July 23, 2010
Small employers suffer the most the when it comes to business fraud. Those with fewer than 1,000 employees lose an average of $150,000 per fraud case, while larger ...
July 28, 2009
Last October, in the throes of the financial crisis, Nancy Nelson gathered the staff of her Spokane (Wash.) recruiting firm Humanix to deliver this message: "If you're...
July 7, 2009
Commercial aircraft supplier Tracer was in trouble last November. The 27-employee Milwaukee company, founded in 1993, saw sales fall 20% below already lowered ...
June 30, 2009
As sisters growing up in Rochester, Mich., Brenda and Mary Maher shared a bedroom and a Hasbro (HAS) Easy-Bake oven. As college students, they shared a passion for ...
April 15, 2009
When small businesses decide to lay off workers, they often can't afford generous severance packages or access to professional outplacement services. But employers ...
March 10, 2009
This excerpt from "When Growth Stalls," a new book by BusinessWeek.com columnist Steve McKee, highlights the importance of maintaining a healthy state of mind when ...
September 16, 2008
I met Tony Hsieh, CEO of billion-dollar e-tailer Zappos, on a shuttle bus at a CEO conference a couple of years ago. So I was interested when Bill Taylor posted a ...
July 2, 2008
Michael Kirven, 38, and Eric Berridge, 39, didn't worry about a vacation policy when they started Bluewolf, their New York IT consulting firm, in 2000. As the startup ...