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Starting a business can be rewarding but it’s hardly the road to happiness. Seven reasons why you’re still unhappy.

The Chinese business that designed a lifelike figurine of late entrepreneur Steve Jobs has pulled the product before it even hit the market, after “immense pressure” from Jobs’ family and Apple’s lawyers.

After so many small businesses were impacted by 2011’s natural disasters, the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) Australasian Chapter will run 13 free Business Continuity Planning Workshops around the country throughout February and March.

Do you struggle to find the right thing to post on LinkedIn? To help eliminate this brain block, Rebecca Wilson has created a list of LinkedIn Do’s and Dont’s.

We take a look at what technology Australian business travellers are demanding, especially the tech-savvy Gen Ys.

Women are three times more likely to start a business that allows them to work from home and ease the burden of caring responsibilities, but for many of these women, the line between work and personal time is becoming increasingly blurred.

Looking for the kind of feedback you get from a customer focus group, but can’t afford the expense of putting one together? Mark Capps, CEO and co-founder of online retailer Sneaking Duck, writes about how four inexpensive weekends at the Bondi Market left his start-up with enough feedback to improve and streamline its offering.

How’s your business development plan for 2012 coming along? Kristy Sheppard blogs about benchmarking your plan against that of other SMBs.

“It’s interesting to see that only 24 percent of business owners plan to increase their staff pay this year. I wonder what kind of staff retention strategies will come into play for those who take this path?”

Five business owners offer their best advice for becoming more productive — and finding the right work-life balance.

Of all the benefits of social media, it could also lead to ethical woes in the workplace.

Here is a guide for giving your business website a makeover that will help attract more clients in 2012.

Many businesses rely heavily on mobile phones for their day-to-day activities, but how many are aware the changes coming to the mobile landscape this year will affect the way they connect with customers? Here’s your 2012 mobile phone market forecast.

Customers will be the focus of many SMB business development strategies this year, as businesses work toward attracting their attention and creating loyalty to survive the two-speed economy.

More female SMB owners will begin blogging for their businesses this year, as they adapt to the new online marketing age and embrace the opportunities it presents.

Still battling to get your work/life balance right? Franziska Iseli-Hall has some tips for making 2012 the year you reclaim your lifestyle.

“It might seem hard to make drastic changes, but you can still adjust your business step-by-step to get closer to your ideal lifestyle…”

Now’s the time for SMBs to reflect on the year gone and plan for the one ahead, and accounting expert John Corias suggests owners focus on five key areas when making plans for the next 12 months.

Is your New Year’s Resolution to promote your business better? Do you have no idea where to start? Then this is the perfect event for you. Learn the tips and tricks of how build your business through public relations (PR) and social media.

In his first-ever visit to Australia, Zappos.com CEO and eCommerce guru Tony Hsieh has signed on to present at two Business Chicks workshops.

Twenty-twelve is shaping up as a year of digital change for the small business and retail industries, and SMBs must be on top of upcoming trends if they want to stay ahead of the competition.

This classic 25-word definition pares entrepreneurship to its essence and explains why it’s so hard. And so addictive.