Funding and Building your Business

e-commerce hasn’t died. It’s just gone underground. At a time when acres of glassed-in offices hold the ghosts of failed dot-coms, one of New England’s more successful online businesses operates from the musty basement of…

A common misconception that many business organizations have is the "someday" mindset: Someday, somehow, someone will come along and sprinkle magic dust on employees, transforming them into the leaders of tomorrow. By JIM SWEENEY Seattle…

At the height of the dot-com boom, some Web heads brashly predicted that e-commerce would soon replace traditional stores as the preferred forum for shopping. By Jake Batsell Seattle Times business reporter For some shoppers,…

If you monitor your employees’ Internet usage, you’re not alone. According to a survey conducted late last year by the American Management Association, the ePolicy Institute and US News & World Report, 61.6 percent of…

Nearly three weeks after moving into office space in Pioneer Square, Lon McGowan is still trying to get his digital camera company settled in the new digs. By JOHN COOK SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER A file…

Effectively training employees, reducing turnover and investing in human capital could keep companies from going extinct, according to business experts. By KAYLEY MENDENHALL Chronicle Staff Writer "You almost have to consider (human capital) a piece…

BERKELEY — Regale, an environmentally friendly Napa company with plans to expand into San Leandro, has won the National Social Venture Competition. By Alec Rosenberg Business Writer Regale, which turns recycled paper into biodegradable packaging,…

Think of the lean economy as a chance to strengthen your business, improve relations with customers, and even make your employees more loyal. This full article from Harvard Management Update describes steps for dealing with…

The Montana Department of Commerce opened its Montana Finance Information Center Web site Wednesday, giving businesses, communities and local governments access to federal, state and local financing resources. Helena IR The primary purpose of the…

In some ways, Sky Dayton hasn’t traveled far from his days back in 1993, when he was scrounging for $1,000 to start up what is now one of the largest Internet-service providers in the U.S….