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Smartphones Save Small Businesses Time

A recent survey commissioned by AT&T and the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council finds that small business owners believe their smartphones save them time, reports Crain’s Cleveland Business.  According to the survey results over 56 percent of the respondents reported their smartphone apps saved them three hours per week. Read more...

Small Business Owners Happy with Choices

A new survey by Gallup finds that 8 out of 10 small businesses owners have no regrets about starting a small business. The survey results are basically unchanged for the past 11 years with most of the survey respondents saying they would do it all over again if given a chance. Read more...

Your Business Needs a Termination Policy

According to Newsday, small businesses should have a termination policy. Such a policy offers a clear procedure for evaluating and documenting employee performance, including actions, like termination, that result if an employee fails to improve. The policy can prevent a future lawsuit from a disgruntled former employee claiming unfair termination.   Read more...

NetSuite SuiteGL, A Dynamic Business Asset

NetSuite Inc. has unveiled SuiteGL, a new product release packed with breakthrough capabilities for the general ledger component of NetSuite cloud ERP that can enable businesses to tailor general ledger processes to their unique business needs. Read more...

Printer: Business-Focused Features Help Small Workgroups Boost Productivity

Brother International Corporation has launched its new HL-L8000 series color laser printers and MFC-L8000 color laser all-in-ones, designed to offer mobile-friendly, fast color printing for small workgroups in small to medium sized businesses (SMBs). Read more...

No Back Up, No Business

According to Small Business Computing, cloud-based back-up provider Carbonite recently conducted a survey of small businesses and found that 40 percent felt they would go out of business if they lost all of their data files permanently.  58 percent reported that their business couldn't sustain any amount of data loss. Read more...

Businesses See Value in Free WiFi

According to eWeek, a new survey by Comcast Business shows that 55 percent of businesses that  provide free WiFi believe it results in higher sales per customer.  Additionally, businesses believe the free Wi Fi builds loyalty, keeps customers who are waiting happy and raises the businesses profile in the community. Read more...

Women Outpace Men for Small Business Start Ups

From 1997 to 2014 the number of small businesses owned by women rose 68%, reports the Washington Post. Not only are women starting businesses, but they are outpacing men, an American Express analysis shows that women start 1,288 companies a day. Read more...

Enhanced Security for Small Businesses

Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), has announced upgrades to Trend Micro(TM) Worry- Free(TM) Business Security, with version 9.0 to equip small businesses with enterprise-grade security capabilities that address and mitigate threats across endpoints, from desktops to mobile. The offering is the only small business solution widely available in the market that provides comprehensive user protection with integrated mobile device security with the option of cloud management. Read more...

Cutting-Edge Projects For Gov & Small Biz

More than 100 DC-area small business owners and representatives from across federal government got a firsthand look Friday at upcoming projects developed by 18F, the recently launched digital incubator at the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). Read more...

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