May 19, 2014
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 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
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
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
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
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 8, 2014
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
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
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 5, 2014
In his new book, Business Techniques for Growth: More Tools for Small Business Success, veteran executive and small business advisor Tom Gray distills decades of experience into a series of proven techniques that can help any small business owner succeed.
May 5, 2014
Managing and growing a successful small business requires more than just business savvy, it also requires strong cash management capabilities. However, even strategic business owners can see some of the benefits disappear if they lose funds to a bank account that charges costly fees for various services that could be free elsewhere.
May 5, 2014
American businesses enjoy some of the lowest gasoline and diesel pump prices among the major world economies, according to a new study by international accounting firm network UHY LLP.