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<item><title>Business Leaders</title><link>http://www.smallbusinessnotes.com/small-business-resources/business-leaders.html</link><description><![CDATA[ One of the most striking aspects of small business literature is that so much of it is comprised of stories. One finds only a limited amount of basic research, partly because so much of what we do is a seat-of-your pants, discover-as-you-go-along venture. There is no right path for any individual in any venture. Instead, starting and operating a small business is more a culture where stories are handed down, passing on wisdom from generation to generation. And these stories can serve as a guideposts as well as being an inspiration. Small business entrepreneurs have been breaking new ground...]]></description><pubDate>November  1, 2010  5:13 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>Timeline of Business History</title><link>http://www.smallbusinessnotes.com/small-business-resources/timeline-of-business-history.html</link><description><![CDATA[ 1700 1702 Founding of J.E. Rhoads &amp;amp;amp; Sons, America's Oldest Continuing Business 1706 Benjamin Franklin Born &amp;amp;nbsp; 1710 1717 Founding of Covenant Life Insurance (Presbyterian Ministers' Fund) &amp;amp;nbsp; 1720 1723 Birth of Adam Smith 1723 England: Act of Parliament Allows Establishment of Workhouses 1727 Tobacco Notes Become Legal Tender in Virginia &amp;amp;nbsp; 1730 &amp;amp;nbsp; 1740 &amp;amp;nbsp; 1750 1750 The Beginning of the Industrial Revolution in England &amp;amp;nbsp; 1760 1760 Wampum Factory Opened in New Jersey 1763 John Jacob Astor Born. Astor's Fortune in Furs &amp;amp;amp; Real Estate Eventually Grows to $20,000,000 &amp;amp;nbsp; 1770 1773 Boston Tea Party 1774 1st...]]></description><pubDate>November  1, 2010  5:13 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>Palo Alto Software</title><link>http://www.smallbusinessnotes.com/small-business-resources/palo-alto-software.html</link><description><![CDATA[ Palo Alto Software - The Planning People - develops, publishes, and markets software products for use with personal computers. Its products offer task-oriented, &amp;quot;know how&amp;quot; solutions for small-business and home-office entrepreneurs, professionals, and middle managers. The company is a privately-owned corporation in Eugene, Oregon. Tim Berry, president of Palo Alto Software, says he started creating his own software for business planning and forecasting to bridge what he calls &amp;quot;the know-how gap&amp;quot; that exists between what personal computers can potentially do for business people and what they are actually doing. &amp;quot;At Stanford in the late 1970s, we took an entire...]]></description><pubDate>November  1, 2010  5:12 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>Entrepreneurs of the Century</title><link>http://www.smallbusinessnotes.com/small-business-resources/entrepreneurs-of-the-century.html</link><description><![CDATA[ The century from 1900 to 2000 could be called the entrepreneurial century. The growth of entrepreneurism over this 100-year period was nothing short of phenomenal. So it was with great interest that I opened my Wall Street Journal on November 29, 1999 to see whom this venerable institution had picked as &amp;quot;The Minds That Transformed Entrepreneurship in the 20th Century.&amp;quot; As one historian has commented on the risks of making lists: &amp;quot;Whenever anyone publishes one of these lists, there's always a wave of griping about how worthless lists are. Then everyone makes a list of what's wrong with this...]]></description><pubDate>November  1, 2010  5:12 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>Nolo</title><link>http://www.smallbusinessnotes.com/small-business-resources/nolo.html</link><description><![CDATA[ Nolo is the nation's leading provider of do-it-yourself legal solutions for consumers and small businesses. Their goal is to help people handle their own everyday legal matters -- or learn enough about them to make working with a lawyer a more satisfying experience. Since 1971, Nolo has offered affordable, plain-English books, forms and software on a wide range of legal issues, including wills, estate planning, retirement, elder care, personal finance, taxes, housing, real estate, divorce and child custody. They also offer materials on human resources, employment, intellectual property, and starting and running a small business. Everything they publish is...]]></description><pubDate>November  1, 2010  5:12 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>Logoworks</title><link>http://www.smallbusinessnotes.com/small-business-resources/logoworks.html</link><description><![CDATA[ Logoworks - a better choice for logo design Your logo is the cornerstone of your business identity. It will appear on your signs, business cards, stationery, T-shirts, ads, and other promotional material. In short, it's critical to your business to have a professional, memorable logo that accurately reflects you and your company. The Logoworks' mission is to make small businesses look great. They do this by providing small businesses with graphic design services that inspire you and enable you to emotionally connect with their customers. That's why over 45,000 clients have chosen Logoworks to design their logo. Logoworks is...]]></description><pubDate>November  1, 2010  5:12 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>CafePress</title><link>http://www.smallbusinessnotes.com/small-business-resources/cafepress.html</link><description><![CDATA[ CafePress.com is an online marketplace that offers sellers complete e-commerce services to independently create and sell a wide variety of products, and offers buyers unique merchandise across virtually every topic. Launched in 1999, CafePress.com has empowered individuals, organizations and businesses to create, buy and sell customized merchandise online using the company's unique print-on-demand and e-commerce services. Today, CafePress.com is a growing network of over 2 million members who have unleashed their creativity to transform their artwork and ideas into unique gifts and new revenue streams. Their members have created over 22 million original designs on more than 80 customizable...]]></description><pubDate>November  1, 2010  5:12 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>Amazon</title><link>http://www.smallbusinessnotes.com/small-business-resources/amazon.html</link><description><![CDATA[ Amazon.com strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. By giving customers more of what they want - low prices, vast selection, and convenience - Amazon.com continues to grow and evolve as a world-class e-commerce platform. Jeff Bezos started Amazon.com in 1995 by selling books because of the unique customer experience the Web could offer book lovers. Bezos believed that only the Internet could offer customers the convenience of browsing a selection of millions of book titles in a single sitting. The first book he sold was...]]></description><pubDate>November  1, 2010  5:12 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>History of Small Business</title><link>http://www.smallbusinessnotes.com/small-business-resources/history-of-small-business.html</link><description><![CDATA[ We can learn a lot about innovative ways to start and run a business by looking at what our predecessors have done. Business as it operates today was founded on the backs of numerous entrepreneurs who took the first steps in developing new products, in trying new ways of doing things, and in exploring new realms. Often when I get stuck for new ways to look at a problem, reading the history of earlier entrepreneurs inspires my creativity and gives me new ways to look at my problem. Many of you may find a similar inspiration from our past....]]></description><pubDate>November  1, 2010  5:12 PM</pubDate></item></rss>