The senator wants the Federal Reserve to look more closely at credit-card issuers marketing business cards to consumers
A lot of theories have been circulated for why small businesses aren’t hiring — the bank lending crunch, emotional nervousness about the economy, high taxes, low sales. This week, noted Case Western Reserve University professor Scott Shane weighed in with his theory: It’s all about the residential real-estate collapse.
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In the downturn, many companies have scrambled to change what they do. They’re quickly added products or services, introduced multiple new versions, marketed to many new audiences.
So maybe it’s time to ask — are you in over your head? Unfocused? Are you simply doing too much?
Some businesses have taken the opposite tack in the downturn, [...]
Bros. According to the Urban Dictionary, they’re young, white alpha males found most commonly in Southern California beach cities, they drive lifted trucks, wear tilted mesh hats and talk primarily about chicks and beer.
So how could this ripped-up sector of society be beneficial to entrepreneurs? Well, it just so happens that frosted-tips aren’t the [...]
The e-mail message was alarming and ominous:
Thinking the above message must be spam, the folks at The Inn at Mount Snow in West Dover, VT, immediately logged onto their Facebook account, where they were promptly confronted by the following message at the top of their Page:
Definitely not spam, and according a statement provided [...]
Shortly after I launched my web design firm in 1995, I did something my accountant told me was pretty crazy. I sold my house in Hollywood, Fla., moved to New York City, cashed in my mutual funds and put every dollar I had into a brownstone in Brooklyn Heights that I couldn’t afford on what [...]
To increase your odds of getting paid, act quickly. Maintaining a credit policy can help you avoid getting into the situation
Facebook is not just for kids anymore, nor is LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube or the many other popular social media platforms and services. As today’s Pew Research Center study entitled “Older Adults and Social Media” concludes, “Social networking use among those ages 50 and older nearly doubled over the past year.” In fact, the fastest growing [...]
Troubling statistics have been rolling in lately about job losses. While the beginning of the recession saw the shedding of thousands of jobs en masse at major corporations, by the end of last year, job cuts were concentrated at small businesses. While financial aid aimed at small businesses continues to sit in the Senate, the [...]
Giants such as GE and PepsiCo are sponsoring competitions that let startups strut their stuff
