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We’re following Gatsby fever and heading to The Big Apple as we gear up for this year’s installment of the nation’s largest B2B trade show, Small Business Expo: New York, being held on Thursday, May 16, 2013 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. @ Pier 92! This year, Small Business Expo is back, and better […]
If you are, or have been, a part of the internet sub-culture that includes websites such as Reddit and 4chan, or, perhaps you have watched the latest Batman movie, whatever the case may be, then you understand the dangers of sensitive information stored on computers falling into the wrong hands. The problem with some of […]
Access to capital is a foremost concern for many business owners. Whether it’s raising funds for a new business idea, applying for a loan to expand and bring on new employees, or simply needing a little extra to cover costs that month, capital is essential to business’s success. That’s the reason we began Access to […]
Small Businesses have always formed the backbone of the American economy. These entrepreneurial pioneers embody the spirit of possibility, the tireless work ethic, and the simple hope for something better that lies at the heart of the American ideal. The problem is, our small businesses have been some of the hardest hit by this recession. […]
Your website needs to be mobile-friendly. Preferably yesterday, if not years ago. Here’s why: Teens, that coveted, impressionable market, are increasingly going mobile. Your target market isn’t teens? Remember that the habits and styles they establish are often carried with them into adulthood; this includes using mobile to access the internet. It’s imperative to make […]
As you may or may not have heard, Yahoo!’s CEO Marissa Mayer recently issued a policy change in the form of a memo delivered to all Yahoo! employees that was… ill-received, to say the least. The memo, sent from head of Human Resources, Jackie Reses, stated that all employees who currently had arrangements to work […]
The most recent Private Capital Access Index report produced by Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management, in partnership with Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp., revealed that 55% of owners are less confident in their business growth prospects than one year ago (pdf). While this number may seem similar to the millions of other vague statistics […]
Sequestration. It’s a buzz word worthy of “Fiscal Cliff” status, meaning we all wish Congress would get their act together so we could stop hearing and reading about it every day. Still, it’s important to remain current of the latest news, because the “across the board cuts” (sick of that phrase yet?) could impact small […]
From Plato and Aristotle to Gandalf and Frodo, the historical narrative surrounding the nature of the mentor/mentee relationship is very straightforward; young people fair better in the “real world” when they have expert mentor input readily available. Whether it’s advice on how to solicit funding for a start-up, or instructions on how to destroy the […]
Popular TV shows including Hoarders and Storage Wars (and whatever spinoffs I’m not aware of) accentuate our desire to store stuff, supposedly for later use. In 2012, the Self Storage Association reported that one in ten households in America currently rent storage units, a 65% increase from 15 years ago. For the most part, we’re bad […]
