by Donna Toothaker. Are you tethered to your laptop?  Is your iPhone or iPad your constant travel companion? Virtual Assistants rely heavily on these technologies to operate, but on occasion, it is necessary – and healthy – to take a break and leave it all behind.  Break the news early.  Ban texts from clients and team members.  Lose control ! MORE >>

I can’t decide if it was more fun to burst the bubbles that I was blowing through one of the bubble wands that I used as a kid or if it was more fun to watch them float high up in the sky, hoping that they wouldn’t burst. But, they always did. It’s just what bubbles do. Bubbles occasionally burst in business, too. Amazing!). What gives? MORE >>

L ast week a reporter for Atlantic Monthly asked me, “What makes a solopreneur different from a home-based business?” ” Good question. My answer: solopreneurs innovate. Solopreneurs take risks and try new things that other people don’t. Solopreneurs create new and better products, new and better ways of doing things. MORE >>

Two good articles from Bloomberg Business Week highlighting a huge issue that is not getting enough attention - the lack of men getting college educations.   The chart below is from Men are Becoming the Undereducated Gender and shows the long-standing college education gap between women and men. if Men Get College Degrees. percent. MORE >>

My company WinWeb has launched a brand new partner network that could help you to build an additional revenue stream for your small business. If you would like to sell our products and services to your existing clients you could easily increase your business earnings by receiving ongoing commission on everything you manage to sell… MORE >>