Have you ever bought a magazine just to take the tests and quizzes inside, because, not only were they fun to take, but sometimes, the results were very insightful?  Now, small business owners have the opportunity to relive those experiences. There are various online resources that offer small business and entrepreneur quizzes and tests offering insight on entrepreneurial readiness, business success probability, etc.  Take some time out from your day to take one or all [...]

During this Great Recession, many small businesses have come to an end, some after decades of operation.  Both consumer spending and bank lending have been low and unemployment rates have been high.  Still, many new businesses have been born out of the recession.  According to Challenger Gray & Christmas’ quarterly Job Market Index, “8.7 percent of job seekers gained employment by starting their own businesses in second quarter 2009,” wrote Jennifer Wang for Entrepreneur. As [...]