When Starbucks founder Howard Schultz recently retook the helm of his company, he decided to cut some costs. And that means announced the closings of 100 Starbucks nationwide.
Although this is just 1% of all the Starbucks, I panicked for a moment, thinking my favorite other office and meeting/conference room might be gone.  Well, with more than 12,000 other stores, I am sure it won’t be hard to find one.
But it got me thinking, if you work out of a home office, where do you conduct business? I really don’t like having people in my home, so I always meet them …read more

The Carnival of Entrepreneurs is back with a slew of great content to start 2007.
Please check the links on the sidebar to read the past Carnivals. There’s a lot of content, but hopefully my summaries help you pinpoint what’s of particular interest to you; and then you can go beyond that, broaden your horizons and check out some other posts too.
Every post submitted (barring those that were really not a fit) is included, but I have highlighted some of my favorites. Also, I only accept 1 post per submitter, so if you submitted more than one I took the …read more