Are you throwing away an opportunity to brand yourself on Facebook?

Facebook now enables users to upload what is called a ‘cover image’ to their Facebook Page. This image is one of the very first things that users see on your page, so it should be treated as the powerful branding opportunity that it is. Even now, there are far too many business owners who either [...]

To my fellow Northern University High School classmates of 2004:

As you likely are aware, President Allen has recommended to the Board of Regents the closure of the Malcolm Price Lab and Northern University High School.  There has been much discussion about the pros and cons of the decision (the Cedar Falls Patch has pretty good coverage here), but I’d like to focus on what [...]

Virtual, Internet or Online Home-Based Business Opportunities

Often the Business Concierge service on MyEntre.Net fields questions about the legitimacy of internet, virtual and/or online home-based business opportunities.  Unfortunately, the vast majority of those which we have researched thus far have been spam in the least, clearly criminal in the worst.  Here are some real and legal ways to make money online, from your home, or just in your [...]

Cyber Security Tips for Small Business Owners

Recently, there’s been a lot of discussion about cyber security. Even as you read this, the Black Hat “hacking” Conference is in full force, McAfee just released a notice about a huge cyber espionage attack (codenamed “Operation ShadyRAT,” and of course we can’t forget Murdoch’s phone hacking scandal. Here are a just a few easy [...]

Youth Unemployment & the Economic Recovery (or lack of)

On last Thursday night, I finally found time to catch up reading one of my favorite subscriptions, Time Magazine. The cover story entitled, “Don’t Hold Your Breath: This is not your father’s recovery. It might not even be a recovery at all. Debunking the myths of the new American economy,” really stirred me. Read this [...]