Current Issues

Daily Deal Site SaveMore Accused of Being a Scam

By Anita Campbell - Apr 2, 2012 - 46 Comments

The Better Business Bureau has issued an alert to the public about daily deals site SaveMore.com, which according to over 1,000 complaints "took money for daily deal coupons, never delivered." This case illustrates one of the risks of dealing with daily deal sites whether as a consumer or as a … Read More

Obamacare Decision by Supreme Court Will Impact Small Business

By Rohit Arora - Apr 2, 2012 - 2 Comments

The Supreme Court concludes arguments on President Obama's health insurance overhaul this week and whether to strike down the health insurance reform measures. Signed into law by President Obama two years ago, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act -- commonly referred to as "Obamacare," … Read More

How to Take Advantage of the Crises in State Governments

By Rieva Lesonsky - Mar 28, 2012 - 3 Comments

How’s your state doing? In California, where I live, there’s mass outcry over possible state budget cuts that could hamstring public schools, colleges and universities if a tax increase slated for the November ballot doesn’t pass. All this, despite the encouraging news about job creation and … Read More

Small Business Mentoring Tips from Champions of Change (Honored at the White House)

By Shashi Bellamkonda - Mar 26, 2012 - 4 Comments

This the National Mentorship month and the White House held an event to honor 12 Small Business Champions of Change from all over the US on March 7, 2012. I had the great honor to attend this event (Web.com and Network Solutions, the companies I work for, were active supporters of this event and so … Read More

Call for All 50 States to Adopt Self Employment Program

By Kristie Arslan - Mar 23, 2012 - Leave a Comment

Legislation extending the U.S. payroll tax deduction in February included changes to the Self-Employment Assistance (SEA) voluntary program that allows states to pay a self-employment allowance to unemployed individuals who are in the process of establishing businesses and realizing the dream of … Read More

Small Business Health Reform Survey: Moral Obligations and Retention

By Susan Payton - Mar 22, 2012 - 1 Comment

With small business healthcare costs rising, what does that mean for small business owners who are struggling to offer competitive healthcare benefits to their employees? eHealth, Inc. released the results of a survey today of 236 small business customers of eHealthInsurance.com, the majority of … Read More

Cash Mobs: Flash Mobs for Small Businesses

By Susan Payton - Mar 18, 2012 - 11 Comments

You may have heard of a flash mob: a group of people meet at a certain time and place and begin "spontaneously" dancing a routine. But what in the heck is a "cash mob?" And why are businesses all over the United States (and other countries) clamoring to get involved in them? Cash mobs were … Read More

Small Business Lending Enhancement Act: Capital Into the Hands of Entrepreneurs

By Rohit Arora - Mar 18, 2012 - 4 Comments

This week, Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) vowed to introduce his bipartisan Small Business Lending Enhancement Act as an amendment to the Jump-Start Our Business Start-Ups (JOBS) Act. The legislation would raise the business lending cap credit unions currently face. The most attractive thing about … Read More

Women Rock the World: And Not Just on International Women’s Day!

By Susan Payton - Mar 7, 2012 - 6 Comments

In honor of International Women's Day (@womensday) on March 8, 2012, we'd like to look at the women that are shaping the small business landscape and tip our hats to them (us!). By the Numbers Running a business is no longer a man's game. From 2002 to 2007, the number of women-owned … Read More

Web.com Rings the NASDAQ Closing Bell: A Small Business Grows Up

By Anita Campbell - Mar 1, 2012 - 4 Comments

In 1997, David Brown, Web.com Chairman and CEO, had a dream and a strong desire to serve what he believed was a forgotten market: small business. His wife is a small business owner. He didn't want small businesses to be left behind on the then-new Internet, he says. At that time, he started a … Read More

Entrepreneurs: Working Hard, or Hardly Working?

By Rieva Lesonsky - Feb 29, 2012 - 8 Comments

It’s a truth universally accepted (and also supported by many surveys) that today’s young people are more interested than ever in entrepreneurship. Having seen their parents laid off from corporate jobs, having grown up with entrepreneurial role models like Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg, and … Read More

Understanding Women Workers

By Rieva Lesonsky - Feb 8, 2012 - 6 Comments

One of the secrets to getting the most from your employees is understanding the challenges they face, not only in the workplace but in the rest of their lives. A comprehensive new report, Women & the Workplace, by Inforum and Sphere Trending has some insights on a key group of employees: … Read More