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HubSpot Introduces Revenue Hub
Agentic customer platform HubSpot has launched Revenue Hub, a unified command center for quotes, billing, and payments that embeds revenue context directly into HubSpot customer records.
May 19, 2014
Oregon Couple Honored as Small Business Persons of the Year
Burning the candle at both ends, an Oregon couple is now experiencing the sweet smell of success. Husband-and-wife team Billy Taylor and Brook Harvey-Taylor, the founders of Portland, Ore. based company – Pacifica, have been named today this year’s National Small Business Persons of the Year at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), National Small…
May 15, 2014
Intuit Acquires Online Accounts Payable System Invitbox
Intuit announced late Wednesday that it has acquired Invitco. The Australia-based company is the developer of Invitbox, an online system for managing accounts payable. Intuit is the company behind QuickBooks, TurboTax, Quicken, Mint and many other small business and financial management systems.
May 14, 2014
The Friendliest Cities for Small Business Workers
Small businesses employ about 47% of non-government workers in the U.S., pay more than 40 percent of the private payroll, and create more than 60 percent of the new jobs added over the past 20 years, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. However, not all states and cities are the same when it comes…
May 13, 2014
Tools for Helping Shoebox Clients Get Organized
When I look back on my time in practice, some of the biggest lies I ever told myself related to shoebox clients ever getting more organized on their own. I always wanted to believe that the client wanted to have a more structured organization system for their finances.
May 12, 2014
New SBA Startup Accelerator to Award $2.5M in Grants
The Small Business Administration is launching a $2.5 million competition for accelerators and other entrepreneurial ecosystem models to compete for monetary prizes of $50,000 each. To award the prizes, an expert panel of judges will consider each applicant’s stated mission, founding team members and business goals among other core components. The deadline for applying is…
May 12, 2014
California Small Business Owners Expect Growth
Eighty-six percent of California small business operators believe their businesses are moving in the right direction, and 87 percent expect growth in 2014, according to the third annual small business survey by San Diego-based California Bank & Trust.
May 12, 2014
Private Businesses See Strong Revenue Growth
The state of privately held companies appears to be relatively stable and strong, looking at their performance as shown in balance sheets and income statements. Statements ended in the past year show that businesses are growing sales at an annual rate of 8 percent, a rate that, despite being slightly lower than a year ago,…
May 8, 2014
Small Business Week: IRS Spotlights Healthcare Tax, Home Office Deduction
The IRS will be holding two free webinars for small businesses and encouraging them to check out several key tax benefits and a special relief program for employers who reclassify their workers as employees.
May 8, 2014
Florida, Texas and California Lead in Job Growth
The most populous states in the country topped the list in job growth during April, according to the latest Regional Employment Report from payroll and human resources technology provider ADP.
May 7, 2014
What a One Day Conference Taught Me
A few weeks ago, I flew out to San Francisco for a one-day conference targeting small businesses that work with distributed teams. Since I happen to have just such a team, I headed out there. What I learned was that I was doing some things right (yay!) and some things wrong (also yay! It means…
May 6, 2014
Open Systems Enhances Traverse Advanced Warehouse Management
Businesses wanting more mobile interactivity and engagement when managing their inventory now have a new option.
May 6, 2014
Ranking the Best and Worst Small Business Credit Cards
Even though Congress passed fairly consumer-friendly reforms with the 2009 Credit Card Act, which included banning bait-and-switch pricing, usurious interest rates and other shady practices, small business credit cards were not included in the act's reform measures.