As if running a business in today’s economy is not tough enough, we also have to deal with fraud on top of it all. Fraud can cause a small business to experience financial effects as well as damage to your hard earned reputation.
…Continue readingEvery year the BBB receives thousands of complaints from small business owners who fell for an invoicing scam or were misled into paying for products and services they didn’t want. Scammers aren’t always trying to steal money from a business; sometimes they are after a company’s financial or customer data and will use many kinds of high and low-tech methods for getting it.
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In a constantly changing technological world, small businesses try to keep up with the hype by getting on the innovation band wagon. One such innovation is cloud computing. Designed to remotely host software, servers and data storage, it promises to reduce operational expenses and lower the cost of energy bills.
Loss of data is one of the reasons why a business may result in failure. Since businesses run on information, when data is lost or access those data are disrupted, the impact may threaten business operations.
The business industry is becoming more fast-paced and inventive in hopes of expanding their customer base. In fact, more entrepreneurs are now joining the mobile computing band wagon to gain more traction for their small business.
Business incubation has been in existence in the U.S since 1959 and has been growing ever since. In Anita Campbell’s article, 
Everywhere you look, people are doing something with their phones. They are either texting someone, or they are using one of the thousands of apps available.
In these tough times, the biggest impact of the economic downturn is being felt by the small business sector. This is largely because of the fact that there are fewer resources available to counter the effects of an uncertain economy. The best way for a small business to thrive nowadays is by cutting costs. Practicing frugality in your business does not mean that you are sacrificing the quality and service level of your company. Cost cutting on certain aspects of your business could just be the economic stimulus needed to let you bounce back from an economic spiral.
One of the most important aspects of small business management is the manpower. This is where the business operation and the business success relies. If the manpower is weak, 
