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We have collected, put together and filtered all the GREAT blogs out there for you. Come here to get updates from the best blogs on product development, agile project management, enterprise and startup business issues, ecommerce and tech trends.

Date: 2010-09-06 09:52:00
Search engine firm and online giant Google has agreed to pay $8.5 million after compromising the security and privacy of its Gmail users when it rele...

Date: 2010-09-06 09:19:00
You hear from the news media how bad things are all the time. But is there any doubt that some folks will come out as winners when the economy gets ba...

Date: 2010-09-06 06:02:00
BankSimple, an online banking start-up, has secured its first funding round and plans to launch a beta version of ‘family and friends' by la...

Date: 2010-09-06 05:35:00
By this point in the financial crisis, you've made countless cutbacks, and wrung as much productivity as you can from your organization. But how c...

Date: 2010-09-06 05:31:00
Let's say your Google AdWords budget is $50,000 a year. You're competing against much larger companies with budgets several times larger. That...

Date: 2010-09-06 01:00:35
Do you ever feel like you can’t catch up to what everyone else is doing? Do you feel worried that you don’t have enough time and that opportun...

Date: 2010-09-05 22:24:32
Lately I've noticed a problem that I thought was worth bringing up. That is; what happens to your social media when the person who's doing it...

Date: 2010-09-05 00:54:32
When I started rentoid.com a 5 years ago I had no idea it would grow into something much bigger. In fact, the entire industry has been written about b...

Date: 2010-09-04 22:58:47
Business success have never been about technology. Sure technology companies become successful, but it’s never the technology that creates the s...

Date: 2010-09-04 21:11:43
Junk mail is not named correctly. It should be called Research Mail, Zeitgeist Mail or something much more complementary. Here’s a list of great...

Date: 2010-09-04 20:42:40
The rock band U2 stood out in the 1980′s for many reasons. One of them was the willingness to shun to excess of the 80′s. Things like Stad...

Date: 2010-09-04 11:18:27
You are busy like everyone else and you forgot to thank someone for a favor received. You make a mental note that you need to thank that person when y...

Date: 2010-09-04 09:30:00

Date: 2010-09-04 07:29:40
While most Startup Weekend events are only held under the 54-hour limit for three days, the Minsk Startup Weekend is one of a kind, because the event...

Date: 2010-09-03 22:25:09
In Startup Weekend Profiles, we highlight teams and ideas that made it big during Startup Weekend. Big enough, in fact, to get noticed by folks willin...

Date: 2010-09-03 14:36:58
Over the last year or so, location-based services that integrate tightly with mobile phones have been one of main themes watched by the venture world,...

Date: 2010-09-03 12:57:52
On Wednesday, I received a copy of Colin Beavan’s book called No Impact Man.   I owe a big thank you to Michael Mah of QSM Associates for the g...

Date: 2010-09-03 10:30:00
Small-business owners have been slapped with credit card interest rate increases of more than 30 percent since January 2010 because their cards aren&#...

Date: 2010-09-03 09:30:00

Date: 2010-09-03 05:50:56
Looks like the month of September will be full of Startup Weekend events not just all over the United States, but the whole world as well. And Toronto...

Date: 2010-09-03 05:46:57
If you’re stuck with someone in an elevator and have only a few seconds to explain why introducing agile Methodolgies and DevOps is a good idea,...

Date: 2010-09-03 05:18:02
Because of the very successful first Startup Weekend last March, Omaha has decided to open another Startup Weekend event next week on September 10 to...

Date: 2010-09-03 05:00:00
Effective July 1st of next year, eBay will no longer allow third party checkout transactions for customers. That means you will only be able to make p...

Date: 2010-09-03 03:59:00
Take it from those of us who know: An easy way to ruin your relationship with the news media is to send a bad press release. Newsroom fax machines a...

Date: 2010-09-03 03:01:00
How skipping high school helped Student of Fortune founder Sean McCleese find success in the tutoring business

Date: 2010-09-03 01:00:07
When someone I don’t know emails me out of the blue and hands me a guest post, I’m usually a little skeptical. (There’s truth in the...

Date: 2010-09-02 19:55:11
Plextor's PX-B120U external, USB-powered Blu-ray drive adds data backup and high-def video capabilities to even the most basic portable PC.

Date: 2010-09-02 17:29:52
Marin County voted to stop an ongoing SAP project, implicitly accepting that it wasted over $30 million on software and related implementation service...

Date: 2010-09-02 16:22:29
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Google is working on a social networking solution to compete with Facebook, although when asked if the solut...

Date: 2010-09-02 15:33:00
Venture capital firm Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham sent the VC blogosphere into a tizzy this week when he tweeted:“Convertible notes have...

Date: 2010-09-02 14:32:36
Sutus and other devices combine phone, file, e-mail and Web servers into 1 magic box.

Date: 2010-09-02 13:01:00
You've probably spent a lot of time and energy building up your business, so now it's time to locate those people who love to shout from the...

Date: 2010-09-02 12:18:04
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today:Google vs. F...

Date: 2010-09-02 11:51:42
With Labor Day comes back-to-school and back-to-business. With this in mind, are you dreading your old routine and the cooler months ahead?   Well,...

Date: 2010-09-02 10:28:00
Thirty seconds into one of the insanely popular Twilight films (or a quick look at any Twilight poster) and you know that Taylor Lautner, a.k.a. Jacob...

Date: 2010-09-02 10:27:56
Just about every online retailer out there is looking for ways to utilize Facebook as a channel to enhance their online shopping experience and acquir...

Date: 2010-09-02 09:30:00

Date: 2010-09-02 03:00:00
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Date: 2010-09-02 03:00:00
4 tips to help you 'tell it like it is' with your clients

Date: 2010-09-02 00:00:00
Formative Lessons from Successful IT Leaders - A CIO Executive Council Pathways career development monthly series

Date: 2010-09-02 00:00:00
With forecasters predicting a very active hurricane season, experts say IT managers must review business continuity and disaster recovery plans to ens...

Date: 2010-09-01 20:55:38
Startup Weekend Dublin is very happy to announce that Microsoft BizSpark will be a generous sponsor for the event coming this October 1 until 3, 2010....

Date: 2010-09-01 13:15:49
On the heels of Amazon’s new lower-cost Kindle, Sony has announced the launch of three e-readers that are slimmer and lighter than the company&r...

Date: 2010-09-01 13:15:20
Whether you agree with the phenomena or not, celebrity sells. I have personally seen the momentum it can create with my own company, Glamajama. A ce...

Date: 2010-09-01 13:11:00
6 tips for making sure your business reports deliver succinct, measurable insights

Date: 2010-09-01 12:45:00
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today:Facebook mak...

Date: 2010-09-01 12:00:00
The final query this month comes from Meri West, who asked about choosing a name for her home-cleaning business in the July/August issue:Dear Norm, Ca...

Date: 2010-09-01 12:00:00
During a summer hike with his son, Steve, in 1990, Kent Savage proposed they start a business that would distribute products made from recycled conten...

Date: 2010-09-01 12:00:00
Having launched two tech companies and a consulting business in Cary, North Carolina, Glen Lang decided to take on a different kind of challenge: poli...

Date: 2010-09-01 12:00:00
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