Latest Stories for December, 2010
5 Steps To Being A Company Customers Love
I’m contacted fairly often by small business owners curious as to how they should handle this social media thing. They’re confused because they see companies that are doing it well, but they also see companies doing it horribly, horribly wrong. They want to make sure they stay on the high road…
Discover Small Business Watch Reveals Decline in Economic Confidence
Riverwoods, Illinois (PRESS RELEASE – December 28, 2010) -Three months of rising confidence among small business owners stalled in December, as fewer see economy getting better and more see it getting worse, according to the Discover Small Business Watch. The monthly index dropped to 81.6 in…
Small Business News: Small Biz Beginner’s Guide
Starting your business is the beginning of an ongoing adventure. Perhaps the one truly great truth about small business ownership or entrepreneurship is that the effort never ends. For this reason, the roundup below is appropriate both for newer entrepreneurs and for small business owners who have…
AdvanceMe Launches Small Business eBook Series
Atlanta (PRESS RELEASE – December 27, 2010) – AdvanceMe, Inc., the nation’s leading provider of Merchant Cash Advances for small and mid-sized businesses, announced the launch of its free eBook series as an added benefit to its web visitors and customers. Available under the Resources…
5 Tips for Hiring Legal Counsel in Your Small Business
Some readers know that I used to be a corporate attorney. As a General Counsel I have hired literally hundreds of outside law firms to represent the company I worked for. Trademarks; patents; litigation; transactions; collections — you name it, I’ve probably hired a law firm to handle…
How to Get States Into the New Economy
Many think tanks produce dashboards of economic indicators to help government officials formulate public policy. While these tools are almost always well-intentioned, sometimes they aren’t well thought out, making them problematic to follow. One example is State New Economy Index, produced by…
Manta Survey: Small Business Owners Give Employee Bonuses Despite Cost Cuts
Columbus, Ohio (PRESS RELEASE – December 27, 2010) – If the biggest lesson learned in an economic downturn is to do more with less, America’s small business owners have accomplished that by across-the-board cutbacks including staff, salaries and overhead. In a survey by Manta, the…
FICO Survey Finds Credit Gap Facing Consumers and Small Business Owners
Minneapolis (PRESS RELEASE – December 26, 2010) – FICO (FICO 23.42, 0.00, 0.00%), the leading provider of analytics and decision management technology, announced the results of its quarterly survey of bank risk professionals. Results of the survey, which is conducted for FICO by the…
Will Angel Investment Slowdown Hamper Recovery?
Just as most sources of small business financing have slowed down in the recession, angel financing has gone through some changes, too.
Like all investors, angels became more cautious about their investments. But what long-term effect will this slowdown have? A recent study holds some useful news…
Wells Fargo Survey: Business Owners Show Signs of Improved Optimism
San Francisco (PRESS RELEASE – December 26, 2010) – Business owner optimism is increasing, according to the most recent Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index survey conducted November 4-10. Survey results show improved outlook for business owners over the next 12 months in revenues, cash…
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