What Businesses Can Do to Thrive in a Tough Economy

Business.com, Work.com's parent company, wants to shift business focus form what's wrong with the economy to what businesses can actually do to survive and thrive in 2009. Have you solved a tough business challenge lately? Tell us about it for a chance at a $10,000 grand prize. All you have to do is submit a short description of a challenge your business has faced and how the issue was solved.

An expert panel of judges will narrow down the field to 50 finalists, and then winners across ten categories will be determined by popular vote in December. Enter by December 3rd and spotlight your business while helping others struggling to find business solutions that work.

Tell us about the business challenge you've solved for a chance to win $10,000!

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Comments

[Ben Hanna]

We're seeing a number of great What Works for Business contest entries. To see some examples, visit http://offers.business.com/content/categories.

Make sure to submit your solution to a business challenge you faced at http://whatworks.business.com by December 3rd for a chance at the $10,000 grand prize and a year-long publicity campaign for your business!

[MyInvestorsPlace]

Those who survived in their business can participate in this competition. Sharing ideas will somehow helping out another businessmen who is facing similar hectic situation.. Great idea..

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[Stacie Broad]

If I had to list all the challenges that I had to face with my business, it would take all day. I feel it's important to be there for your customer. This is a problem that we struggled with at one time. We weren’t available to our clients. Our clients couldn't visit our office because it was basically a home office. We started video conferencing and phone conferencing. Now our clients know who their doing business with – this has made a great difference. An example of what I'm talking about can be found on sites like http://www.24conference.com. I believe that a successful business faces challenge.

[cooking games]

Good that there's this kind of competition for businessmen. Through this they may be able to share to the world their struggling s and effort in making their businesses survived any challenges of which is a big threat to their business. This may also, give other businesses a hint on how to face and solve problems regarding business issues.