Lifestyle: Entrepreneur

Small businesses are planning to cash in on a tax incentive in the economic stimulus package.

Minimum wage hikes will likely take a bite out of the food service, hospitality and retail sectors, and smaller companies may find it more difficult to wring savings elsewhere in their operations.

The need to tighten budgets in a weakening U.S. economy likely to increase the momentum of offices going virtual.

It's not the financing - although that's nice -- it's the connections and the support to push higher that counts, say Make Mine a Million $ Business winners.

We've collected a few favorite networking ideas from professionals. The good news is a lot networking is done where we feel most comfortable.

In slow times, guerrilla-marketing tactics take on even more appeal, particularly for start-ups with limited marketing dollars.