By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

When I arrived in Montauk, all I needed was a coffee and Wi-Fi. When I walked into a grocery story, I asked a guy working at the deli for Wi-Fi. He repeated “wee feeeee,” and directed me to the Internet cafe around…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

The Atlantic warns us that The End of Men is here — going as far to say that “guys are the new ball and chain.” In fact, women are now the majority in the workforce.

Hanna Rosin wrote about this…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

So many print publications have died as advertising dollars have dried up. While more of our time is spent online, the advertising online budgets have been sluggish to catch up and the CPM numbers are way below other traditional forms of…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

I am happy now — I survived my first story telling experience.

People told me I was “good,” but I won’t believe them until I see the video footage. Plus, is “good” the same as “nice” in the dating lingo?

I…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

Every week, I will write about one thing I have learned from my mentor. This idea was born during a random night of chatting — I write about things I’ve learned from him and about lessons I am learning from him.…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

As Congress probes BP’s tactics, we are hit with another reality of the fact that we rely on oil.

We realize that the oil companies don’t really need the us as much as we need them, Eric Smith wrote in Read the full story »

Tags: BP , Business , Fishing , Oil spill , Petroleum industry , Small Business , United States , USA Today

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

It seems like everyone in the tech world was at Tech Crunch Disrupt last week. I was out of town, so I’ll have to take CNN’s word on what the top 5 startups are:

1. Soluto: PC trouble shooting startup…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson

Obama began Small Business Owners Week, asking Congress to create a small-business jobs package ASAP.

“Small business owners have been the hardest hit by this recession,” Obama added. “From the middle of 2007 through the end of 2008, small businesses lost 2.4 million

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By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

This just in: If there’s an intern at your office who isn’t getting paid, it might be illegal. Time magazine reports such practices are on the rise.

If you are a small business owner on a shoe string budget, cutting corners by hiring…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

So you have an amazing idea for a business? Well then, you’ll need money and lots of it. Now, this is the tough choice. Do you put your personal assets up for grabs if your wonderful business idea fails?

In the latest issue…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

The much anticipated healthcare reform passed this week. But most of the changes won’t take effect until 2014. But what will this mean for entrepreneurs?

Inc. reports:

The National Federation of Independent Business, a conservative

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By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

At the O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing conference, Nilofer Merchant, a leading authority on business strategies, talked to me about her new book, The New How: Creating Business Solutions Through Collaborative Strategy.

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)

It’s midnight and I’m wired. I only planned on having one cup of coffee in the morning. Three green teas and one espresso later, I clearly have a problem saying no.

My friend said to me over breakfast, life…

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

Oprah’s favorite video conferencing company today announced 720p HD video conferencing. Skype will now stream 720p videoconference calls to and from your PC using…

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

Speaking at LeWeb today, Jack Dorsey talked more about Square, his new mobile payments startup.

The company plans to launch an Read the full story »

Tags: Bookkeeping , Credit Cards , Debit Cards , Financial Services , iPhone , iPod Touch , Jack Dorsey , LeWeb , Mobile Payments , Small Business , Software , Square , Squareup.com

By Staff Writer – John Federico (@gadgetboy)

I’m a marketer by trade and admittedly, persnickety about branding – particularly visual presentation. My specialty is “branding on a budget” which works well for my small business clients.

So you can imagine my…

By Staff Writer – Boonsri Dickinson (@boonspoon)
Not to bring the spirits of New York Entrepreneur Week down, but small companies are doomed. Only seven out of ten small business start-ups make it to the two year mark, and half make it to five years, according…

by Senior Staff Writer – Jason Bean

TechStartups first talked about crowdSPRING about a year ago when Easton Ellsworth interviewed Angeline Vuong who was serving as the Community Manager for the…

By Senior Staff Writer – Tyler Knott Gregson

Own a small business? Great, join the millions of people around the world that are in the same boat. Want to make that boat go quite a bit faster, without having to invest tons of money on better oars or a…