Latest Stories for July, 2010
HP to Help SFR Provide Cloud-based IT Infrastructure to Business Customers in France
PALO ALTO, California (PRESS RELEASE – July 20, 2010) – HP announced that it is helping SFR, a leading French telecom operator, to generate new revenue by extending the advantages of cloud computing to its business customers.
HP and SFR have built a complete cloud services platform…
How Zipcar Creates a Self-Defining Brand – And Why This Should Change How You Think About Marketing
“When we create products for our Zipsters, when we create a user experience, we do it as if we’re Zipsters and we’re going to use it every day. We do it through their eyes. We do what’s right for our community. That’s going to build a great company.” —…
Government’s Efforts to Boost Small Business Financing Falling Flat, Panel Reports
The federal government’s attempts to improve small business access to credit have largely proved ineffective so far, says a report by the Congressional Oversight Panel.
“Although the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) has launched several initiatives aimed at restoring general credit…
Yahoo! Answers Unleashes Major Changes
Yahoo Answers is commonly referenced as a top social media site for small business owners. Its strength comes from its ability to help SMBs establish authority by answering questions related to their niche while, at the same time, taking advantage of Yahoo’s large user base and number of…
Dell Partners With Microsoft For Business Cloud Computing
(PRESS RELEASE – July 20, 2010) – At Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference, Dell and Microsoft Corp. announced a strategic partnership in which Dell intends to use the Windows Azure platform appliance, introduced by Microsoft, as a part of its Dell Services Cloud to develop and…
Small Business News: A Guide To Growth
Starting and growing a small business is a great challenge, but it can be done with the right information. We’ve collected some of that information, from marketing to cash management to some major soul searching about why you might want to try all of this in the first place. Enjoy…
Patents Granted to Small Entities in Decline
America is supposed to be a place where independent inventors and small firms play a key role in the creation of new technology. As New York University economics Professor Will Baumol wrote in the 2008 Small Business Economy, “small enterprises have made a critical contribution to …
Study Shows California Small Business Bankruptcy Numbers Still High, Smaller Markets See Surge in Filings
Atlanta (PRESS RELEASE – July 19, 2010) — Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) announced significant findings from a comprehensive study on bankruptcy trends among the nation’s more than 24 million small businesses. While California and several Western metro areas continue to report the…
Financial Reform Legislation Gives Angel Investors a Break
Investors in startups and small businesses have been concerned about language buried deep within the Restoring Financial Stability Act of 2010, the financial reform bill passed by Congress this week. At one point during the lengthy debate over the bill, it would have made two changes that would…
IRS Steps Up Small Business Audits
Disturbing news for entrepreneurs: A study from Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), reported in Forbes, reveals that in the last five years, the number of hours the IRS spends auditing small businesses (those with assets of $10 million or less) has…
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