Yet, 45 % of small business owners don't know they have a business credit score and 82 % don't know how to interpret their score.
A recent Newtek Business Services survey found that 48 percent of small business owners don't believe cloud computing will reduce their IT costs.
Yet, 45 % of small business owners don't know they have a business credit score and 82 % don't know how to interpret their score.
For instance, in 2013, TD Ameritrade found that 28 %
of small business owners did not contribute to any savings plan at all.
Not exact matches
It's just that he got so busy that he didn't realize how much time had gone by where he had not checked in with several
of his contacts — an easy mistake for most
small business owners who feel like every day is shorter than the last.
Before the Senate passed the bill, Senator Mary Landrieu, Democrat
of Louisiana, spoke
of a
small -
business owner on the waiting list who told the senator she'd have to lay off 27 workers if she
did not obtain new financing.
And, like all successful
small -
business owners, Eric concurs with the importance
of planning, especially for a startup period where you're not going to make much income and what you
do make is likely to be put right back into the
business.
An annual survey
of sentiment among the
owner of small businesses finds only one in four thinks the government is
doing enough for
business.
In fact, 60 percent
of the new applications filled out by
small business owners on Biz2Credit.com are
done via mobile devices, often at night or during weekends - well outside «traditional banker's hours.»
Whether you recognize it or not, all successful
small businesses — regardless
of what they
do or sell — have one thing in common: their
owners know how to build and maintain relationships.
Most
small business owners are stuck in the «technician» role, and they spend most
of their time actually
doing the work that their
business provides.
While lots
of entrepreneurs or
small business owners have no problem charging what they're worth, some
of them don't want to pay others well for their services.
The idea behind the campaign is to engage and work with lawmakers in Washington, D.C. — as well as those in other states — to get them to start listening to
small business owners, and
do something about reversing this tide
of increasing regulations.
It can be difficult to answer all
of the deep questions about your customer if you don't have access to a lot
of marketing data, and many
small business owners don't.
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There's no better way to learn the ins and outs
of starting any
small business than to speak with
business owners who've
done it — either successfully or not.
Did you know that 94 %
of small business owners consider online marketing very important to helping their
business grow?
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Carissa interviews Carey Grund,
owner of Smilegram Paper and author
of Pink Lemonade: Sweet Expressions
of Inspiration for Girls, on the
Small Businesses Do It Better show.
Patricia G. Greene, a professor
of entrepreneurship at Babson College, points out that «retirement» may not mean the same thing to
small business owners as it
does to people who have spent their lives working for other people.
The study found that nearly 40 percent
of small business owners who didn't know their
business credit score anticipated growth
of less than 5 percent, while nearly three quarters who
did, envisioned growth
of up to 20 percent.
This was evidenced by a 2016 survey that found that almost half
of small business owners are unsure whether they are marketing effectively — with 14 % admitting that they aren't
doing enough.
Simplification
of the tax code is one aspect
of tax reform that most
small -
business owners seem to agree
does benefit all entrepreneurs, and the CNBC / SurveyMonkey data shows that it's the
smallest businesses that cite taxes most frequently as a critical issue.
The CNBC / SurveyMonkey
Small Business Survey found that when asked what they were most likely to do with extra money received from a tax cut next year, the No. 1 response from small - business owners was «pay down debt,» chosen by 31 percent of respond
Small Business Survey found that when asked what they were most likely to do with extra money received from a tax cut next year, the No. 1 response from small - business owners was «pay down debt,» chosen by 31 percent of resp
Business Survey found that when asked what they were most likely to
do with extra money received from a tax cut next year, the No. 1 response from
small - business owners was «pay down debt,» chosen by 31 percent of respond
small -
business owners was «pay down debt,» chosen by 31 percent of resp
business owners was «pay down debt,» chosen by 31 percent
of respondents.
Those preferences varied along racial lines, with 77 percent
of white
business owners favoring Trump, while most Asian and Hispanic
small business owners did not — and only 19 percent
of African American
business owners favored a Trump presidency.
Raymond Haller, tax partner at Grassi & Co., had said
of the House plan, «It
does not really help the
small -
business owner who is actively running his company.
Handling finances, banking and marketing were also unpopular items on the to -
do list
of many
small -
business owners.
«Most
small -
business owners don't want to get bigger because they find that having more employees simply increases the amount
of work they have to
do, and in exchange the increase in profits just doesn't justify it,» he says.
More than 80 percent
of the 300
small business owners surveyed in the recent 4th Annual Staples National Small Business Survey said that they don't keep track of their business goals, and 77 percent have yet to achieve their vision for their com
small business owners surveyed in the recent 4th Annual Staples National Small Business Survey said that they don't keep track of their business goals, and 77 percent have yet to achieve their vision for their
business owners surveyed in the recent 4th Annual Staples National
Small Business Survey said that they don't keep track of their business goals, and 77 percent have yet to achieve their vision for their com
Small Business Survey said that they don't keep track of their business goals, and 77 percent have yet to achieve their vision for their
Business Survey said that they don't keep track
of their
business goals, and 77 percent have yet to achieve their vision for their
business goals, and 77 percent have yet to achieve their vision for their company.
And while 41 percent
of small business owners say they don't see any indications that the recession is over, that's actually three percentage points lower than the number
of consumers who say economic conditions have not improved.
Small business owners can't control what's happening with the larger political issues right now, but they can
do everything in their power to shape their
businesses to meet the needs
of the marketplace.
Like the
owners of most
small companies in Argentina, this entrepreneur
does some
of her
business off the books — in the black, in the Argentine parlance.
If you're a
small business owner, you don't have the luxury
of a PhD data scientist on your staff.
«Most
business owners don't realize they could be saving thousands
of dollars per month if they only used the right systems, programs and expense optimization tactics,» explains Gerber, who along with Paugh recently co-founded SimpleBusiness, an absolute must - have membership for every
small business owner, startup founder and freelancer that saves time, headaches and money on everyday
business - related expenses and name - brand services (more on that below).
«
Do $ 5 million in sales» might be the BHAG in question, but, once stated, a lot
of small business owners won't take the time to flesh out the roadmap to that goal.
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.
Small business owners will need to adapt to this new form
of data intelligence and those who
do can take advantage
of the flood
of data these connected devices will produce.
«
Small business owners should not worry about [a higher minimum], because they will get a higher quality
of work, and your
business will get much bigger returns from happier customers if you have happy employees
doing a good job for you,» Nguyen says.
In Vermont, where the minimum wage is currently $ 8.60 and has been above the federal level and indexed to inflation since 2007,
small business owners don't think much about the annual wage increases anymore, says Betsy Bishop, president
of the Vermont Chamber
of Commerce.
One
of the primary barriers to cash - flow modeling, however, is that most
small and medium - size
business owners don't speak the language
of accountants.
Even though some
of the best talent working for
small businesses these days is young and doesn't always see the value in things like healthcare or life insurance,
business owners will be better able overall to attract and retain good employees by offering those benefits.
According to a survey
of small business owners by Travelers Insurance, nearly 44 percent
of all U.S.
small businesses do not have a written
business continuity plan, or any other type
of document, that explains what will happen to the
business in the event
of serious weather emergencies.
To
do so, the
small business owner should be equipped with a complete understanding
of his or her operation (whether existing or proposed) and the benefits that a loan, if granted, will bring to the
business.
It's a word that, here,
does not so much connote an actual
small -
business owner as a feeling — an image
of the young worker in the 21st - century gig economy who DJs on the weekends and, while almost certainly
doing underpaid and entirely precarious labour, has earned the right to work from her local coffee shop in the slouchy drop - shoulder crewneck
of her choice.
«The key to growing a
business is to consistently meet and find specific goals that move your
business forward,» says David Mitroff, Ph.D., a
business consultant, marketing expert, keynote speaker, and founder
of Piedmont Avenue Consulting, Inc. «What most
business owners don't realize is that the process for
business growth is an accumulation
of small milestones rather than one huge leap.
It's just that many banks are not able to properly scale their resources to include all deserving borrowers, even if
small -
business owners do meet the stringent standards set by lenders,» says James Walter, founder and CEO
of BBC Easy, a provider
of automated loan management software for financial institutions.
I hear a lot
of small -
business owners use «marketing» as a substitute term for «let's
do a mail drop» or its digital equivalent, «let's blast out an email newsletter to our list.»
«The state government has
done a good job making sure
small business owners are better - prepared since Katrina,» says Renee Amar, the state director for Louisiana for the National Federation of Independent Business
business owners are better - prepared since Katrina,» says Renee Amar, the state director for Louisiana for the National Federation of Independent Business O
owners are better - prepared since Katrina,» says Renee Amar, the state director for Louisiana for the National Federation
of Independent
BusinessBusiness OwnersOwners.
In no other industry
do small -
business owners sense the same degree
of competition with Amazon.
On average, 27 percent
of small -
business owners say they receive fewer checks today than they
did three years ago, according to the survey.