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- About.com: Entrepreneurial Issues
This article describes entrepreneurial characteristics as well as the issues, problems, and challenges that face the entrepreneur.
- American Civil Liberties Union: Cyber-Liberties
Background and updates on issues including online privacy, encryption, and cyber-censorship.
- BusinessWeek: Old Truths for the New Economy
Ian MacMillan and Rita Gunther McGrath, co-authors of The Entrepreneurial Mindset, stress that traditional disciplines like market analysis and setting benchmarks are still crucial. (11/17/00)
- Dun & Bradstreet: The Challenges of Managing a Small Business
Revealed here are the ten common challenges faced by small business owners, as determined through discussions between groups of small business owners.
- E-Commerce Times: Small Biz Still Skeptical of E-commerce
Recent research study by National Small Business United and Arthur Andersen indicates that although many small and medium-size firms are embracing the Internet, there are others who still remain skeptical about e-commerce. (6/21/00)
- New York Times: Making the Leap With Mops, Flowers and Pork Rinds
"Three companies, each at a different stage of e-commerce, have been selected here to illutrate how a very small business -- one with 50 employees or fewer -- can approach the Web." Free registration required. (6/13/01)
- Prentice-Hall: Small Business Management Audit
Series of questions designed to assist the small business manager in candidly and honestly evaluating strengths and weaknesses and defining opportunities and potential difficulties for the business.
- The Small Business Advocate
Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy monthly newsletter that details economic developments and regulatory trends related to small business. Free Adobe Acrobat Reader required.
- Time: Focus on Prohibitive Health-Care Costs
"Government help may be on the way for small-business owners who cannot provide their employees with adequate benefit." (7/17/00)
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