I’ve been asked to participate in a panel discussion, titled Build Your IT House, at Smart and Simple Strategies for Small Business, an event sponsored by the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Microsoft on June 4th. The day-long event, to be held at the Washington Athletic Club, will features sessions on small business topics, [...]

On Thursday, Qwest announced that it will offer two new fiber-optic Internet connectivity options as part of its Fiber to the Neighborhood (FTTN) initiative. According to PC World and Broadband Reports, the two new levels of service, Quantum and Titanium, will feature download speeds of 12 and 20Mbps and cost $52 and $105, respectively. Both will be [...]

I just came across this great resource from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation called the Entrepreneur Resource Center. They say the site is aimed toward "entrepreneurs on the path to high growth" and they’ve made available a great collection of articles written by entrepreneurs on topics ranging from operations to products & services.

Here’s an overview of connectivity options suitable for the IT needs of most small business. Sort the table by clicking a column header.

A few years back I was struggling to understand why my company was barely breaking even (and in some cases losing money). One of the things that I did to better understand the financial mechanisms at play in my business was to develop an Excel spreadsheet that I could use to calculate an employee’s billable [...]