“On issues like war crimes, torture, toxic dumping and stifling freedom of speech, corporations like Coca Cola, Chevron and Philip Morris are way out ahead of the rest.”

“Welcome to the second part of my Small Biz 101 series. For those of you who didn’t catch the first article, How to Get Started, this series is a simple guide for helping people start their own web-based company, based on my experience with Carson Systems… My university degree in Computer Science didn’t include any business training, so I’ve learned everything by trial and error. One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned is this: Your company cash flow will be the first thing to put you out of business.”

“We all know impossible people. They tend to share three main characteristics — they cannot be reasoned with, they believe they can do no wrong, and they are convinced that everything is someone else’s fault. If you haven’t had some first-hand experience in dealing with such people, even a brief conversation can raise your blood pressure through the roof. Here are some insights and steps for dealing with these highly difficult people.”

“To celebrate s+b’s 10th anniversary, we looked back at the conceptual breakthroughs that appeared in this magazine — and invited our readers to vote on which were most likely to last. From its inception in 1995, strategy+business has been a magazine dedicated to the value and power of ideas… Thus, for our 10th-anniversary issue, we took the question head-on: Of all the ideas strategy+business has covered, which are most likely to endure for (at least) another 10 years? After reviewing the magazine’s back issues (all available free on our Web site, www.strategy-business.com), Deputy Editor Amy Bernstein and I winnowed out a manageable list of 35 key contenders. We invited two different groups to vote…

“Evan Williams from Pyra Labs had an interesting post a few days back titled ‘Ten Rules for Web Startups’ which has some interesting points — some of which might well by relevant to bloggers in start up mode. The bold points are Evan’s — the rest is my attempt to adapt it to blogging.”

“It’s getting towards the end of the year and I’m feeling the need to take stock of where we’ve actually come with Web 2.0 in the last 12 months. So much has happened in this space recently and a tidal wave of innovative, high-quality software has been released this year. So much in fact, that it’s hard to keep track of it all… So in spirit of the holidays, here is a list of some of the best Web 2.0 software that I’ve come across so far. You may have heard of some of these, but hopefully you’ll find a few nice new Christmas presents under your Web 2.0 tree.”

“VC Brad Feld is a kindred spirit with his complaint post expressing that he ‘was stunned by the amount of discussion about the Yahoo/del.icio.us deal. There was a very large and interesting deal done on Monday last week that arguably has much greater importance to the structure of the tech/media business than Yahoo/del.icio.us and it had extremely little coverage by the tech bloggers. Can you name that deal? Liberty Media acquired Provide Commerce for $477 million.’”

“Welcome to the first installment of my Small Biz 101 series. I’m aiming to offer some useful hints based on my experience starting Carson Systems, our small web-based company… Is starting a company the right thing for you?”

“Everyone procrastinates at some time in their life. As a self employed writer, I am certainly guilty as charged. I have spent many evenings cleaning the kitchen or folding the laundry instead of working on projects with looming deadlines. Through experience I have learned that there are many reason why I, and others, procrastinate and understanding these reasons has given me a new perspective on how to put an end to procrastination. In this article, I will share with you my insight on procrastination including common reasons for procrastination and strategies to eliminate procrastination.”

“Paul Allen Blog mentions stats for how likely people are to open e-mails on various days of the week, and how likely they are to click on something in them… Well, e-mail marketing isn’t generally anything to recommend nowadays, as it can a bit hard to distinguish it from spam. But say you have a legitimate reason for mailing a lot of people, like a newsletter they’ve signed up for, this is of course useful. Send it Friday or Sunday.”

“With more and more people jumping on the business blogging bandwagon, it’s getting to the point that there is far more out there than you could ever hope to read on a regular basis. To help you filter that infoglut down to a more manageable level, here is my list of the ten most practical blogs for entrepreneurs.”

Do you design your communications or do they just kind of happen? When your communication is important — that is, when you want it to be remembered — you need to think carefully and design it to resonate with your intended audience… You can improve your communication by thinking about seven ‘C’s’ of communication design: The seven C’s lay out a simple sequence which can help you start broadly and work your way down to specifics”

“You need three things to create a successful startup: to start with good people, to make something customers actually want, and to spend as little money as possible. Most startups that fail do it because they fail at one of these. A startup that does all three will probably succeed.”

“…Marcus Buckingham has written an outstanding Harvard Business Review article outlining the traits of great managers. The article is a synopsis of his recently released book titled, The One Thing You Need to Know ‚Ķ and below is a scalpel/suture of my takeaways from the article.”

“At google, we think business guru Peter Drucker well understood how to manage the new breed of ‘knowledge workers.’ After all, Drucker invented the term in 1959. He says knowledge workers believe they are paid to be effective, not to work 9 to 5, and that smart businesses will ’strip away everything that gets in their knowledge workers’ way.’ Those that succeed will attract the best performers, securing ‘the single biggest factor for competitive advantage in the next 25 years.’”