The future of small business is the future of business itself, at least that’s what we believe here at Small Business Trends. But charting that future is not always easy. There are as many possible shapes for small business in the future as there are entrepreneurs and small business owners.…
Scottsdale, Arizona (PRESS RELEASE – August 23, 2011) – It has always been predicted that small business expenditures on wireless services would someday exceed that of wireline voice. That “someday” will be in 2012 as wireless becomes the largest category of telecommunications spending…
IMPORTANT UPDATE as of JANUARY 28, 2012: We have verified that RatePoint, the service reviewed in this article, has abruptly announced the shut down of operations.
Water spurting everywhere inside your house inspires you to move fast. When this happened a few years ago, we found a plumber in…
Sure, you’re active in social media, but as a responsible small business owner you know that it’s your site and your own community where you should be building your home base. This is where you direct people you meet in other outlets and it’s where you’re trying to form the real…
Houston, Texas (PRESS RELEASE – August 23, 2011) – InterFAX, a leading provider of Internet faxing services, is taking an important step in bridging the gap between the virtual office and the physical office with its industry-first integration with Google Docs. InterFAX is announcing the…
Want to build a better business today? It isn’t as hard as you think. Start with these simple ideas and a bit a creativity of your own. Creating a small business that can stand the test of time and changes in the market is a question of hard work and vision. Best of luck on your…
London, United Kingdom (PRESS RELEASE – August 22, 2011) – eMerchantPay, a leading European-based provider of online payment processing solutions to merchants worldwide, has partnered with billing systems and management services company Payletter to offer the global gaming community enhanced…
August has been a roller coaster for Wall Street and the rest of the world markets. It will be a while before we again approach the Dow Jones Industrial Average high of 14,000 in July 2007, but we are also a long way from March 2009 when the Dow closed at less than half of that figure. The question…
The Great Recession took a bite out of the value of the business equity of U.S. households that own small companies. Of course, the fact that the biggest recession in a generation caused a decline in households’ business equity holdings is probably intuitively obvious. But until recently the…
Washington (PRESS RELEASE – August 22, 2011) - Independent Association of Businesses (IAB) announced recently the creation of a national health care exchange that will offer small business owners and the self-employed greater options to obtain affordable health care and medical benefits.
Over the…
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