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GoDaddy announced in an SEC filing that Elissa Murphy (pictured), its chief technology officer and executive vice president in charge of the GoDaddy cloud platform has resigned. Her resignation is effective May 17, 2016. Resignations of senior officers such as Murphy have to be disclosed with the Read More

The multi-national online transportation network company Uber has set a goal to help military vets and spouses generate half a billion in income by 2020 by creating UberMILITARY.
Back in September 2014, Uber announced an ambitious plan of bringing on board 50,000 members of the military community Read More

Sushi continues to be a growing trend in the U.S. and in other countries around the world. And you don’t have to be a Sushi master in order to be a part of this culinary trend — if you can find the right franchise opportunity. Here are 12 options for sushi franchises you can start. Read More

eBay has introduced a new way to get its name in the public eye with its eBay branded boxes but it may not be a profitable option for a lot of small business sellers.
The online auction and ecommerce site just launched its eBay Shipping Supplies Store. From this store, eBay sellers can purchase sh Read More

Pay equity — the gap between men and women’s compensation — has been a hot topic in the news this year. According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, in 2014, female full-time workers made an average of 79 cents for every dollar earned by men — a wage gap of 21 percent. To draw attention Read More

This idea came pretty quickly and I liked it. So I wrote it into my schedule and there it happily sat, largely forgotten, waiting to be drawn for around 7 weeks.
The day I decided to draw it I discovered how difficult this simple little idea was going to be. Not only did I have to draw a giant ant Read More

In recent years, crowdsourcing has become a popular method of outsourcing everything from simple logo and Web design to advanced engineering for NASA.
The technique is seen as controversial by some in the small business community. After all, crowdsourcing usually involves a system where multiple d Read More

The personal-finance website WalletHub recently took a look at the best and worst metro areas for women-owned businesses. They compared the 100 largest metropolitan areas across 10 different metrics that indicate friendliness toward women-owned businesses. For example, they looked at average revenu Read More

On April 10, 2016, the U.S. Postal Service will reduce postage rates for regular mail — for the first time in 97 years.
Small businesses have become conditioned to hearing about postage rates going up. But, in a move called “historic” certain postage rates are being reduced.
The biggest news is t Read More

Growing your team is an important part of growing your business. But it’s not always a simple process. There are expenses and laws to take into account, like California’s new $15 an hour minimum wage. And you may even have to deal with things like seasonal hiring, which the White House may be able Read More