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In 2011, small business lending was at an all time low, with banks approving less than nine percent of loans for small businesses.
What a difference four years makes.
Lending from large banks to small businesses more than doubled between June 2011 and June 2015 to reach an all-time high, accordin Read More

Purchasing and collecting fine art isn’t something that’s exactly accessible for many people. But Madelaine D’Angelo wants to change that.
The 28-year-old was unhappy with the current model of fine art collecting. It’s something that basically requires people to purchase artwork outright in order Read More

It’s the beginning of the end of Elance.
The Upwork platform has announced it would be shutting down Elance beginning next month, and migrating its community over to its home site. Read More

Leadership is a critical trait to possess if you’d like to advance in your career. However, when you’re at the bottom of the totem pole, you may think the ladder to manager is difficult to climb. As long as you are mindful of certain skills, though, you can do very well. We recently had a managemen Read More

Whenever I get a package delivered, there’s usually a struggle between the kids for the bubble wrap. (They especially enjoy the giant ones included in Amazon shipments. They make the biggest noise.)
There’s usually a prolonged negotiation, and then careful division making sure not to pop any bubbl Read More

Reaching customers on their mobile devices has never been more important for small businesses.
Now, one company says they’re making that easier to do.
YP, a local marketing solutions provider, says it’s launching ypDisplay, a new advertising solutions tool that will let local businesses build bra Read More

Few things can be as dangerous to a company’s long-term survival as stagnation. As with any group of people, companies develop cultures, ways of thinking and acting that, for better or worse, can become ingrained “cultural traditions.”

So what are some ways to engage employees better and shake u Read More

July can be a busy month for anyone. But you can make the most of your time by gaining new information and networking at the many business events happening this week. You can get out and meet people face-to-face at networking events and conferences taking place coast-to-coast from New York to Calif Read More

If there was one piece of advice that every marketer would agree on it, it’s that we are living in the “Age of the Customer”. Businesses are repeatedly reminded by marketers that marketing has to be customer-focused for a business to survive.
Without customers, there is no business.
Yet, many bus Read More

It’s barely the end of June and it’s time to head back to school? This is either madness – or extremely savvy marketing planning. The back-to-school shopping season is the second-highest spending period in the year, behind the winter holidays. In 2014 shoppers spent $74.9 billion on back-to-school. Read More