Small Business

January 29, 2015 

The work of innovative thinkers is why the world has smartphones, laptop computers, toaster ovens and numerous other gadgets and creative approaches to problem solving. Yet groundbreaking ideas aren’t always welcome in the corporate world or within other

January 26, 2015 

Intuit has announced the second annual QuickBooks Connect conference will be held in San Jose, California, on November 2. Last year, the inaugural event brought together nearly 4,000 entrepreneurs, small businesses, accounting professionals and ...

January 19, 2015 

Cash rained down on startups in 2014, as venture capitalists poured a whopping $48.3 billion into new U.S. companies — levels not seen since before the dot-com bubble burst in 2001. Strong technology IPOs are luring investors chasing the next big ...

January 19, 2015 

More than half of corporate finance executives rank future regulatory mandates as their highest compliance concern, according to a new survey by audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG LLP.

January 15, 2015 

It’s a practice known as open-book finance and is used by more than 4,000 companies around the world, including Southwest Airlines, Harley-Davidson, and Whole Foods. Baker has studied open-book finance at several organizations and published a related case

January 12, 2015 

Designed to work on your Apple or Android mobile devices, Kashoo Accounting-Quick Entry is a handy add-on for the Kashoo Cloud Accounting full-featured Web app. Quick Entry allows you to easily and quickly enter new income and expense transactions.

January 12, 2015 

With the New Year in full swing, small business owners are focused on implementing their strategic plans for 2015. An important component of those plans should include monitoring potential regulatory changes and understanding how they may impact the small

January 12, 2015 

As part of end-of-year tax legislation by Congress, the half-million dollar maximum deduction was retroactively preserved for 2014, as were a couple of other related provisions. But these extensions authorized by the Tax Increase Prevention Act ...

January 12, 2015 

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) says it supports Rep. Bob Goodlatte and his introduction of a bill that would reduce some regulatory hurdles for small businesses. The legislation is H.R. 185, the Regulatory Accountability Act.

January 12, 2015 

Following last week's passage of Keystone pipeline construction by the new Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, a business group is urging the new Senate to do the same.

January 12, 2015 

With the holidays over, many Americans may have gift cards they either don't want, or simply know they'll never use. Even so, that doesn't mean that those gift cards are worthless, especially when you consider that more than $45 billion in gift cards have

December 19, 2014 

Do you ever feel like you’re drowning in the flood of data you receive each day? Are you simply reacting to challenges at work, instead of proactively addressing them? You are not alone. A new approach called “The Four Intelligences” can serve as ...