Inside the September 2000 Issue
Features
Quick Guide To Insurance
Pick your agent. Pick your insurance. Pick the business disaster you're most afraid of and insure against it.
Reality Check
The 12 most common myths of Net start-ups-and the realities that will save you from the dotcom graveyard
It's My Party
And you may be crying if you stick with it come Election Day. Entrepreneurial concerns don't necessarily fall along Democrat/Republican lines, so know which candidate is best for your business.
No Place Like Home
If home is where the heart is, then your business belongs there, too. Here are 10 of today's hottest homebased businesses.
Stop-Gap Measures
Is bringing two age groups together under one business roof brewing success or inviting each other to a nightmare? Meet two sets of entrepreneurs who made their differences work-and one who couldn't span the generation gap.
Palms Across America
A review of the latest Palms and Pocket PCs on the market
Bridging The Gap
Ol' Will Shakespeare said it centuries ago: ''Crabbed age and youth cannot live together.'' Maybe not. But they can incorporate.
Use Your Head
It's not enough just to sell anymore. Now every potential client is looking for a few creative ideas to go with your sales pitch.
Columns
Been There
One company's experience with the cash-flow blues and how it lived to sell again
Pulse
Yeah, dotcoms have made the venture capital market volatile; sure, corporate employees are offered entrepreneur-esque development opportunities; but if I recall, we got into this game to take the risk and own our own businesses!
Pulse
Apparently not the SBA when it came to the Small Disadvantaged Business certification program.
Pulse
Find out one successful entrepreneur's plans for his future in space.
Pulse
The cost is nothing. The potential is limitless. Welcome to the future of a "touch" economy.
Pulse
Equal parts underground icon and mainstream phenomenon, today's deejay has the best of both worlds.
Sell
You're a great business owner, but how good of a salesperson are you? Read these tips if you want to improve your less-than-stellar sales skills.
Wheels
Use these tips to avoid buying one of the worst cars of the century.
Beating The Odds
Someone said, "Try and try again." Tom Sullivan did and ended a string of soured businesses by selling old lumber, proving that you can make a successful business out of almost anything.
Hot Seat
Think philanthropy is a dotcom don't? Anthony Parks would like a word with you.
Cutting Edge
If you're courting your customers just for that initial sale, you're missing out on the long-term advantages of CRM.
Family Business
If the family business is seeping its way into every off-hours conversation, it's time to draw the line on shop talk.
Insurance
Though it may sound antiquated, boiler and machinery insurance is a modern necessity.
Management Smarts
Incentives provide the "golden handcuffs" that keep employees from getting away.
Management Smarts
Deny a pink-slipped manager a chance to be "bumped down," and you could get in trouble.
Staff Smarts
Sure, charities and nonprofits benefit from employee volunteer programs, but what about your business?
Your Business
In a tight labor market, try asking, "Can this applicant learn to do the job?"
Your Business
A new site from the U.S. Chamber Of Commerce offers tools for small businesses.
Advertising Workshop
In sales-letter writing, it's the most important weapon for capturing your reader's attention.
Fast Pitch
Want to turn up the heat on your marketing campaign? Start by turning cold contacts into hot prospects.
Money Smarts
What are investors looking for when they take the tour of your business?
Raising Money
Be a star when you audition in front of investors for a role in their venture-capital portfolios.
Tax Talk
Be careful when deciding what to pay yourself, because Uncle Sam's watching.
Opportunities
Here's a creative opportunity that turns the tables on your fear of the dentist.
Opportunities
Updates on the latest happenings at PetPeople Franchise Systems Inc. and Personnel Services Inc.
Opportunities
Or vice versa. Twisting dough and twisting on mats--how they combine for big charity
Opportunity Features
And improving the home is where today's franchises are headed.
Whats Your Problem
Is it possible for a new company to compete in the online books market?
Whats Your Problem
Can I get insured even though I have a pre-existing health condition?
Bytes
Will PDAs commingle with cell phones to form a go-anywhere, do-anything handheld hybrid?
Hot Disks
Reviews of Tiny Personal Firewall software, Xtime online scheduling solutions and TakeCharge! Accounting software
Net Profits
Your personal quest for intellectual property protection on the Net
Innovations
Got an idea for a cool promotional product? Read how this entrepreneur turned her simple idea into a successful business.
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