It's no secret that selling merchandise on eBay, Amazon, Etsy and other online e-commerce platforms is big business. The number of people worldwide making a full- or part-time income on eBay has been estimated at between 8 and 12 million... More >>

There is no perfect or right way to value a small business. There are, however, lots of wrong ways to do it... More >>

...When valuing any kind of business, there's a big trade-off between doing what's fair for all parties and coming up with a solution that will work in practice... More >>

I don't know about you, but I find most networking groups to be exceedingly boring, nonproductive and in some cases cringe-inducing... More >>

...There are only two ways to grow a small business: either you get more revenue from your customers (by raising prices or increasing sales), or cut your operating costs in an effort to generate higher profits from the same (or shrinking) revenue base... More >>

...Last week's column focused on how to figure out when a business training program becomes a business opportunity. Once you know it is a business opportunity, here's what you have to do... More >>

...The definition of a 'business opportunity' is somewhat slippery. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and about 25 states regulate business opportunities, and the definitions vary from state to state because there are different types of business opportunity... More >>

...While I know some of you already have jobs and some (OK most of you) do not, I know that all of you are wondering today what your lives are going to be like. I have two pieces of information for you. They are not fun to talk about, but I feel you need to hear them, and no better time than today... More >>

Once you have mastered (or at least accepted as truth) the three basic principles of time management described in last week's column, it's time to tackle the tough job... More >>

...Thanks to our wonderful laptop computers, notebooks, notepads and smartphones, which were supposed to free us from menial tasks so we could spend more time meditating on the Meaning of Life, we have less time to ourselves than we did before the dawning of the Digital Age... More >>