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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/10

The Small Business Blog

Getting by with skeleton staff : Small business owners are still whittling away at their payroll, but the deluge of pink slips on Main Street is slowing down. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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25 Self-Help Books You (Probably) Haven’t Read

Success

It’s because most new entrepreneurs don’t end up doing what they love, but spend their waking hours on payroll, bookkeeping and clogged toilets instead of making those artisanal flourless cupcakes. We would all love to quit our 9-5 to open our bar or bakery or consulting gig so we can do what we love all day.

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How to Launch (and Maintain) a Successful E-Commerce Business

Success

This sounds like the fantasy version of the e-commerce lifestyle that’s sold in Instagram ads, but it was reality for my wife and me when we lived in Mexico in 2019. Avoid putting this person on the payroll if you can, because then you’ll have to wade through a lot of red tape related to taxes, insurance, benefits and the like.