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Every decision you make in the business world has some sort of risk attached. The key to being successful in the long run is taking calculated risks that minimize negatives and maximize positive outcomes. Have you mastered taking calculated risks, or are you still working on it? Read More

UPS has rebranded its oldest small package delivery service in order to provide more reliable logistic solutions for small businesses.
Accountants, healthcare firms and small manufacturers are all expected to benefit from the arrival of UPS Next Day Air Early — which will create an earlier guarant Read More

Minority businesses still struggle with credit in a way other small businesses do not, a report from global business analytics firm Experian says.
According to Experian, minority owned businesses see an average business credit score of 49.7, five points lower than other U.S. businesses.
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Bad hires are expensive based on an interesting survey performed by CareerBuilder revealing that 41 percent of companies estimate that a bad hire costs more than $25,000; 25 percent of companies said a bad hire costs more than $50,000. And the higher the position, the higher those numbers become. B Read More

You’ve worked hard to get your business where it is, and maybe you’re okay staying small. But I encourage you to consider what your brand would look like if it did grow. Maybe you could afford to hire more employees, taking a lot of the workload and stress off of your own back. Maybe you could offe Read More

Early on in my career as a cartoonist most of what I had to worry about was just writing and drawing cartoons. Now, after 15 years or so in business, I’ve got more to schedule.
There’s the constant care and feeding of the website, meetings with clients, calls with vendors and employees, editorial Read More

More and more, business applications are using data science to automatically provide intelligence and insight in real-time to users, especially when it comes to customer engagement. But most of these systems typically are created with larger enterprises in mind. Still, small and midsize businesses Read More

Despite the growth of online shopping, brick-and-mortar stores aren’t dead — far from it. In fact, according to the 2016 BDO Retail Compass Survey of CFOs, the biggest area in which small retailers plan to invest in the coming year isn’t ecommerce, but redesigning and remodeling physical stores.
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There’s already myriad online services available for businesses. But recently, both GoDaddy and Linksys announced new offerings that could potentially benefit small business users.
Read about these tech innovations and more in this week’s Small Business Trends news and information roundup. Read More

Social media is a blessing for small business entrepreneurs to spread the word about their business without spending a huge amount of advertising dollars. Nevertheless, a majority of small businesses are not able to capitalize on this opportunity.
A recent ProOpinion poll found that many small bus Read More