Sentences with phrase «on small businesses going»

Regular readers know we often refer to their Global Small Business blog and turn to them for information on small businesses going global.

It's the source we turn to for information on small businesses going global.

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As a small - business owner, he found himself driven nuts by negative comments on Yelp and other review sites, especially those posted on days when everything at the restaurant seemed to be going well.

Small companies keep innovation at the very heart of their goings - on, using it to propel their business into the limelight, yet at the same time remaining sensitive to the needs and wants of their consumers.

Money makes the world go round, and it's highly important that small businesses start off on the right track.

In fact, he argues that small businesses should worry less about going viral on YouTube, Facebook or Twitter and more about generating buzz in the real world.

As he grew up, LaCola went to college and tried out all sorts of careers — a job on Wall Street, one in healthcare and he even tried his hand at investing in small businesses, like liquor stores and ice cream shops.

A Stanford Business school professor, Sutton has built up a small cottage industry for himself by becoming the nation's go - to expert on, as he puts it, «a — holes.»

Small - business owners often spend too much time talking about the story behind their product and the difficulties they went through developing their business rather than homing in on their milestones and achievements.

He tried to buy the company, but the owner wouldn't sell, so he went out on his own with the help of a $ 100,000 small - business loan and opened a shop, Lincoln Press, in Dallas in 1999.

Only 22.3 % of those planning to go shopping on Saturday have small business intentions.

Today, though, as Hillary Clinton prepares to unveil her plan for universal health insurance, I want to concentrate on the lengths that small businesses go to insure their employees.

As small - business owners, we tend to only concentrate on the here and now: how sales went that day and what's on the horizon for tomorrow.

Want to go out on your own as a solopreneur or running a small business, but not sure how to get started?

Another place to look for guidance for what's really going on with entrepreneurs is the alternative lenders who specialize in small business lending.

«Many small businesses would say they went too far on regulating.»

Blue Apron became the first U.S. small meal - kit business to go public when it debuted Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol «APRN.»

Remember, though, individual tax rates have generally gone down as of Jan. 1 and a new 20 percent deduction on certain income for small businesses (which includes solo workers) could reduce your tax burden even further.

But at the same time, we have prices at the pump rising out of control, the burdens of insurance costs (which also keep going up), as well as complicated taxes, and you can see why small business owners continue to proceed with caution on hiring.

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

For our country to get back on track, it's not about the giant businesses, it's about small companies, so the problem is how small companies starting up are going to get financing.

And goes on to suggest that to combat jerk behavior at its root, organizations, whether they be schools or small business, need to explicitly celebrate the weird:

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.

If these measures go into effect, the impact on the economy and small businesses would be modest, says Thomas Hungerford, senior economist and director of tax and budget policy at the Economic Policy Institute.

Smaller businesses tend to have more flexible bonus structures than their large counterparts and many are planning on holding back bonus money at least until they get a better understanding of where things are going, Alter says.

Add to that a lack of regulation: After the passage of the JOBS Act in 2012, which aimed to make it easier for small businesses to raise capital, startups could take on many more investors before the Securities and Exchange Commission effectively forced them to go public.

Owning a small business hinges on going after something you love to do, so many Millennials and Gen Zers will be naturally drawn to building businesses themselves.

It's ideal if you're a mobile small - business owner on the go and prefer to see whom you're talking to.

«From speaking with small businesses, we know that more and more of them are doing business on the go, from a variety devices,» adds Aldrich.

If you're launching your business, or launching a new service or product, hold a small event and invite those you think are more likely to be useful in your community as you grow, those who are on a similar track or have relevance to what you're trying to achieve, and make it somewhere they're likely to want to go.

All kidding aside, there were some really cool new things being introduced at the show, especially from the smaller businesses who couldn't afford the prime booth space (which, since this is a small - business column, I focus on whenever I go to a trade show).

Although 2011 ended on a down note, these leading indicators are very positive for the small business economy going forward.

In fact, it's now easier for small businesses to place display ads on millions of websites by going through a few ad networks that have purchased most of the space available on publisher websites.

Jade and I worked at Warner Bros. for three years prior to starting our company, and we took on several smaller projects in the first couple of years of our business before we went after bigger projects.

Intuit QuickBooks also goes easy on the small business owners pocket with the accountant cost cut - down significantly.

«The fact is, there were a lot of small contractors and vendors who got hurt, who went out of business because Trump did not pay contracts on time,» New Jersey state senator Jim Whelan, who was the mayor of Atlantic City during Trump's casino years, told Newsweek last year.

«Only a small portion of early - stage investment is going to women entrepreneurs, yet our data suggest that venture capital — funded businesses with women on the executive team perform better on multiple dimensions.

Now that the commodity business is small and the engineered business is large, a much larger percentage of the total, the impact on the overall number is very positive because as Exa doubles, that's going to move the needle dramatically.

The ability to do all of this on - the - go through a mobile app is a real game changer for a small business owner.

«This specifically applies to [small disadvantaged businesses and] does not on the surface directly impact 8 (a) or the other social economic programs, but it potentially could depending on who was going to run this ruling up the flagpole,» Timberlake said.

You then go door to door at existing small businesses and offer to wash their windows on the spot for whatever fee you come up with that seems reasonable.

As the U.S. businessman has gone from long - shot Republican presidential candidate to the party's nominee for the White House, fears that Mr. Trump will act on some of his campaign statements — like renegotiating the North American free - trade agreement and pulling the United States out of the Trans - Pacific Partnership trade agreement — have spooked some Canadian small - business owners with U.S. interests.

The Chamber on Monday launched the latest chapter of its on - going lobbying campaign, aiming to highlight the concerns its small - business members have with the legislation.

Women are a significant force in small and medium businesses but they need to think bigger if they're going to take on the big end of town.

China Commercial Credit Inc. (CCCR), which provides business loans and loan guarantee services to small - to - medium enterprises, farmers and individuals in China's Jiangsu Province, went public on the U.S. exchanges at $ 6.50 in August 2013.

In this way, your small business can survive past the vulnerable early startup period and ultimately go on to develop successfully.

Schnapp said easing the burdens on small business would go far toward reviving the economy, citing as an example the 17 different bureaucracies she would need to deal with if she wanted to open a winery in her Northern California home base of Sonoma County.

I think that charging a small business that much is borderline criminal, and most of the companies will go bankrupt before they'll see a return on that investment.

Lots more work needs to be done to better understand what's going on in the small business economy.

New York Times — It's Small Business Week The news of Facebook going public has been on the lips of most marketers for the past couple months.