Big Apple Takes a Bite of Small Business

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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 […]

Small Business Internet Security: Only You Can Prevent Cyber Crime

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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 […]

5 Ways To More Effectively Use LinkedIn

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The first thing you must know about LinkedIn is that it streamlines the networking process (I know, groundbreaking stuff, right?). This means that you can pretty much assume that anyone who currently has a profile on LinkedIn is in some way interested in making business contacts (like you!). The trick, however, is figuring out how […]

Telecommute Gets the Boot

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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 […]

Given the Political Climate, Small Business Hiring Dips

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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 […]

Mentorship is the New Black

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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 […]

Giving Back(packs) to the Community

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The academic summer is coming to an end; as such, back-to-school sales and campaigns dominate the commercial landscape, creating a frenzy within certain children to get the newest and hippest equipment and swag for their new grade. However, there are children whose families cannot afford such luxuries as new backpacks and other school equipment every year. […]

Bank Loans Top List of Expected Financing Sources

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The Jumpstart Our Business Act, otherwise known as the JOBS Act, was passed in April 2012, and is designed to help businesses access capital with more ease. Further, the JOBS Act decreases restrictions for private companies who want to go public, and it helps businesses obtain money from investors.  Although the new JOBS act allows […]

Community Involvement is King

March of Dimes 2012

On Saturday, April 28th, 2012 the Dun and Bradstreet Credibility Corp. office in Greensboro, North Carolina made their 4th annual appearance at the March of Dimes 5k walk. March of Dimes is an organization that aims to help mothers have full term pregnancies and healthy babies. Not only is March of Dimes interested in aiding […]

Small Businesses: Green Yourselves

Earth Day 2012

Looking outside my childhood bedroom window at my parent’s house, most people notice a very large, out of place pine tree. Because it is a kind of tree that doesn’t grow in our area, my mom has always thought that we had some sort of rare tree on our property. That is, until she recently […]

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