Friday Nugget: 15 More Blogs for Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Friday, November 14, 2008 by Mark Harbeke

I just looked back and it's been almost three months to the day since I published a "Friday Nugget" post.  I can't believe it's been that long.  Time flies when you're having fun – or writing about workplace team building and employee engagement, as the case may be.

I believe I have a good one for you today, though.  Long-time readers might remember the post I did in August on 30 blogs that you should check out and consider adding to your feed reader that cover pressing issues for small businesses and entrepreneurs.  Well, over the last three months I've compiled another baker's dozen (plus two) worth more blogs in the same vein.

Check them out if you haven't already:

  1. Bob Sutton - While I disagreed with the premise of one of his recent posts, I still subscribe to his Work Matters blog because he has a lot of good experience to draw upon and he frames workplace issues in new, thought-provoking ways, both on this blog and in his books.
  2. Brazen Careerist - Their "About" page says this site is "a community of top Gen Y thought leaders, forward-thinking organizations and everyone else who realizes that the way we define ourselves in both work and in life needs to change."  And you thought Millennials were lazy.
  3. Cheezhead - Get on the bandwagon with the rest of the HR community and read this wide-ranging blog.
  4. Delaware Employment Law Blog - Attorney Molly DiBianca and company provide the other 49 states with perhaps the best model of how to dissect legislation in a way that is reader friendly.
  5. Doing Well by Doing Good: Organizational Learning and Social Responsibility - Here's another example of a blog that boils down an academic topic (cognition as a factor in designing new business practices and improving performance) in a way that's highly digestible.
  6. Dr. Beyster’s Blog - If you work in science or technology and want to know more about employee ownership, this blog by the chairman of the California-based Foundation for Enterprise Development is your bag, baby.
  7. Employee Free Choice: Laboring Away at the Institute - No matter where you stand on the pending Employee Free Choice Act legislation, it's good to get all the facts from all sides.  This blog assumes it will pass and is writing to help companies with the transition.
  8. Evil HR Lady - "And now for something completely different" (or at least modestly different): An anonymous HR professional at a Fortune 500 company responds to her readers' questions about employee engagement best practices and other worplace issues with actionable tips and advice.
  9. HR Daily Advisor - Self explanatory; from the team at the busy Business and Legal Reports.
  10. HR Web Café - Like Cheezhead, this is a widely read HR blog.  Sponsored by ESI Employee Assistance Group, whose goal is to improve productivity and reduce on-the-job issues.
  11. Inside Human Resources Blog - Discusses HR issues from both a U.S. and international perspective.
  12. The One-Stop ESOP Blog - CPA Aaron Juckett of ESOP Insourcing strives to put all information of value related to ESOPs and employee ownership in general on one place on the Web.  It looks like he's succeeding.
  13. Today’s Workplace - I've mentioned this blog, by our friend Paula Brantner of DC-based Workplace Fairness, before, but with an ever-expanding roster of writers that bring different flavors to the topic of labor relations (including, in full disclosure, yours truly), it's worth another plug.
  14. The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur Blog - I'm convinced that Mike Michalowicz, the author of this blog and new book by the same name, is the King Midas of his generation when it comes to creating golden opportunities for startups and other ventures.  Note his UPS whiteboard approach in the frequent videos he posts here.
  15. YoungEntrepreneur.com Blog - If you're a Gen Yer and you liked Brazen Careerist, above, you'll probably like this blog, too, which primarily tackles business strategy and technology issues.

There you have it.  Do you already follow any of the above blogs?  If so, how have they helped shaped your employee engagement activities and team building efforts?  Which blogs would you add to the list?

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Comments for Friday Nugget: 15 More Blogs for Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Friday, November 14, 2008 by Molly Philips:
Hot diggity Mark! That is certainly a healthy helping of some primo small biz resources. Friday nuggets like these are sure to make my Sunday morning coffee and brunch last 2 hours while exploring new blog territories. Thank you once again sir for another small biz goldmine!

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