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For small business owners—especially sole proprietors, freelancers or people with ongoing health issues—one aspect of the sweeping health insurance reform legislation passed in 2010 was very promising: The bill called for states to create health insurance exchanges that would make it easier for peo Read More

Are you addicted to Facebook? Surgically attached to your iPhone? Can’t go 20 minutes without tweeting? If so, it might be time for some “digital detox.”
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Are you using an iPad in your small business? If not, maybe it’s time to consider doing so. BusinessNewsDaily recently reported on how iPads are becoming a common tech tool for all kinds and sizes of companies. Here are some of the ways businesses large and small are using iPads:
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Small business owners’ access to capital is still being squeezed, it seems. Entrepreneurs’ ability to get credit when they need it is easing somewhat, but is still in decline compared to pre-recession levels of access to credit, according to the most recent Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index s Read More

Are you using virtual trade shows or other virtual events to market your business? Then there’s some interesting new research you should know about.
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When it’s time to reward employees at your small business for service above and beyond the call of duty, how do you do it? Do you use cash, gifts or some other form of reward? Writing at Compensation Café, Derek Irvine recently took a look at the difference in effectiveness between cash and gifts a Read More

Restaurant owners’ outlook about the economy has become less optimistic, reports the National Restaurant Association’s restaurant performance index. In May, the index dropped 1 percent to 99.9 from April’s level of 100.3. (Index values above 100 indicate a period of expansion, while values below 10 Read More

In late June the House Committee on Small Business held a hearing to explore the state of small business financing. The Policy Dialogue on Entrepreneurship blog reported on the hearing:
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Are your employees ready to mutiny? Despite national unemployment hovering around 9 percent, they might be, according to a new study by global consulting firm Mercer LLC reported by the Wall Street Journal.
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With the 4th of July just behind us, what are American entrepreneurs—and those around the world—thinking about their prospects for the coming months? The latest Global Entrepreneur Indicator survey has some good news.
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