Most aspiring entrepreneurs have heard some version of Walt Disne;s famous quote,-If you can dream it, you can do it- Once a big idea starts materializing, it can be hard for entrepreneurs to balance those ideas with day-to-day accomplishable tasks. Successful entrepreneurs need to manage both the'big pictur' and the'small picture' We asked the Community to share with us how they balance'big pictur' ideas with small pictur' accomplishable tasks. Overall, we learned about three very different methods for managing goals and actions...

Would you like a cookie? If so, it will help the Business.gov team improve the website. But what is a persistent cookie and how does it affect you? Persistent cookies are small pieces of computer code that a webpage puts on your browser. The cookie is then used to measure how a visitor navigates the website. This might appear as shades of big brother but our plan is to be anything but.   In April of 2009 we wrote Federal Cookie Monsters about the policy that the Office of Management and Budget put into effect that banned persistent...

After a 23 year career primarily focused on restaurant and retail development throughout the United States, Tony Ozelis started his own small business, Location Island. Location Island is a web-based educational magazine that helps small business owners learn about commercial real estate development. Tony is continually learning and feels that the more information and research you have the better off you will be. Business.gov interviewed Tony, also known as LocationIsland in the Community, for some insight into owning and running a small...

  Many small business owners debate between hiring independent contractors or employees. The IRS and labor laws classify the two differently creating benefits and risks of either. However, are there differences in regards to loyalty, performance, and managerial effort? We asked the community to share with us your experience with independent contractors compared to your employees.   Small business owners in the Community told us that there are differences in loyalty, performance, and managerial effort.   Loyalty Most small...