Resources

4 Resources for

small business owner

Subscribe to this listing via:
RSS
Email

BNET Resources

Microsoft Live Small Business Is Actually Worthwhile: I've never been a huge fan of Microsoft's offerings for small business owners, but a positive review from the New York Times tech guru David Pogue persuaded me to check out the latest version of Microsoft Live Small Business. As Pogue mentions, this suite of applications now works for Firefox...; Tags: David Goldenberg, small business, small business owner, Microsoft Corp.; Blog posts 2008-02-13
How to Build Instant Rapport: How to Build Instant RapportGreat TipsThis is another great article with excellent tips. I am impressed and more at ease when salespeople use these techniques with me. It's really about consideration and respect. It comes down to honesty too. Don't be the kind of salesperson that could sell ice to...; Tags: Sales strategy, PRODUCTIVITY, Marketing research, INSTANT RAPPORT, small business owner, small business; Discussion threads 2007-06-12
Model Simplified Employee Pension Plan (SEP): A simplified employee pension plan is usually one of the easiest and least expensive ways for a small employer to provide employees with a retirement plan. Although a SEP Simplified Employee Pension Plan is generally regarded as one of the simplest forms of retirement plans, it is still subject to...; Tags: Office Depot Inc., employee pension plan, pension plan, small business owner, small business, tax; Tools & templates 2004-03-01
Small Business And The Internet: Small business owners are learning to benefit more from the Internet. Businesses hired web developers and got their companies online, using good old HTML. Today, small business owners see bigger advantages to the Internet, such as saving money via more efficient purchasing of supplies and vendor relationship management. Business to...; Tags: small business owner, small business, B2B, Internet, benefit, HTML, pricing strategy, portal, brand, network, Web; White papers 2003-01-01

Additional Resources

Evolve Technologies Announces Appointment of Senior Network Engineer: FAIRFAX, Va. -- Evolve Technologies (www.evolvetech.com), a company that specializes in providing information technology IT solutions for small businesses, today announced the hiring of Brian Jilg to the position of senior network engineer. In this role, Jilg is responsible for team technical training, technical call escalations, which provide direct vendor...; Articles 2008-06-25

New York embracing small scale renewable energy generation: For Bob Bechtold, recent news out of Albany only reinforces a long-term business strategy: Investing in green energy makes economic as well as ecological sense. To see one reason why, look to the gas pump, he said. "Those waiting for [prices] to come...; Articles 2008-06-25
New Research Shows Small Businesses Most Vulnerable to Employee Fraud: Sage Software announced today the findings of arecent independent survey conducted by M/A/R/C Research which revealed thatapproximately one third of small businesses in the United States do nothave, or are unaware if they have, software, systems or tools in place toinhibit or prevent employee fraud. Further results show that aboutone-in-four...; Articles 2008-06-25
New York's Small- and Mid-Size Business Owners Fear Economic Downturn, Survey Says: The majority of New York business ownerspolled in a recent survey said the U.S. economy was their chief worry, with94 percent saying they were "extremely" or "somewhat" concerned about thecontinued downturn. In the survey of small- and mid-sized business SMBexecutives in the New York metropolitan area, keeping current customers...; Articles 2008-06-25
Kiplinger.com Launches Small Business Center: Advice, Recommended Readings, and Everything Required for Small Business Success WASHINGTON -- Kiplinger.com (www.Kiplinger.com), the leader in personal finance advice and business forecasting, announces the launch of its new Small Business Center (http://kiplinger.com/business/smallbusiness/). The online center serves as a guide for small businesses and their employees to grow...; Articles 2008-06-24
Large Fleet Best Practices Help Small Fleets: Save 10 to 25% on the Total Cost of Fueling SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine -- Wright Express encourages small businesses to adopt the best practices of America's largest fleets to save on the cost of fueling vehicles. Dedicated fuel purchasing programs and emerging technology save on the total cost...; Articles 2008-06-24
Visa Launches the Visa Business Network on Facebook®: First of Its Kind Network Built on Facebook Platform Creates a One-Stop Resource for Small Business Owners SAN FRANCISCO -- Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) today unveiled the Visa Business Network (www.visabusinessnetwork.com), the first-ever application dedicated to connecting small businesses on Facebook. The Visa Business Network has been created...; Articles 2008-06-24
MyBizHomepage.com Boosts Small Businesses' Efficiency: Company in Business to Help Other Companies Succeed MIDDLEBURG, Va. -- MyBizHomepage (www.MyBizHomepage.com)--a web-based small business--has set its sights on the unthinkable in a modern, capitalist society: helping improve the value and efficiency of other small and emerging businesses, free-of-charge. MyBizHomepage.com is designed specifically for entrepreneurs...; Articles 2008-06-23
Smartphone: Connectivity's New Face for Small Businesses: SBs will outspend MBs 6 fold by 2013, says AMI-Partners NEW YORK -- Once geared towards enterprise usage, smartphones today have approximately 31% of U.S. small businesses (SBs, or companies with up to 99 employees) utilizing vendors such as RIM, Palm, Motorola for e-mail accessibility or mobile calendar...; Articles 2008-06-23
The Hartford Expands Its Identity Recovery Coverage, Adding New Features Without New Cost To Policyholders: Insurer to now offer coverage to business owners' full-time employees as part of its expanded Spectrum small business policy HARTFORD, Conn. -- Every two seconds identity theft claims another victim, one of the troubling statistics of the Technology Age. Today, nearly every week brings news reports of another...; Articles 2008-06-23
Ending the Pension Shortfall for Canadian Business Owners: There is a serious shortfall happening to Canadian business owners. Business Owners who are nearing retirement age, will not be able to achieve anywhere near the level of income they are used to when they retire; whereas executives at large Canadian Companies have their pensions funded at 70% of their...; Articles 2008-06-23
Flash owner building on early success: At age 29, Brandt Andersen is living an entrepreneur's dream: With profits in hand from the sale of an earlier, successful start- up, he decided that one goal -- finding interesting, creative projects -- would guide the choices he made for the next stage in his life. ...; Articles 2008-06-22
Strip bar stripped of lease: MURRAY -- Southern Exposure was ultimately stripped of its lease on property near Intermountain Healthcare's hospital complex Friday when the Utah Supreme Court ruled in favor of the medical facility. The justices ended a 10-year battle with their ruling, which upheld Intermountain's right to evict the gentleman's...; Articles 2008-06-21
Long Island reservists: wages of war: John O'Dougherty, a small business owner on Long Island, has battled a rough economy and high taxes. Now he's fighting in the war. The 45-year-old Valley Stream resident and co-owner of Huntington Station-based Old World Construction is a reservist in the midst of a one-year tour of duty in...; Articles 2008-06-20
Flooding hits small towns hard: OAKVILLE, Iowa -- Even before the Iowa River used this town as a shortcut to the Mississippi, there wasn't much here: a post office, a convenience store, a tavern and a little restaurant. The largest employer was a pork-and-grain producer called TriOak Foods. The company's towering grain...; Articles 2008-06-19
AdvanceMe, Inc. Champions Ten Years in Merchant Cash Advance Industry: AdvanceMe, Inc., the nation's leading providerof Merchant Cash Advances MCA, announces a major corporate milestone:ten successful years in a now flourishing industry. The company was foundedin 1998 by an entrepreneur who envisioned a way of turning her futurecredit card sales into working capital. The result was the Merchant CashAdvance...; Articles 2008-06-18