15Dec

How to Negotiate a Business Deal – Part 2

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In our last blog post, we began a discussion about how to successfully negotiate a business deal. We continue this topic now with four more actionable expert strategies you can take right now to make sure you are securing the best deal for your company. Who is the Decision Maker? Make sure the person you […]

30Nov

How to Negotiate a Business Deal – Part 1

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In today’s fast-paced world, negotiating a business deal can be quick and informal – especially if you are a small business. That said, there are some hard and fast rules to apply whenever negotiating to ensure the details of a contract/sale/deal are documented and both sides feel they received something of value. Today, we share some expert […]

15Nov

7 Ways to Start a New Business With No Money

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Many entrepreneurs in the US have grown up with the knowledge – if you can dream it, you can do it. Not all successful businesses have always started with a ton of cash or funding — there are thousands of cases of entrepreneurs making it big with little money or resources in the very beginning. […]

31Oct

Can Your Business Afford a Cyber Attack?

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As if companies do not have enough to worry about — with a difficult economy, election uncertainty, rising employee wages, escalating health care costs and other challenges, cyber attacks are the latest risk of concern to small businesses. Nationwide, one of the largest financial institutions in the U.S. recently published its second annual Small Business […]

15Oct

Why Fast Growing Small Businesses Are Fleeing Big Banks

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According to the J.D. Power 2016 U.S. Small Business Banking Satisfaction Study, published October 2016, small businesses that are growing sales 20% or more annually are considerably more satisfied overall with their banking experience than their counterparts at small businesses with lower or no annual growth. However, the study finds that 22% of these fast-growing […]

30Sep

The Millennial Entrepreneur

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The past decade has seen the emergence of fabulous entrepreneurism among the demographic known as the Millennials. The most superb examples of entrepreneurism is Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook who founded the company while still in college and in the initial public offering the social network in 2015 was worth $40 billion. The Millennials are those […]

15Sep

Minority Owned Businesses in the U.S.

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The term “melting pot” when referring to the myriad of cultures in the U.S. has never been so true. This is also the case when referring to businesses. The statistics show that “minority-owned” businesses in the nation are on the rise and according to the Small Business Administration (SBA), “…nationwide, 29% of businesses are majority-owned […]

31Aug

Bank of America Women Business Owner Spotlight Study

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In the inaugural study, Bank of America Women Business Owner Spotlight — the Report showcases how women entrepreneurs are feeling about the outlook and overall growth potential of their companies. The survey which queried 1,000 female small business owners, found that women are generally bullish – even more so than their male counterparts. The report cited that […]

15Aug

Nationwide Study of Millennial Small Business Owners

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Over the past few years, Millennials have been given a bad rap. Maybe it was partially deserved or maybe the younger generation is always maligned by the older folks who yearn for their younger years. A recent study challenged the popular notions of the group that grew up without floppy disks or record players and […]

31Jul

Small Business Trends You Need to Know Right Now

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The National Federation of Independent Business’s (NFIB) Index of Small Business Optimism has seen some conflicting trends in their latest monthly economic survey. The results show that optimism rose by one point in April 2016, but faith in the economy as well as the labor market has dwindle. The overall Index of Small Business Optimism […]

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