Lauren Simonds

Women mean business. Small business in particular, where women are starting new businesses at twice the rate of men, according to a 2007 study conducted by the Center for Women’s Business Research. In response to that burgeoning constituency, Microsoft Office Live Small Business is kicking off a five-day, five-city conference series called Vision to Venture. […]

Dell this week announced two new members of its PowerEdge server family, the R300 and T300, which are, according to the company, designed to provide high performance at an affordable price. Dell claims the R300 and T300 are “the industry’s highest-performing one-socket quad-core servers.” That claim is based on the servers’ processor, a quad-core Intel […]

In the good news department, small business owners have more tech choices when it comes to technology than ever before. The bad news – they also have more tech trends to keep up with, and they don’t always have the time or the IT staff to make the best call or provide the requisite support. […]

Managing your time and taking proper care of your customers – these two must-do tasks form the core of any size business. Customer relationship management (CRM) software can help even the smallest business establish a best-practices foundation on which to build a successful endeavor. One of the latest CRM applications available for SMBs comes from […]

Most small business owners understand that a Web site is a necessary tool to market and grow their business. But figuring out how much bandwidth, hard disk space and e-mail storage you need – or even why you need those things – can distract you from your primary task: running and growing a successful business. […]

In two programs announced this week, Microsoft said it will offer small business owners more new ways to save money when buying software. According to Cindy Bates, Microsoft’s general manager, U.S. small business, the new programs are designed to provide flexibility, accommodate business growth and help small businesses get the most out of their investment […]

Providing a host of services and what you might call a digital version of a safe deposit box, iForem, a Calif.-based digital archiving company, says it adds a new twist to online storage: peace of mind. Behind its core offerings lies an irrevocable trust that, according to iForem’s CEO Stephen Pieraldi, ensures that your data […]

Organizing your receipts, flossing your teeth and backing up your data – three of the top should-do tasks that rarely get done on a regular basis. Setting tax woes and personal hygiene aside for now, let’s look at results of the 2007 AT&T Business Continuity Study, which found that a significant number of small business […]

It’s no secret that lots of companies want to sell to the small business market — including other small businesses. After all, 24.7 million such companies make a sizable piece of financial pie. If your income depends on selling to this market, a recent study conducted by Bredin Business Information shows that when it comes to […]

Starting and maintaining a successful small business is challenging at best for anyone. But it’s especially difficult for people who live in emerging markets such as Africa, India and Brazil or for under-served constituencies in the United States, such as Blacks, Asians, Hispanics and women. These groups have historically lacked the resources, skills and access […]