Small Business

It is essential that you understand the importance of accurate financials — both for your own stability and ability to plan, and to convince and assure potential investors of the validity of your business.

Which is best for your business?

Sometimes it seems that for as many hours there are in the day, there are three times as many interruptions that take you away from work that needs to get done.  

Nothing hurts revenues (and egos) more than getting carved up by the competition. One day you’re gobbling up business like hickory nuts, and the next day —WHACK!—you’ve been roasted and toasted and served up on a platter at your competitor’s dinner table.

A leader’s job description can seem like an ever-growing list of bullet points, but the priority for CEOs, CFOs and staff managers alike is always the same: leading their team. The question is, “how?”

Intermedia is turning cloud services into big business. The company is seeing booming user growth annually, providing small and medium-sized businesses with an office suite in the cloud.

Predictive Analytics is the "Open Sesame" for the world of Big Data.

Businesses trying to attract younger consumers should spend time promoting their socially responsible ways, new research shows.

Branding experts weigh in on Beyonce’s ban on concert photographers, after unflattering Super Bowl pictures went viral on the web. Is it possible to cross the line when it comes to your brand?

Small business owners are struggling to find and retain top talent, despite the numbers of people searching for work, a new survey shows.

Whatever criticism or praise you have about the federal bureaucracy, there’s one thing we can all agree on: It’s a huge money-spending machine, and savvy businesses, both large and small, find ways to get a chunk of their tax dollars back.

Good news, business owners of today: You're doing something right.

Two health insurance companies will now allow small businesses to self-insure, which can help them cut costs – but not without risks.

Health and Human Services has finalized a delay to the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP), which would allow small businesses to give their employees a choice of health insurance plans.

Working capital is essential to running the day-to-day of your business. You must know how much you have to spend, so you don’t overspend. Here are tips.

If you have followed my columns on small business and the economy, I'm usually optimistic. The recovery has been slow, but sustained. A prolonged government shutdown could change all that very quickly.

In today's office environment, managing remote employees can be a difficult task.

IT security professionals looking to advance their career should brush up on their communication skills, new research shows.

In an effort to take a pulse of U.S. small businesses and entrepreneurs at the local level, over the last year Dell conducted a nine-city small business “Think Tank” tour.  Here are the findings.

Honesty is usually best – but the idea of staffers knowing everybody’s salary makes most business owners squirm. Entrepreneur.com explores the idea of a transparent office culture.