Small Business

September 5, 2016 

Consumers are wary of the increased frequency of cyber-attacks against retailers, and many are ready to walk away from their favorite retailers if a breach occurs.

September 1, 2016 

Professionals taking the survey now expect profits to rise 2.6 percent over the next 12 months, or more than three times the rate (0.7 percent) projected at the start of the year. Some 70 percent of business executives also say they expect revenue to ...

August 29, 2016 

Bank of Southern California has been recognized as a top small business lender in San Diego County based on the volume of SBA 7(a) loans originated according to the San Diego District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration's fiscal year-end ...

August 29, 2016 

As election day nears and more Americans focusing on economic issues such as the trade gap and corporate inversions, not to mention the $600 EpiPen, a new company, AmericanShiz, has launched a website to curate and promote only American-made goods in ...

August 19, 2016 

Election years often bring a flurry of legislative and regulatory activity. And this presidential election year is no different, as President Barack Obama tries to push through his final agenda items before leaving the White House.

Richard D. Alaniz, JD

August 19, 2016 

Companies are overhauling their organizational structure and shifting away from hierarchical, functional business models toward cross-functional “networks of teams,” in an effort to become more agile, collaborative and customer-focused.

August 18, 2016 

After the economy, the other issues cited by small business owners as most important follow in order as health care reform (10%), tax reform (9%), jobs and employment (6%), and immigration (6%).

August 18, 2016 

Under the FLSA, employers are required to keep accurate timesheets for overtime-eligible employees for at least two years. Without easily accessible records, it’s very hard to defend against wage and hours disputes in a court of law.

August 18, 2016 

Xero’s integration with Avalara in 2015 gave Xero customers access to real-time sales tax rates, in addition to auto-preparing sales tax returns in as little as five minutes using Avalara TrustFil

August 16, 2016 

With PayPal Express Checkout for Xero, clients will be able to pay in just a few clicks from directly within the invoice, speeding time to funds. This announcement was made at Xerocon 2016 in San Francisco on August 15­17, 2016.

August 16, 2016 

Spark 401k is designed for businesses with fewer than 100 employees to deliver a straightforward retirement planning experience that offers the benefits available to larger companies. These benefits include the ability to build a retirement nest egg ...

August 16, 2016 

A recent survey of more than 1,200 small business owners in the United States found 71 percent of respondents say that at least one quarter of their business is run in the cloud, a significant increase from only 23.5 percent reported in a similar survey c