Richmond Blogs

‘Papa’ John Gets His Car Back

Entrepreneurs often have to make tough sacrifices to get their businesses off the ground. For John Schnatter, it was his 1971 Z28 Camaro. He sold the gold-and-black car for $2,800

Government Contracts Short Small Biz

There’s good news and bad news for small businesses interested in doing business with the federal government. A report recently released by the Small Business Administration assessed how much small businesses

Coupon Code to Save on Compete.com Services

If you have been considering using Compete.com to gain a more competitive edge on the Internet you probably discovered two things in your research: they have great services and they

Fighting the U.S. PTO Backlog – Information On How to File a Patent Application

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is still facing a significant backlog in processing applications. One of the problems recently cited by the PTO is that it takes

Katja Presnal masters the online business world (after an 8-year career break)

Katja Presnal’s online store Skimbaco.com got an unexpected PR jolt in May, 2008, when Tom Cruise pointed out his daughter Suri’s cute ladybug shoes from the Skimbaco site while giving

The Donald – Is His Network Really Going to Make You Rich?

Donald Trump has a long list of accomplishments. While he may be best known in pop culture for The Apprentice, he built his reputation and his fortune (and lost it

Microsoft Pulls the Plug on Free Office Live Domains

Chat boards are rumbling and grumbling with the news that Microsoft is going to make customers who signed up for free custom domains with Office Live Small Business start paying $14.95 a year

New Blog Cuts Government Red Tape

There’s something new at business.gov, the official online business link to the U.S. government: community. OK, starting a blog site isn’t that new an idea generally. But the business.gov blog, which