small business Archives

3 Tax Season Tips for Small Business Owners

Tax season can be daunting for anyone, but being a small business owner can add extra stress with the additional responsibility to complete personal taxes, while also preparing your business taxes. Small business owners are...

byGyawu Mahama

April 18, 2016

Questions for Small Businesses: Ask the Right Ones

What’s limiting your company’s growth isn’t your marketing strategy. It’s your ugly baby. Small business owners often come to us with tactical sales and marketing questions in their effort to attract more customers and improve...

byJustin E. Crawford

April 11, 2016

How to target talent using LinkedIn

Recruiting for Small Business on LinkedIn One of the best ways for a small business to expand is by sourcing the right talent that will help to take your company to the next level. There...

byIan Butterworth

August 11, 2015

Virtual Assistant: A startup’s answer

6 Reasons why Every Start-Up Should Hire a Virtual Assistant Start-Up businesses face daunting challenges the moment the enterprise is formally launched. There are several challenges along the way to attaining business success. Some of...

byFelix Tarcomnicu

July 23, 2015

Small businesses want immigration & EU membership prioritised

Research from Make It Cheaper shows that Britain's small business owners are concerned with Britain's EU membership and immigration policy ahead of the 2015 General Election With the clock counting down until Britain’s 2015 General...

byJames McCallister

May 4, 2015

Your Credit Score: An Important Business Tool

Here Is Why Your Credit Score Is One of the Most Important Business Tools You Have Business owners, here is a pop quiz: What are your top 5 assets? In no particular order, you might...

byJenna Brown

April 6, 2015

Assembling the Perfect Business Plan for Your Startup

Assembling an appropriate business plan is the most important aspect of a startup business The process of assembling an appropriate business plan is often the most important aspect of putting up a startup company that...

byBert Seither

December 15, 2014

8 Things I’m Thankful for as a Business Owner

Being Thankful as a Business Owner As an entrepreneur, there’s quite a lot to be thankful for, if you think about it. Sure, sometimes you’d rather bury your head under a pillow than wake up...

byNellie Akalp

November 21, 2014

Enjoy Summer More by Outsourcing

Hire Outside Experts to Boost Sales Summer is flying by and August is here. With this in mind, what are you doing to make your life easier during these warmer months? As a business owner,...

byMelanie Rembrandt

August 8, 2013

3 Tips for Juggling Tech Priorities

At Rich Dad, we use a combination of innovation and speed to meet the needs of our ever-changing business environment and exceed customer expectations. And I’m sure you are dealing with the same issues at...

byRobert LeCount

November 8, 2012

Small Business Grants: Small Business Start Up Capital

Grants for Small Startup Businesses Where can I find grants to start a business? Would-be entrepreneurs often ask us: Where can I find business grants to start a small business? And, sadly, some of these...

byStartupNation

October 25, 2011

Top 3 Getting Organized for Biz Tools

With Labor Day upon us, either most schools are back in session or about to start. That means Moms and Dads Gone Wild. Do NOT let your mind get carried away with you.....I am talking...

byRachel Blaufeld

August 31, 2011

Small Business surprise in my week away

Hi there StartUpNation! I am back after one final tribute to summer last week. Where I live, school is back in session as of today, and I am glued to my desk and ready to...

byRachel Blaufeld

August 23, 2011

Add This Term to Your Business Vocabulary: API

Yes, another acronym. API means Application Programming Interface. Ok, your eyes just rolled back. Don't stop reading, I'll give you some reasons why you need to know this term: 1. The essence of an API...

byRachel Blankstein

August 15, 2011

HubSpot Has Your Marketing Needs Covered

According to recent market research, more than 15,000 websites are currently using HubSpot, an all-in-one marketing tool that aims to do for small and medium-sized businesses what full-fledged marketing consultants do for larger companies. HubSpot...

byRachel Blankstein

August 1, 2011

5 Clues that You Need Salesforce

Here are 5 reasons that may indicate that you are ready to move up to Salesforce as your contact and lead management (CRM) provider. Ask yourself if these statements apply to your needs. If so,...

byRachel Blankstein

July 27, 2011

Constant Contact Focuses on Social CRM

Constant Contact, the largest email marketing company in terms of number of users, is expanding its traditional focus to keep up with digital marketing. With the growing use of social media as an effective and...

byRachel Blankstein

July 21, 2011

Selling to Wal-Mart: The Do’s and the Dont’s

After returning from Bentonville last week, I realized what I had just done was the most exciting thing an inventor/entrepreneur could ever do. Walk the hallways of the buying office at the headquarters of Wal-Mart.......

byKim Babjak

June 29, 2011

Do you plan to GROW during the summer?

For my boys, school is out for the summer, and that means “let the fun begin!” After sitting inside all fall, winter, & spring, they are absolutely ready for a new pace. Summer brings warm...

byRachel Blaufeld

June 8, 2011

Be Loyal – Personally & Professionally

I say “Bless You” to my dogs when they sneeze, Do You? Where am I going with this? I say “Bless You” to the dogs because they are loyal to me and I am loyal...

byRachel Blaufeld

May 25, 2011