Ten of the Best Business Blogs Every Entrepreneur Should Read

It’s no secret to any entrepreneur that starting a business can be exceedingly tough.  While exciting, it can also be scary at times: leaving corporate America and the security of a weekly paycheck, tapping into your own personal savings to get up and running, keeping up with the competition, finding the right ways to market on a tight budget, etc.  These are all things that could in fact paralyze someone starting their own business.  But instead of standing still, the best thing for an entrepreneur to do is seek advice and just as I blog each week in order to provide that service so to do other people out there.  A great way for new business owners to get free advice is by reading business blogs that can run the gamut from hysterical to controversial but most being mainly informational and thought-provoking.  Here are some of the top ten business blogs every entrepreneur should check out. 

1. Quora:

Quora is a question and answer site where a wide range of business experts take the time to answer your questions with serious thought and precision.  The best answers get voted on by the Quora community so you can easily find the best conclusion to your problem. (https://www.quora.com/)

2. LinkedIn Today:

While it might not sound farfetched that LinkedIn would offer a great business blog, LinkedIn Today is really great for one reason in particular: in essence, what the blog does is curate all articles that are specifically geared towards your industry.  It’s a great place to find all articles relevant to your business in one place. (https://www.linkedin.com/today/)

3. Steve Blank:

Being a Professor of Entrepreneurship, Blank discusses a wide range of tops from innovations in small businesses to the innovations in big business that often start off small.  Being a teacher at heart, that’s exactly what Blank does: teach.  He walks readers through his points step-by-step and often uses visuals and graphics just as if you were sitting in a classroom with him.  He includes a great section at the bottom of each blog summing up the post called: “Lessons Learned.” (http://steveblank.com/)

4. Church of the Customer:

Written by author and management consultant, Jackie Huba, Church of the Customers attracts over roughly 100K readers daily and was named a 2010 “Best Of” for small business blogs by Forbes.  The blog is especially useful for entrepreneurs because it documents successes and failures of both small and large businesses so that those starting up new ventures can see what does and doesn’t work in business and can garner useful tips for making a real go of it and avoiding the pitfalls of disaster. (http://jackiehuba.com/)

5. Wise Bread:

Wise Bread is produced by a variety of writers and entrepreneurs who specialize in saving money, cutting costs and budgeting wisely which makes it a particularly good read for any new business owner on a tight financial plan.  Wise Bread lends credence to the fact that frugality can make or break your company and offers tips on how to manage business finances and gives advice to entrepreneurs that want to do small things on a small budget. (http://www.wisebread.com/)

6. All Business:

All Business is a blog written by a pool of entrepreneurs and other experts who specialize in areas from marketing and strategy to financial management.  All Business differentiates itself in that it covers all aspects of business by giving how-to advice, analysis and commentary from experts in all areas of business.  Another unique feature is that their content is updated daily, and even on the weekends, and is searchable via different categories. (http://www.allbusiness.com/2984958-1.html)

7. Entrepreneur Daily Dose:

Entrepreneur Daily Dose is a great place for business information as it’s written by writers of the well-renowned business publication, Entrepreneur.  Its usefulness is mainly in the fact that it takes articles from that day’s paper and extracts marketing lessons for small business owners. (http://www.entrepreneur.com/blog)

8. Small Biz Survival:

Small Biz Survival is a blog written by Becky McCray and a few of her, as they describe themselves, “small town entrepreneurs.”  By reflecting on their own successes and failures, they offer real life stories that guide an entrepreneur through his or her very own successes and failures.  (http://smallbizsurvival.com/)

9. Small Business Brief:

Small Business Brief is a great resource and one-stop-shop for entrepreneurs seeking business information as the site finds important business “intel” from across the web and aggregates it into one place.  So instead of an entrepreneur having to do his or her daily research on the business world overall, this blog does it for them. (http://www.smallbusinessbrief.com/)

10. Copyblogger:

Copyblogger is written by Brian Clark who refers to himself as a “recovering attorney.”  Clark believes that businesses aren’t as successful growing their online presence because they’re lacking both “content marketing” strategy and copywriting.  Clark serves to help entrepreneurs improve their online writing and blogging skills. (http://www.copyblogger.com/)

Every entrepreneur needs advice to make a successful go of their business and oftentimes, small business blogs are the best place to find them.  Garnering the right mentor is often challenging and time-consuming so, in the meantime, using business blogs for guidance is a great place for new business owners to start!

So what have we learned today?  Have you read any of the business blogs mentioned here before?  If so, how have they helped your entrepreneurial endeavors?  If not, are there other business blogs you’ve found more useful?  Leave a comment and let all our readers know!

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