As if small business didn’t have enough to worry about, here’s another concern.
Small companies that do a lot of business online are as susceptible to identity theft as consumers. Especially the kind of identity theft that is carried out through “spoofing” or…
According to a report by the Yankee Group, a telecommunications and networking research firm, sales optimism and activity picked up in the small and midsize business channel in the last six months.
Despite this optimism, the SMB market dynamics are still challenging. The sales cycle remains…
Small business in many parts of the world is hampered by corrupt legal officials or laws that are arbitrarily imposed.
The recent arrest of Russian business tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is a high profile example of what small businesses face daily in countries where the law is for sale.
Small…
Key Bank has once again improved its Web site dedicated to small business, at www.key.com/smallbiz. The site contains a lot of information about growing and managing a business, and not simply product information. The site even includes an interactive tool that small business owners can use to…
Earlier this year, the SBA settled a lawsuit claiming that its lending practices encouraged urban sprawl and negatively impacted the environment. The settlement requires the SBA to establish future procedures for conducting environmental reviews of individual SBA 7(a) loans.
The lawsuit took…
The forces of globalization and the Internet (those two again!) are driving a boom in the translation business.
As companies sell more products across country lines, often using the Internet, translators become more important.
According to a June 30, 2003 article in the Miami Herald, “The…
The following comments appeared in the Small Business Advocate Newsletter. They reflect the converging forces of globalization and the Internet on the SMB market:
“Hopefully it won’t come as a surprise that your small business is part of a global marketplace. That means your…
Contextual-ad services are the hot new thing among small and independent Web sites. Even small Web sites with no advertising sales force can generate noticeable revenue from the ads placed on their sites.
Contextual-ad services provide Web sites with text link ads that are relevant to the…
The high tech industry is aggressively courting small and midsize businesses. Here is a roundup of product and service introductions during the week ended October 24, 2003:
Microsoft formally introduces its 2003 Office System lineup. “Microsoft is making a massive push into the small business…
Cleveland-based Crystal Internet Venture Funds is shifting its investment strategy to focus on computer hardware and software companies engaged in global commerce between the U.S. and Asia.
Crystal is raising a new $150 Million fund which will be invested either in U.S. companies that will do…
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