Entreprenuership

The economy will shift up and down, your health may suffer, technology may make things good for your business or threaten it. What will you do? Will you let it take you down or will you stand your ground and adapt and flow around and through the challenges?

Whether you're a business owner, entrepreneur, or manager, you have to pay attention to the business landscape and your place in it if you want to be successful. You don't want to get caught languishing by the side of the road as the rest of the marketplace rushes by you.

Many people who start businesses, including me, have little or no experience and just jump in. Over the years, I have compared notes with many fellow entrepreneurs, and I have seen them make the same mistakes over and over again - I recognize them because I have made them all, too.

For the 23 million small business owners in the U.S. who compete head to head against big-box stores every day, technology is a vital tool that's leveling the playing field for Main Street merchants. Armed with a tablet and a few key apps, today's small businesses can tweet the day's specials, process a customer's credit card, run a complex loyalty program, manage payroll and much more.