Sentences with phrase «on small»

Morneau doesn't engage this big - picture economic debate on small business taxation with his new tax package, however.

Approximately 72 % of the Inc. 500 companies relied either on small firms or on individual accountants in 1997.

Maybe just drink the cup of tea,» she advised, stressing the importance of focusing completely on small, everyday tasks.

The following is the eleventh and last article in the series «Marketing Like the Big Brands,» in which marketing expert Jim Joseph shows entrepreneurs on a small - business budget how to apply marketing strategies used by big brands.

It will be some time before anyone knows the effect of these card company practices on small businesses.

As the oft - told story goes, Kamprad was a born entrepreneur, who, while growing up on a small Swedish farm, began selling matches off the back of his bicycle at the age of five.

Since this is the first year NFIB and Amex have tracked consumer spending on Small Business Saturday, here is no comparable sales data for previous years.

Most small - business advocacy groups believe the studies that show that raising taxes on small - business owners earning more than $ 200,000 a year will cause their companies to cut back on capital investment and hiring.

It uses parabolic mirrors to capture sunlight and focus it on a small spot on a quartz glass rod.

Corrections & Amplifications: An earlier version of this blog post incorrectly reported the amount spent at small businesses on Small Business Saturday.

But Graff's biggest nightmare has already happened on a small scale.

«Taking a focused look at clarifying the regulatory environment around online lending, reducing some of the burdens of regulation on small and community banks, and reducing the burdens on community banks so they can go back to making more small - dollar loans is a good thing,» she says.

The president plans «to create an economy built to last that relies on small - business growth, investments in entrepreneurship, advanced manufacturing and increased exporting,» Fetcher says.

Banks have tightened their grip on small businesses, with no real end in sight.

Filmmakers, media companies, and the music industry are only taking on small - scale VR projects, like promotional and marketing - related short films, and are not investing huge amounts of money on bigger projects until VR becomes more mainstream.

Students on the small island of Caye Caulker had stopped showing up for class.

Start on a small scale if necessary with various experiments to get you more comfortable with a new way of operating.

Though we all hope a crisis never befalls our company, it's a good idea to build up a bank of goodwill — acting honorably and transparently, communicating a sense of your values and the benefits you offer your employees, customers and other key audiences, and showing a level of responsiveness on the small stuff.

«The effect of Superstorm Sandy was hardest on small companies,» says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics, which collaborated on the ADP report.

It sure would make it easier to focus on the small number you need to get more than half the market, wouldn't it?

With the mat, you would place that ketchup bottle on a small square (the standard mat has four) and designate what the item is on the mat within an app.

As chair the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Landrieu along with other committee members are responsible for vetting the would - be SBA chief.

In an interview with technology publication Ars Technica earlier this month, Deadmau5 explained that the new game «was me getting my feet wet into VR, on a small scale, obviously.»

The president «recognizes that the government must take steps to streamline regulations on small businesses,» according to Fetcher, noting several initiatives begun during Obama's first term, including a government - wide review of regulations and support of the JOBS Act.

Marcia Layton turner writers regularly on small - business issues and is author of The Unofficial Guide to Marketing Your Small Business.

Yura: I was interested in hearing what the president had to say about the fiscal cliff and more importantly, his stance on small business and how we are going to continue to grow small business as it is such a huge part of our economy.

Start with a showcase and by working on a small model, show what you can do; something that is manageable but makes a significant impact, if not on a large scale but even a village or a house.

One of the hardest and most important aspects of managing a team, especially as a business leader who must heavily rely on small teams to achieve big goals, is sharing candid feedback.

But McCain wasn't on the Small Business Committee, so it's likely he never heard the testimony.

It's hard to see how the Giuliani / Bush plan will have any real impact on small employers.

Mainly because industry consolidation has worsened banks» customer service on small accounts, small businesses left their banks in record numbers last year, according to PSI Global, a financial - services - marketing group in Tampa.

His advice for small businesses regularly appears on the «Protecting Your Business» channel on Small Business Television Network.

The monthly reading on small - business optimism from the National Federation of Independent Business showed slightly more optimism among business owners in December, though still far below rates in more vibrant economies.

What is true for John and George on the small scale, Taleb believes, is equally true for the larger economy, and even politics and foreign affairs.

That's because it eliminates the need to enter in information like card numbers and shipping addresses that can be a cumbersome task on the small screens of mobile phones.

It promotes Canadian entrepreneurship with a focus on small and medium - sized businesses.

On Small Business Administration financing, the conference committee split, in Solomonic fashion.

In fact, it may well have hurt, since the higher taxes needed to pay for those programs have placed an unnecessary and punitive burden on small and medium - sized businesses, which, in turn, have stifled their ability to hire workers.

He has made himself a highly visible nuisance to Liberal leadership, particularly by voting in favour of a Conservative motion in the House to extend consultations on the small - business tax reforms, and they kicked him off a couple of House committees as punishment.

Their remedy on small - business taxation is similar to Jim Flaherty's remedy to income - trust taxation early in the Conservatives» decade in office: a previously innocuous accounting practice was exploding in popularity because the tax advantage was too great to ignore.

He is a founding mentor in the global entrepreneurial program, Key Person of Influence, and presents around the world on small business, consumer trends, entrepreneurship, and publishing.

«If a picture's worth a thousand words, it's worth 10,000 on the small screen,» says says Paul Stannard, CEO at SmartDraw.com, developer of a business graphics software program that's used for creating PowerPoint presentations.

He adds, «A number of the ISPs that focus on small businesses have decided to pull away from DSL because it's hard to make that business pay off.»

Whatever they do, executives can fall back on the small reassurrance that, at the end of the day, they likely couldn't have done anything differently.

The apparent end of the amazing 1990s boom was taking its toll on small business as early as last November.

Here's a new search - tool from Entrepreneur.com and a roundup of tips on small - business lending.

Brené Brown, author of Daring Greatly, recommended writing the names of people whose opinions matter to you on a small note card and keeping it in your wallet.

And you can't afford the large market - research houses, which often require monthly retainers and don't like to take on small research projects.

About 112 million people went out to shop on Small Business Saturday last year.

If your buildout is on the small side, your internal project lead might be able to handle the day - to - day management of the construction process.