Web 3.0 and mention that no longer is "just a Web site" adequate for customer acquisition and marketing. (They are referring to these Web 2.0 technologies as new must-use tools.)
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Is it Time to Chuck the Long Tail Theory?
http://www.smallbiztrends.com/2008/07/long-tail-criticism.ht...more profitably than large corporations. Besides, we don’t have the marketing funds needed to create blockbusters, so we may not have any choice, anyway, but to live in the long tail — anything else is a pipe dream. Steve King of Small Biz Labs emphasizes the economic realities of long tail niches to small businesses: Our research shows that the long tail is happening and the number of niches able to support small businesses … is rapidly increasing. The two main drivers of this are: 1. Reductions in the cost of doing business in many niche markets. Technology,
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Trouble in eBay Land
http://upandrunning.entrepreneur.com/2008/06/30/trouble-in-e...in Las Vegas, it was still pretty much hopping. I had to miss the annual eBay sellers event this year, and I’ve been busy on other things; do I didn’t realize how bad things have gotten. (With thanks to Steve King of Small Biz Labs, who posted eBay Sellers Express Their Unhappiness.)
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Viimane postitus ehk kuidas edasi
http://blog.inkubaator.ee/?p=160teemal, kuid ühtlasi sisaldab üpris sageli soovitusi erinevate meetodite ja vahendite kohta. Planning & Startups - konsultant, ettevõtja, õpetaja Tim Berry peab blogi äriplaanidest ja planeerimisest, mida vürtsitab isiklike kogemuste ja lugudega. Small Business Lab - USA väikeettevõtlus konsultandid, kes hoiavad silma peal viimastel uurimustel, viivad neid ise läbi ja jagavad väärtuslikumaid mõtteteri ka teistega. Global Small Business - kogumik artikleid, arvamusi ja vihjeid sellest, kuidas väikeettevõte
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Insider's View of Baby Boomer Retirement
http://blog.timberry.com/2008/06/insiders-view-o.htmldoing things like this blog, things related to my long-term career, but things I like to do. I've been pretty sure, all along, that I didn't want to retire. And today I'm certain. Maybe in another 10 years ... and you could check with Steve King, of Small Biz Labs, who seems to have more research on this than anybody else, but in that I think I've got a lot of company.
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The Rise Of Brazil
http://brazilbusiness.biz/2008/06/02/the-rise-of-brazil/Small Business Labs: For many years Brazil has jokingly been referred to as “a country that will always have great potential.” But over the last decade, and in particular the last 3 years, Brazil has experienced strong economic growth. Key quote from a recent
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