Small Business October 23, 2026
The Chapter 11 Pre-Filing Data Package: What the Accountant Must Provide
For a small company, Chapter 11 is a last chance to reorganize rather than liquidate, and the first weeks set the course.
December 12, 2014
Bill.com Releases New Fast Pay System for AR, Cash Flow Management
Bill.com has released its new Fast Pay service, which enables small businesses to pay and get paid faster, allowing precise cash flow management. Traditionally, checks and other payments take anywhere from four to ten days to be processed and delivered.
December 5, 2014
2015 Awesome Applications
The 2015 award recipients include a mixture of mature solutions with deep functions as well as several new products that show great value today and we believe will delight customers for many years to come.
December 4, 2014
Business Execs Confident in U.S. Economy Heading into 2015
Business executives are raising their expectations for profits, revenue and expansion in the coming year, according to the fourth quarter AICPA Economic Outlook Survey.
December 4, 2014
SmartVault Gets $4.5 Million in Series B Funding
Cloud document storage and secure file sharing provider SmartVault has received $4.5M in funding backed by a group of private investors that include the founders of CyrusOne, a global colocation solutions provider servicing the Fortune 1000, ...
December 2, 2014
Small Biz Lending by Banks Slowed by Obstacles
When a series of loan defaults in 2007 and 2008 plunged much of the world into a financial crisis, many of the "too big to fail" financial giants, the same ones that supplied the individual and business loans our economy relied on, were forced to complete
December 1, 2014
Alibaba Threatens U.S. Retailers Because of Online Sales Tax Loophole, Group Says
The Alliance for Main Street Fairness (AMSF) has launched a television advertising campaign to urge lawmakers on the imminent threat posed by China's online mega-retailer—Alibaba—as it enters the U.S. retail market. Retailers are imploring the ...
November 29, 2014
Black Friday is Over, Now It’s Time to Shop Local – Small Business Saturday Focuses on Neighbors
Today marks the arrival of Small Business Saturday, the fifth annual national event co-sponsored by American Express to encourage holiday shoppers to spend some of their cash at locally-owned storefronts in their neighborhood.
November 28, 2014
How Collaborative Accounting Can Help Grow Your Practice
Expectations from business owners and clients have changed. This is particularly true with accounting software and the impact on traditional write-up services.
November 26, 2014
10 Ways to Handle Customer Complaints During the Holidays
For the customer service sector, the holiday season is crunch time. With more shoppers, more sales, more shipping, more advertisements, and more product demand, there's (so much) more potential for something to go wrong. At the same time, shoppers' expect
November 24, 2014
3 Financial Figures Small Business Owners Need to Know, And How a CPA Can Help
Launching a business is risky. Launching your own business is even more so. It is no secret that many small businesses close up shop within the first few years.
November 19, 2014
How to Build a Brand in 2015
For the past seventy years, business branding has been largely guided by principles developed in the 1950s and 1960s, when there were only three television networks, messaging through advertising was easy to control, and information flowed from a few “tru
November 19, 2014
5 Tips for Selling a Business in 2015
The majority of business owners are planning on the proceeds from the sale of their business to fund their retirement. However, the 2013 State of Owner Readiness Survey revealed that over 80% of business owners have no formal transition plan.