| Smart Small Business Owners Streamlining Technologies | | Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 2:48:17 PM by Blog57 Team | | (ARA) - Ask any small business owner to name the most frustrating cost of doing business and you can be pretty sure of their answer: billing and collecting payments."It's ironic and frustrating for many small business operators that gathering their earnings -- from billing to collections -- can actually cost them time and money," says John Jhong, chief executive officer of etransactus.com, an on-line service provider that helps small businesses trim billing and collection costs.Software accounting programs make it somewhat easier for small business owners to keep track of their books and generate bills. But, says Jhong, businesses that use a program to generate paper bills that are mailed, or even electronic bills that are e-mailed, are still not maximizing their time if they continue to receive payments the old-fashioned way.... | |
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| | | JPL to Hold High-Tech Conference for Small Business | | Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 12:53:06 PM by Blog57 Team | | NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., will host the 19th annual High-Tech Conference for Small Business on March 6 and 7, at the Radisson Hotel near Los Angeles International Airport. The two-day conference will focus on subcontracting and marketing opportunities for small, minority, women-owned and veteran-owned businesses in high-tech industries. It includes several "how-to" workshops featuring information on major programs, small business initiatives and other topics. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet with approximately 250 corporate, federal, state and city government representatives to discuss potential contracting and subcontracting opportunities. One-on-one counseling to discuss potential business opportunities is available with more than 100 exhibitors.... | |
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| | | Starting Your Small Business Control Your Startup Costs | | Posted Monday, January 08, 2007 2:48:20 PM by Blog57 Team | | Running your own business is highly rewarding, as it offers you personal satisfaction, enables you to identify your capabilities, gives you financial independence, provides you the opportunity to excel in life and above all, contribute to the community. However, you need to plan wisely and assess your available resources in order to start a low-cost business. Some of the following tips will help you to start your business in the most economical manner: a) Seek Advice from an Experienced Mentor: You need to seek advice from a mentor who has already faced similar problems in the initial stage of entrepreneurship. The mentor should be someone who has gained the respect of people because of their hard work and ultimate success. You will learn a lot in your business from your mentors experience and advice.... | |
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| | | The Three Keys to Small Business Success | | Posted Thursday, November 23, 2006 12:47:57 PM by Blog57 Team | | Whether youre growing your small business offline or online, these three keys will unlock the door to more profits, more free time, small business success and financial freedom. They are so important that I have them near my desk so I remember them each day. The three keys are: leveraging strategy planningIll tell you how they work in a minute. The alternative is what I call the small business school of shot in the dark growth. It goes like this: Oh, Ive got a great idea. Ill give it a try now I hope it works and brings in lots of sales Action taken. Money spent Which do you think gets the best results? Let me give you a simple example of how the three keys can work online. Say you write an article like this one that will hopefully offer some value to your clients and you send it to them by e-mail, or you even put it on your website.... | |
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| | | Wells Fargo Generates 1 in 5 Small Business Lending Dollars in U.S. | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 6:47:30 PM by Blog57 Team | | Small business loan growth remains strong according to the latest, most comprehensive government data. In 2005, Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC - News) increased its year-over-year small business lending by over 30%, extending $18 billion to small business owners nationwide (in loans under $100,000). Total small business growth for loans under $100,000 increased 4%, from $93 billion to just over $96 billion, according to the 2005 Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) data. CRA data provides the industry's most comprehensive set of small business lending figures. With 95 percent of all small businesses generating less than $2 million in annual revenues, tracking loans under $100,000 is an important measurement of how financial institutions are meeting the capital needs of small business owners. For the fourth year in a row, Wells Fargo leads this category, extending over 680,000 loans nationwide with an average loan size of just over $26,000.... | |
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| | | Seminar teaches small business principles | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 2:51:15 AM by Blog57 Team | | The Southern University Center for Rural and Small Business Development will present a seminar on starting, expanding and financing a business Thursday at the Southwest Center for Rural Initiatives' on 232 S. Liberty St., Opelousas, in its meeting room at 6 p.m. Interested attendees will receive information about types of businesses, sources of assistance, how to write a business plan, registering and licensing, and methods of financing. Representatives from the U.S. Small Business Administration will be available to discuss its programs, guarantees, certification process, bonds and surety, "Go" Loans and Disaster Loans. .... | |
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| | | Small business workshop held with Coalition meeting | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 10:50:35 AM by Blog57 Team | | The Crossroads Coalition will hold a workshop entitled "Access to Capital for Small Business" from 4 n 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13 at the Technology Center for the Delta in Wynne. The workshop is in conjunction with the Crossroads Coalition annual meeting from 5:15 n 8:30 p.m. Presenters at the workshop will be Ines Polonius, executive director of ALT consulting, and Pat Scott of the Southern Good Faith Fund. For more information contact Carolyne Garcia at 479-601-3703 or e-mail carolyne@crossroadscoalition.org. .... | |
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| | | Firm to Offer Small-Business Healthcare Discount | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 6:52:23 PM by Blog57 Team | | National Health Partners Inc. of Horsham said today it entered a joint sales and marketing agreement with the Small Business Network of America. National Health provides discount healthcare membership programs. The network is a national membership association that uses its group buying power to negotiate discounts and rebates for its members. The deal calls for the company and the network to target the 25.9 million small businesses in the U.S. "There is a tremendous demand among small businesses for discount healthcare programs," said William J. Ritger, co-founder of the network. "National Health Partners has a cost-effective solution to one of the biggest problems faced by the small business community, and it will play a prominent role in our marketing plans." Shares of National Health were up 1 cent in mid-morning trading to $1.25 on the over-the-counter bulletin board.... | |
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| | | Dell launches new small business focused notebooks with AMD chip | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 12:49:03 PM by Blog57 Team | | Dell has announced the INSPIRON 1501, a new notebook computer for consumers and small businesses. The company also announced the Latitude 131L, which it terms a sleek new notebook for small business customers. The new notebooks are the first from Dell to offer innovative mobile processor technologies from AMD. The Inspiron 1501 packs features and performance previously reserved for higher-end Dell notebooks including a 15.4-inch widescreen display and the power of optional dual-core processing. The silver and white Inspiron 1501 carries the Windows Vista Capable designation. The Latitude 131L notebook is designed to help small businesses increase productivity, access to data and enhance employee collaboration while on the move. The new Latitude notebook is highly customizable and at first includes a 15.4-inch wide-aspect display, with either AMD Turion 64 X2 dual-core mobile technology or a Mobile Sempron processor.... | |
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| | | Healthcare, taxes top election wish list for small business owners | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 10:48:01 PM by Blog57 Team | | Some of the most frustrating problems facing small business owners -- the ever-rising cost of health coverage, expanding government regulations and uncertainty about taxes -- are again concerns as the midterm elections approach. Owners have hopes for change on some of these issues, but they realize that others are likely to remain unresolved, no matter who wins in November. Many small business owners say healthcare costs is one of their biggest problems -- they want to offer insurance to attract the best workers, but it's becoming more and more expensive. Businesses have been looking to the federal government for help, but a possible solution known as association health plans, which would allow small businesses to band together across state lines to buy insurance in groups, has continually stalled in Congress.... | |
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