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Welcome to Friday, small business owners. For those of you who’ve had a busy week, here’s our weekly recap of the most important SMB and entrepreneur headlines from the past seven days.

Your Friday Entrepreneur Fix this week features aussieBum founder Sean Ashby, who’s sold his Australian-branded swimmers and underwear to over 200,000 customers around the world.

Cathryn Harris believes a library should be treated the same as any other business, despite it being a free community service, and this very approach earned her a Telstra Business Women’s award last year.

When it comes to business travel necessities, smartphones and tablets are slowly creeping up to water and food in terms of importance to travellers, according to research conducted by PC Housing. How does your dependence on mobile technology rate? Use this infographic to find out.

Australian exporters are being invited to take part in the DHL Export Barometer, which is used annually by the Reserve Bank of Australia and other economic policy institutions to understand the experiences of local exporters.

As more prospective employers turn to social networking profiles to vet potential staff, employees are ensuring their personal profiles are inoffensive to avoid the kind of negative scrutiny that could end up costing them a potential job. Here’s how to keep your personal profiles employer-friendly.

Spending rose across the economy in April, according to the latest Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Indicator (BSI), though it appears business sales growth may be slowing as a result of declining consumer confidence.

Yet another week has flown by, so we’ve put together the most important small business headlines from the week for those of you who’ve had your head in the game, and might have missed a thing or two.

The Federal Government is urging businesses to be wary of a rising number of carbon price scams, as the 1 July launch date for the emissions tax draws closer.

Your Friday Entrepreneur Fix features Luke Mangan, the well-known Aussie chef with a head for business and an entrepreneurial streak.

Dynamic Business magazine May cover star and Table of Plenty founder Kate Weiss won top honours in the business category of the InStyle and Audi Women of Style awards this week.

Got a data back-up system, but aren’t sure whether it will hold strong if something goes wrong? Here are seven tips for making sure your data storage solution is suitable for your business.

Female SMB owners are feeling more positive about being in business than their male counterparts and are driving the uptake of social media for business, according to new research.

Sixty high-achieving entrepreneurs have been nominated in the 2012 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards, including former Dynamic Business cover stars Simon Crowe and Paris Cutler.

Dynamic Business has joined forces with Yellow Brick Road to give away a double pass worth $199 to a business seminar being held by small business champion Mark Bouris in Sydney this month.

Jane Hunt launched Fitted for Work in 2005, after seeing the need for a more personal approach to assisting disadvantaged women to return to the workforce. Her efforts won her a Telstra Business Women’s Award last year, and she’s sharing with Dynamic Business how the accolade has changed the way she does business.

Five scholarship positions are now available to Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Graduate Certificate in Small Business Management, thanks to a partnership between the university and National Australia Bank (NAB).

Dick Smith has spoken out on the negative impact ALDI and Costco are having on Australian producers, saying blame shouldn’t be directed at Coles and Woolworths for the supermarket price wars.

With over 70 percent of all Aussie businesses owned and run by families, it’s vital policies and systems are put into place so a feud between family members doesn’t have the power to bring the business down.

Friday’s upon us again, so we’ve wrapped up the week’s most important small business headlines for you to catch up on.