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Best and Worst Places to start a Small Business

LendingTree has compiled a list of the best and worst places to open a business, reports the Telegraph Herald. The best place is Sacramento, while the worst place is Cincinnati

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Helping Small Businesses with Paperwork

According to TechCrunch, ZenBusiness, an online platform designed to help small businesses get started, just received $4 million dollars in funding. The platform offers small business owners a ‘one-stop’ shop for all the forms related to opening a small business. ZenBusiness hopes to help 1 million small businesses start by 2023.

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Small Business Confidence Rises

According to CNBC, small business confidence is surging in the wake of Trump’s tax cut. The latest CNBC/SurveyMonkey Small Business Confidence Index shows an increase of five points for the first quarter.

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Advertising Strategies for Small Business

Small businesses often have little to no budget for advertising, but there are effective advertising strategies that don’t cost a lot. One way is to use your vehicle to advertise your business.

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Small Business Policies Need Updating

Small business need better policies, reports CNBC. Research finds that businesses with fewer than five employees are less likely than their larger counterparts to have formal policies in place when it comes to sexual harassment.

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Small Business Owners 5 Year Plan

According to Small Business Trends, a majority of small business owners expect to sell their business in the next 5 years. Read more...

Small Business Lending Up Again

December was a good month for New York’s small businesses looking for a loan, reports New York Daily News. The Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index shows that 25 percent of big bank loans were approved. Read more...

Cloud-Based VoIP Delivers Huge Benefits for Small to Medium-Sized Businesses

There are more than 29.6 million small businesses on record in the United States.1 The United States Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy’s Small Business Profile also indicated that in the second quarter of 2015 alone, there were 234,000 establishments that started up.1 These small businesses cover all types of industries, including professional services, construction, health care and social assistance, retail trade, transportation, manufacturing, food services, utilities, educational services and so many more.  Read more...

Surveys Improve Operations

According to CBS Local, surveys are a great way for small businesses to improve their overall operations. Services like SurveyMonkey make creating and dispensing surveys easier than ever. Read more...

Business Lending Rises

Small business lending reached an all time high in 2017, reports the Washington Post. The online lending marketplace Biz2Credit found that 25 percent of big bank small business loans were approved. Read more...

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