Everyone’s heard the truism that nine out of ten businesses fail in the first year. In fact, according to Dun and Bradstreet data, almost half of new businesses are still open at the four year mark.

And home-based businesses are among the least likely to fail.

Frank Ross suggests in his Home-Based Business blog that these [...]

What do you get when you combine Click-n-Clack from Car Talk with Tom Peters, a leading business speaker?

An inspiring and thought-provoking radio show called Brain Brew.

They describe themselves with a different metaphor:

Brain Brew is to be to the “American Dream” what This Old House is to home repair. Brain Brew Radio [...]

This is the first of 10 occassional follow-up posts to 10 Advantages of Local Businesses

“Focus” is the top advantage of local businesses noted by John Jantsch.

But how do you decide what to Focus on?

You could go through extensive analysis about your particular advantage, given your skills, experience, interest and local market conditions. Then [...]