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Small Business Tip of the Week
Not taking the time to properly defend your network against hackers, spammers and viruses will jeopardize the security of your company’s vital information and data, not to mention really tick you off. Unfortunately no security software is perfect. They...
Credit Card Fees Too Much for Some Merchants
Credit card fees are a huge pain for small business owners. Every time customers run a debit or credit card a percentage of their purchase goes directly to the banks.For some time now small businesses have disregarded the fees, which also impact consumer ...
Complete List of Q3 2008 Web, Internet and Tech Acquisitions
Our big news in acquisitions this past quarter comes straight from our own office. PartnerUp was acquired by Deluxe Corporation back in July, so we’re pretty excited to be able to add our own name to the Q3 list.As for the rest of the M&A activity t...
New Immigration Rule States New Duties for Employers
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced tougher regulations late last month regarding immigration and the duties of employers. According to the new rule, employers have 90 days to resolve a “no-match” letter, which notifies an employe...
Have Delinquent Customers? ‘Shame’ on Them!
When you run a small business, you will no doubt encounter delinquent payments every now and then. Trying to get your customers to pay their bills sucks. It takes time, effort and it’s not at all fun…unless you live in Spain.In the United States it’...
Street Begging as a Business? Huh?
I used to assume that all street beggars were down-on-their-luck homeless people stuck in unfortunate situations and forced to panhandle for survival. That, however, is not always the case. In fact, the truly needy are starting to become overshadowed by ...
Beating The Small Business Blues
The National Small Business Association's annual survey of small-business owners published in......
Going back to Get Your MBA: Necessary or Not?
Tough economic times are usually thought of as a great time for recent grads and displaced professionals to head back to school and get some more education. For a lot of people, that means getting an MBA. The problem with this is that shelling out big buc...
Microsoft’s BizSpark Offers Free Tools to Startups
Through its new BizSpark program, Microsoft is enticing startups to build their businesses with Microsoft’s full-featured development tools—for free. Basically the BizSpark program goes like this:To be eligible a startup must meet three requirements. ...
Small Business Tip of the Week
Setting up a booth at a trade show can provide small businesses with all kinds of benefits. Through trade shows you can showcase and sell your products, gain new customers and prospects, make great contacts, learn and explore new industry trends, and buil...
Collegiate Characteristics of the Self-Employed
I read a paper recently by Chad Moutray of the Small Business Administration. In the paper he explores the relationship between self-employment and college education. Some of the findings are pretty interestingThe self-employed tend to:major in the social...
Lease Termination Clauses
Leases are long and confusing, and important clauses can also sometimes be hidden. Tenants often feel the urge to breeze through the fine print and sign on the dotted line. I know I’ve been guilty of it a time or two. But a lease is a legally binding co...
Super Bowl or Bust
Sure, everyone would love to take out an ad during the Super Bowl, the holy grail of American sports, but hardly anyone has the ability to do it. Why? Because 30 seconds of air time would cost more money than I could hope to make in a lifetime. We’re ta...
Social Media Breakfast at PartnerUp
PartnerUp hosted this month’s Twin Cities’ Social Media Breakfast (SMB) this morning, and it was a hit! It just so happens that I had the perfect seat for eavesdropping in on several conversations and people could not believe how great the turn out wa...
Technology’s Effect on Customer Service
Technology has positively influenced the world in more ways than I could ever name given an entire lifetime. One of technology’s greatest benefits, at least where business is concerned, is its ability to drastically increase productivity. Businesses can...
