A successful entrepreneur or business leader has a lot on his or her plate. Most business leaders know how it feels to become overwhelmed at work. Your temper may grow shorter while your work day grows longer. You know that delegating tasks to others can help restore your sanity, but it's hard to do. Letting go and giving up control can be difficult. Nonetheless, you can rest assured that many business leaders have done precisely that.

The Internet business is booming.  More traditional brands are coming aboard as well as a wealth of IT startups.  Regardless of size, one thing all parties have in common are IT needs.  How do you go about servicing the need?  Do you keep things in-house, incurring costs of hardware, maintenance, and IT workers? Do you throw some caution to the wind and outsource the needs, leaving your company dependent on an external source?

You have the money, the time and the energy to purchase your first or another small business. So, is there anything stopping you from such an acquisition?

On the surface it sounds like a relatively rather easy question to answer, but there are a number of underlying layers that need to be covered before you sign your name to a deal for such a purchase.

TurboTax, a company guaranteeing biggest tax refund for its clients, has compiled an interesting infographic on how a little-known tax deductions could make tax day a happier one for your family this year.

One really important channel for any brand is Facebook. Many companies are struggling to keep their online presence through this channel alive. One helping hand would be to use a tool to push your marketing.

One such a tool that you could use is Qwaya.  A Facebook ads manager acts like a hub for all your advertisement through the market place and you can also use it for stories, called sponsored stories. Let’s have a look at how the Qwaya tool works and how you can use this for maximizing your presence:

Mavenlink, a singular online collaboration tool for the new hybrid workforce, has put together an infographic that highlights top apps small business are using todays.

The graphic provides insight into some revealing trends that can help small businesses identify what is right for their companies.

Hope you will find something of value, you can take away with and use it. Enjoy!

This August marks Horsepower Inc.’s 10 year anniversary.  The company’s beginning dates back to the summer of 2002 when members of their machining crew (Integrated Machine Co.) were utilizing the facility after hours to improve the performance of their fuel injected bikes.  Horsepower Inc. performance products were then born.

The biggest success a entrepreneur can have when starting a business, is getting a big customer. Small businesses or small suppliers look for big businesses to buy their products, so that businesses have a steady stream of orders to fulfill and make money off. Big companies are starting to realize that there is much to gain by finding a small supplier that is capable of providing the niche products that more and more consumers are looking for. As a result, more and more big businesses are starting to connect more and more with small businesses in order to service the mass consumer market.