Small Business

Here are simple steps and tips for creating and marketing web videos to grow your business.

Your company name will get used more and last longer than any other investment you make in your business. It’s important that you get it right the first time.

With Square Capital, mobile payments processor Square is entering an increasingly crowded field of companies looking to solve small businesses’ capital needs.

Instead of getting in their way, help your employees get the job done. Your role is to provide guidance, direction, and establish goals, not sit on their shoulders telling them what to do every step of the way.

What I've found is that partnerships seem to work well in startups, but lose their luster and even turn toxic when a company grows up. Learn from my experiences.

What about your team? Don’t they deserve honors? Yes, it’s quarter-end, and salespeople are fiercely working to make it to the President’s Club. So take a minute, look around, and consider who deserves recognition on the following.

Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover have all announced that merchants and banks that do not support EMV (aka chip-and-pin) transactions by October 2015 will be held liable for fraud that occurs as a result.

The two-year-old startup, which recently raised $30 million in funding, is now operating in 27 cities worldwide.

CEO Andy Dunn said the startup, which began selling men’s pants online, plans to add thirty stores over the next three years.

On Thursday, ChooseEnergy named former ModCloth COO Kerry Cooper as its new CEO, and announced a $7.5 million round of funding from investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

There is a good chance your employees are spending their days worrying about their own bottom line, more so than your company's.

Team collaboration has come a long way, and remote teams today can operate at a level of energy and engagement that approximates that of in-house teams, thanks to the latest technology.

From apps to social media to mobile payment processing, doing business in the digital age means staying on top of new trends in technology.

While companies with hard assets and stellar credit ratings should usually qualify for a typical bank loan, what about companies that also generate revenues but have no collateral and less than perfect credit? Here's what you need to know about revenue-based financing.

What will the New Year hold for small businesses? Here are five predictions.

Here are 10 key questions to ask when measuring your social media ROI.

One particularly nasty IT virus gaining in popularity will render your data useless. Known as crypto locker, it encrypts all the data on a computer’s hard drive and holds it ransom for a fee, typically in the $300 range. Here's what you need to know.

Your company might be basically 'technology enabled' but you may be missing out on new, fast-evolving technologies that could grow your business, regardless of its size. Here's what you need to know.

Small business owners may not think cutting edge technology is necessary but their customers certainly do, according to a recent survey from Microsoft.

While big companies make the news headlines, the real targets are small businesses just like yours. Here are a few things you can do immediately to protect your small business.