Sentences with phrase «many of these business owners»

Plenty of business owners routinely work with security agencies — like the Enhanced Cybersecurity Services in the Department of Homeland Security, for instance — when the government needs special assistance in tracking down people suspected of terrorist activities.

One of the ways the central bank assesses the mood of business owners and managers is to ask them how things such as current orders compare with a year earlier.

That's a 27.5 percent rate of growth since 2007, the last time the Survey of Business Owners was released.

Of the business owners using social media, 75 percent have company pages on the two sites, and 69 percent use status updates on the same two.

Fiverr is a big enough platform that gives you access to millions of business owners around the world.

A small fraction of those business owners pay the top individual tax rate of 39.6 percent, higher than the current top corporate income tax rate of 35 percent.

The Profit's Marcus Lemonis travels to Cuba at a time of historic change, and profiles a new breed of business owners determined to succeed under one of the most oppressive regimes in the world.

At least that's what preliminary data from the U.S. Census Bureau, in its Survey of Business Owners, shows.

In fact, a lot of business owners think credit card and checking account statements qualify as financial statements.

And that probably sums things up for a lot of business owners.

Brad Farris is the founder of EnMast, a community of business owners committed to being better leaders and growing better businesses.

I talk with a lot of business owners, with all levels of revenues, many of them however, seem to always have a hard time getting their initial manufacturing going.

Lots of business owners want to buy group - rate coverage for their relatives or friends.

A lot of business owners ask me about effective marketing, in terms of cost and result.

Recently released preliminary data from the 2012 Survey of Business Owners — the Census Bureau's effort to take stock of American companies every five years — show that the fraction of businesses owned by women improved substantially over the past five years.

The downturn has created two classes of business owners, according to a recent survey.

Anderson says that only a small fraction of the hundreds of business owners he meets with every year use a formal system to track and analyze company metrics.

Bill Carmody, CEO of innovative marketing firm Trepoint and acclaimed author of the how - to guide Online Promotions: Winning Strategies and Tactics sat down with Lewis Schiff, executive director of The Business Owners Council, to talk about Bill's approach as an entrepreneur and the breakthroughs he has unlocked through his Tony Robbins experience.

Here are some of the business owners we love to follow on Twitter.

As a result, 26 percent of business owners avoided hiring and expansion because, they said, they were frustrated with trying to access funds.

Arlington, Virginia, takes the top spot this year, with women making up nearly 40 percent of the business owners in the area.

Growing revenues was the biggest worry of 11.4 percent of the business owners surveyed.

Sage, creator of a business management and accounting software suite with headquarters in Atlanta, held their Sage Summit at the Georgia World Congress Center to a packed crowd of business owners, partners and accountants.

Two thirds of the business owners lack a succession plan; That percentage jumps to seven in 10 business owners, age 50 or more.

More than one third of business owners said they expect to decrease capital spending in the year ahead, an increase of about 10 percentage points from the previous quarter.

New hires make the decision whether they want to stay with an organization within their first year of employment, 90 percent of business owners said in Aberdeen's New Hire Onboarding 2013: A Look At New Hires Report.

And the more time the business owners spent running their businesses, the more they loathed the task — 58 percent of business owners working 60 or more hours a week said that bookkeeping was particularly draining.

I encounter a lot of business owners who lament the mistakes they've made and what these mistakes have cost them.

However, deciding what that entails seems to depend on the age of the business owner.

A sizable number of business owners (about a third) said after selling their companies, they planned to start new businesses.

We find 93 percent of business owners are overpaying on their taxes, and the number one culprit is not being proactive about meeting with their tax preparers.

They're embracing the role of business owner wholeheartedly, according to a new study.

That's a contested issue in the blogosphere with some saying today's young people are a born generation of business owners and others arguing they're simply victims of the terrible economy forced into finding alternate routes to employment.

If you're in B2B, there might be a specific narrow vertical you serve, or a particular stripe of business owner.

Over half of business owners of all ages say increasing salaries is critical to retaining talent.

But according to a recent report, 66 percent of business owners haven't gotten around to inking one.

When I had a cold calling job, I spoke to hundreds of business owners, ranging from plumbers to hair stylists.

After all, when the market is hot, there's more chance that capital will be freed up and land in the hands of business owners looking to invest — whether it comes from banks or personal funds.

Among business owners» top concerns constricting growth are the impact of government regulations, noted by 13 percent of business owners.

But, what about the traits of business owners who start a company and run it for the long - term?

Although we've had two months of similar hiring and paycheck numbers, the SurePayroll small business owner optimism number plummeted 11 points, revealing that only 55 percent of business owners are optimistic about the economy.

While there were some winners in the report that could be helping some of the business owners who reported that they are optimistic (non-trade business increased and equipment, software, structures and new construction spending rose), the media has concluded what business owners have — without more jobs, we won't see increased spending.

But slice the data slightly differently, and you'll find an unexpected trend: The group of business owners who are really putting stakes in the ground are women veterans.

Plenty of business owners are looking to sell their businesses.

That's according to the latest reading of business owner confidence, which dipped again in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Interestingly, Michalowicz said that accounting may be viewed as an indicator of a business owner's decision - making acumen — or lack thereof.

One reason business owners may be inclined to hire is that, depsite decreasing optimism, the financial picture of business owners is essentially solid, Vitner says.

Joining group buying or collective purchasing groups, like SimpleBusiness for small businesses or Thrive GPO for nonprofits, should be part of every business owner's to - do list.

Somewhere between 40 percent and 60 percent of business owners favor increasing the minimum wage, according to various surveys.

This is a part of a growing movement comprised of business owners looking for creative ways to help employees without negatively impacting profitability.