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RECENT SME BLOG POSTS

Did you hear, we have an entrepreneur in the family

Jonathan Yates, the entrepreneur and author, begins a new series of posts on SmallBizPod telling the story of his own business and what he learned along the way.

By 3rd September 2009 at 1:33 pm | Read more ...

Building businesses from little to no starting capital

David Tebbutt delves into Sramana Mitra’s latest book in the ‘Entrepreneur Journeys’ series, ‘Bootstrapping: Weapon of Mass Reconstruction’. The context is reconstruction of the US economy, but don’t let that put you off.

By 24th August 2009 at 2:24 pm | Read more ...

Top 5 mobile phone apps for small businesses

In the first of a series covering all four major mobile phone platforms, Alex Bellinger looks at the top iPhone apps for small businesses and asks where’s the creativity?

By 21st August 2009 at 1:21 pm | Read more ...

Social media and small business: opportunity and threat

We’re pleased to welcome a new regular contributor to SmallBizPod, Chris Lee. Chris will be exploring how SMEs can make the most of online and offline PR and marketing.

By 17th August 2009 at 10:15 am | Read more ...

WebJam, web startups and the trouble with cracking Europe

Alex Bellinger interviews WebJam co-founder and CEO, Yann Motte on life at Yahoo!, building a web startup and European cultural challenges for the web.

By 11th August 2009 at 6:20 pm | Read more ...

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