Business Friendships: Friends And Your Small Business, Do They Mix? (MoreBusiness)
Small businesses thrive off of business friendships. Chances are it was your friends who you first talked to when you were starting to think of starting your own company. They’re the people who will stick by you through thick and thin, right? Maybe – but maybe not.
Small business workshop planned (Brattleboro Reformer)
BRATTLEBORO -- If you've been thinking about starting your own business but aren't really sure what first steps you should be taking, there's hope for you yet.
Where entrepreneurs can get help (CNN.com)
NEW YORK (AP) -- An entrepreneur who's mystified by accounting or putting a marketing plan together can get some help, and soon, with the arrival of the fall semester.
Open Source Software: Your Company's Legal Risks (LinuxInsider.com)
On Aug. 13, 2008, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a decision in the much-watched case Jacobsen v. Katzer, No. 2008-1001, which turned on whether violating an open source licensing agreement should be considered copyright infringement. It is important for companies to be aware of the implications of this decision.
Physicians Say Insurers Intrude on Treatment (ThirdAge)
Aug. 24, 2008 -- When a patient steps into a doctor"s office, he trusts that the only thing on his physician"s mind is how to make him better. But physicians across the United States fear that increasingly stringent insurance rules and the frequent second-guessing of doctors" orders are eroding the doctor-patient relationship.
