Have you ever tried to sign up for an e-mail account, a WordPress blog platform, or a website — and been frustrated to find that the online username or domain name of your choosing has already been snatched up by somebody else? For small businesses and start-up companies, this kind of thing is more than [...]

Operationalizing your business means getting your act together. This is the place where all the planning you’ve done starts to become very real. Operations includes setting up suppliers, vendors, and other key relationships for your business. You may have found some of these connections at earlier steps, but any you’re missing must be filled in [...]