Diana Heeb Bivona on May 26th, 2006

A new product called TargetPort can convert a career page on a corporate Web site into a recruiting tool. The interactive page introduces candidates to information about a company, its mission, its culture and job openings. TargetPort was designed specifically for small to mid-size businesses with a desire to promote a professional employment brand. The [...]

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arvind on May 25th, 2006

With the advent and fast spread of internet, terms like B2C and B2B have assumed greater importance. Small businesses face the dilemma more than others – whether to focus on 2B or B2C? Both the market segments have their own sets of advantages and disadvantages.  B2B, while difficult in the first stage, are extremely lucrative [...]

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John Vanhara on May 25th, 2006

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Diana Heeb Bivona on May 25th, 2006

Microsoft is releasing its new small business accounting software. The program is geared toward companies with up to 25 employees, with support for up to five concurrent users. A single-user license of the program, with one free year of full techincal support, costs about $149 at retail stores. An upgrade of the Office suite called [...]

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arvind on May 24th, 2006

Selling an existing business can be painful for a host of reasons. Reasons include both emotional and rational. Emotional reasons are obviously overcome rather easily compared to rational reasons. Once having decided on selling your business, next step is to decide on mode of selling the business. There are two options – advertising and broker.  [...]

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Diana Heeb Bivona on May 24th, 2006

There is a long standing debate regarding the usefulness of the SBA. Another recent article in the Fortune Small Business Magazine raises several interesting points. For example, is it worth keeping an agency where its loan programs reach less than 1% of U.S. small businesses? On the other, in fiscal year 2005 the SBA made [...]

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