Nov 29, 2012

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Small Business Saturday: What Worked and What Didn't
Forbes
Our business increased its sales by 400% this year on Small Business Saturday. This isn't typical; our rare book company doesn't normally benefit from promotions, and our website sale last year was a flop. We are obviously delighted with the success ...
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How small business can go big data
ZDNet
Plenty of small businesses are doing their own data analysis using tools such as Microsoft's Excel and Access. They note down a few inputs and over time can see trends. At my restaurant this comes into play when we look at the average dollar spent per ...
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For Small Businesses, More Than Income Tax Rates Are at Stake in Deficit Talks
New York Times (blog)
This summer, executives at Gray Construction, a closely held company in Lexington, Ky., decided it was time for a new telephone system. Gray, which builds factories and other industrial projects, has about 500 employees in offices in California, North ...
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Get started: Small businesses shy away from Groupon, USPS faces its own fiscal ...
Washington Post (blog)
USPS facing its own fiscal cliff: The U.S. Postal Service suffered a record loss last week of almost $16 billion, and it needs Congress to change one rule quickly in order to stop the bleeding. Small firms shying away from Groupon: Small businesses are ...
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Calif. Small Businesses Depend on Banking Relationship
HispanicBusiness.com
About half (49 percent) of small business owners in California say a relationship with their bank is a "very important" part of their success. According to the results of a survey of 1,222 small business respondents in California conducted by ...
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Small-business funding platform Kabbage wins CloudBeat's Innovation Showdown
VentureBeat
Seven companies presented on stage today, but only one won CloudBeat 2012′s Innovation Showdown. That was Kabbage, a small-business funding platform that uses cloud power to connect companies with cash. "The average business has grown by ...
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VentureBeat
Obama's Plan: Raise Taxes on Small Businesses, Lower Taxes for Corporations
The Weekly Standard (blog)
President Barack Obama's plan to avert the so-called fiscal cliff hinges on increasing marginal tax rates on those earning over $250,000 a year—a group that includes those "millionaires and billionaires" but also includes several hundred thousand ...
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The Weekly Standard (blog)
Pay the penalty, or insure your staff? Small business owners face tough health ...
Washington Post
The owner of Binary Group Inc., an information technology firm based in Alexandria, Va., is one of many small business owners who will be required to provide health insurance for her staffers under a provision of the law that goes into effect on Jan. 1 ...
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How taxing the wealthy affects small businesses
CBS News
(CBS News) Here is a closer look now at one of the key sticking points in those negotiations over the federal budget: President Obama's insistence that any deal includes higher tax rates for high-income earners. So how would that affect small businesses?
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Entrepreneurs, small business owners likely to be pushed hard off fiscal cliff
Examiner.com
"Small business owners are most worried about the impact of tax increases on their employees and customers. A 2 percent payroll tax cut Obama negotiated with Congress in 2010 when the Bush-era tax cuts were extended is due to expire, ending what ...
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House Small Business chairman skeptical of GSA's new schedules model
FCW.com
Sam Graves (R-Mo.), chairman of the House Small Business Committee, wrote that GSA's Demand Based Model (DBM) of the schedules program will not help the agency operate more efficiently or save money. It also will not help small businesses' viability in ...
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Some Small Businesses Skip Groupon for Holidays
CIO Today
With only three percent of small retailers saying they got repeat customers out of Groupon or other daily deals sites this year, many say they are are bypassing the strategy during the all-important holiday shopping season. If businesses aren't getting ...
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Tax-the-rich plan will hurt small business
phillyBurbs.com
You see, the owners of most successful small businesses, like mine and the Rodon Group, extract enough business income to support the lifestyle we want and then invest what's left into growing our business — increasing our net worth (hopefully) but ...
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Small Business Tips to Fight Holiday Stress
Huffington Post (blog)
As big businesses report increased sales from Black Friday, small businesses like me are trying to figure out how to maximize opportunities to network at holiday parties. My small business was recently bumped from a panel because a bigger and more ...
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Small businesses, tax cuts, and reporting
Business Insider
(The IRS has a different criterion of ownership that allows a company like Bechtal at $31 billion to be considered a small business). Dan Becker's note: The Washington Post article is Obama calls for small business tax breaks. The article uses the Tax ...
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SBA seeks NM Small Business Person of the Year nominations
Bizjournals.com
"These awards provide an opportunity to celebrate the success of small business owners who start each day with creativity to overcome obstacles and challenges, and with perseverance to keep moving forward creating jobs for themselves and others while ...
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Evanston small businesses collaborate in wake of closings
Daily Northwestern
With the holidays approaching, the spotlight has shifted to Evanston's newest small businesses, which will either sail smoothly into the new year or sink like other shops before them. In an effort to survive, some business owners are collaborating with ...
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Alliant Energy warns small business customers of utility scam
Quad-Cities Online
The scam involves calling small business customers and claiming that the customer is past due on their Alliant Energy bill. Customers are asked to pay their past due utility bill by providing their credit card information. The scam artists claim that ...
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Small Businesses Need Loans, But Also Customers
MetroFocus (blog)
Holin recently applied for an emergency loan from the NYC office of Small Business Services. The loans of up to $25,000 are available to small businesses and nonprofit organizations based in New York City for at least the past year, and that have fewer ...
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MetroFocus (blog)
Credit Union Lending Bill Would Help Small Firms
Huffington Post
A look at the numbers makes it clear that America's economy relies on small business. After all, they create a majority of new jobs and employ four out of six American workers. And it's not often political leaders miss an opportunity to tout the ...
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Small business day held again in West Milford
NorthJersey.com
He said business owners pay property taxes, provide jobs for local people, provide work for contractors when they need special services and support commercial organizations with some of the money their sales generate. Small Business Saturday takes ...
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NorthJersey.com
Small firms' Cyber Monday sales soar
The Courier-Journal
While small businesses have trouble steering Black Friday shoppers out of the malls and into their shops, they're only a click away online during Cyber Monday. This holiday season, small businesses have benefited from a widening net of high-profile PR ...
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Post-election, small business optimism drops
Crain's Cleveland Business (blog)
Blog entry: November 29, 2012, 10:00 am | Author: SCOTT SUTTELL. Small business owners do not share the sentiments of the majority of American voters, according to a new survey from Vistage International Inc. and The Wall Street Journal ...
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Small Business Saturday is becoming popular shopping day
The Clermont Sun
American Express was responsible for the start of Small Business Saturday, which they began promoting nation-wide November 27, 2010 to celebrate shopping "small" at local businesses. Small Business Saturday falls after Black Friday and before Cyber ...
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The Clermont Sun
Business loans, minus the bank
RedEye Chicago (blog)
"The truth is that small business loans are always risky," he said, noting that most people wouldn't loan money to a business they see is struggling or mismanaged. "I'm not going to lend money to a business that's always empty. There's kind of a built ...
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Small Business Lead Conversion: 3 Tips & 1 Story
Business 2 Community
Running a small business is full of excitement, surprises, expectations, and possibilities. There are a million things on your plate everyday. One of the serious aspects to take care of is converting leads into sales, and turning those sales into ...
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Small defense businesses face big woes
Politico
... industry's small businesses are facing uniquely big problems. Many small businesses would be directly affected by the expiration of Bush-era income tax cuts at year's end because, if organized as an S Corporation, income taxes are paid at ...
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Politico
More Taxes for the Rich…and Small Business?
Fox Business
Lisa Goodbee, president of Goodbee and Associates, started her business in 1994 with her then-newcomer's sense of optimism and determination. Nineteen years later, she says she considers herself fortunate, with annual company earnings of $400,000.
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Goldman Sachs, Delgado Community College small business classes taking ...
NOLA.com
Delgado Community College is accepting applications for the next class of business owners in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program. The program will offer a training course on various facets of running businesses beginning in March.
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Blogs14 new results for Small Business
 
New Small Business Tax Break Being Proposed - OPEN Forum ...
By Mike Periu
Finance expert Mike Periu on President Obama's proposal for a $25 billion dollar tax break for small businesses.
OPEN Forum - Keyword: Everything
Black Friday and Small Business Saturday – a Northern Tides ...
By Jerry Kasunic
Lubec, Maine: On November 23rd and 24th, Northern Tides Inc., Northern Tides Art and Gift Gallery, celebrated the retail holiday of Black Friday and Small Business Saturday in Downeast style with a 6'7" Lobster that kids and adults adored.
Bangor Daily News
Gun Dogs Unlimited Brings Hope to Small Business Owners - SBWire
Press Release issued Nov 29, 2012: Cleveland, Georgia, Gun Dogs Unlimited, a service provider for outdoor enthusiasts, announced the launch of their brand new website. The website will feature outdoor related companies such as gun dog ...
SBWire - Latest Press Releases
Number of Hispanic-owned small businesses is on the rise in ...
By Christina Tetreault
The amount of Hispanic-owned small business grew by nearly 40 percent in the last five years according to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. In Arizona currently there are approximately 65,000 Hispanic-owned small businesses and ...
Cronkite News
OPINION - Small Business Saturday, Giving Tuesady - WSAU News ...
NEWS BLOG (WSAU) You've heard about Black Friday. This year we also had Grey Thursday, the "soft opening" to the holiday shopping season on Thanksgiving night. We also have Cyber-Monday. Perhaps you've also heard of Small ...
WSAU News Feed
SA's Absa launches a world first for small business
By Staff Writer
South African Absa has entered into an agreement with a local payment innovations company thumbzup, to enable businesses and entrepreneurs on-the-go across.
IT News Africa news alert
Hilderbran to Push Tax Relief for Texas Small Businesses
By JimCardle
"I know that we can create even more jobs." Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – "Texas' positive business climate, including the $1 million franchise tax exemption, has helped keep unemployment below the national average and ...
Texas Insider
Attracting investors for your small business | Intuit Small Business India
By admin
We've all seen shows like the BBC's Dragons' Den or ET Now's Super Angels, where start-ups and small businesses pitch and battle it out for attracting investors or venture capitalists. True, not every business looking for investors needs to ...
Intuit Small Business India
Outsourcing: 5 Business Activities Entrepreneurs Can Outsource to ...
By YFS Small Business Contributors
Outsourcing: 5 Business Activities Entrepreneurs Can Outsource to Increase Productivity 10 Common Sales Mistakes Small Businesses Make College Entrepreneurs: How to Make the Most of Your Education When Starting a Business NYC ...
YFS Magazine - Startup, Small...
How to Choose a Great Logo for Your Restaurant | Get Busy Media
By Amanda DiSilvestro
It is also important to think about the meaning of your business. Although a logo is small, its job is to encompass the meaning of your company while still grabbing someone's attention. Fortunately, restaurant logos are often a bit easier because ...
Small Business News From Get Busy Media
Small businesses dropping daily deals
By noreply@allvoices.com
This holiday season, some small businesses are putting Groupon on their 'naughty' list. Even with the last few months of the year being the burro that.
Allvoices.com - Top Stories
Benefits of Merchant Cash Advance | Loans for Small Business ...
By Nicole Russo, Marketing
Benetrends provides working capital to help you run your business, whether expanding your business or purchasing inventory - you can use the money for any business purpose . A merchant cash advance offers an alternative source of ...
Loans for Small Business | Small...
Feed The Hunger Foundation offers loans to low-income small ...
By Karin
Feed The Hunger Foundation (FTHF), an organization with more than $1.5 million to award in Hawaii micro-loans, invites low-income entrepreneurs and small businesses in the state's food sector to apply for available funds. The foundation is ...
Hawaii 24/7 | Hawaii247.com
New Year's Resolutions for Your Westchester Business | Grow Your ...
By admin
Work with your SCORE Westchester small business mentor to make 2013 the best year ever for your Westchester business. ... Here are 3 resolutions you can make (with the help of a SCORE small business mentor!) that will have a positive ...
Grow Your Small Business with...

Web2 new results for Small Business
 
Obama Tries to Assuage Small Businesses' Fiscal Fears ...
At the White House, the president pitched 15 small business owners on his plan to keep taxes on the middle class from rising.
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Small business point-of-sale systems hacked Subway-style in ...
Romanian hacking ring busted after ringing up $30 million in fraudulent charges.
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