Category: News - Part 6

Small Business Skills Shortage Means Many Jobs Go Unfilled

The Wall Street Journal | July 18, 2014 Growing numbers of small-business owners say unfilled job openings are thwarting their growth at a time of high confidence in the economy. About 33% of 848 small-business owners and chief executives said they had unfilled job openings in June because they couldn’t identify qualified applicants, up from…

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Financial management critical for small business: Survey

Economic Times | May 27, 2015 Some 85 per cent small business owners start off by utilising only personal savings, affecting the way decisions are made as well as how entities are run, says a latest survey. According to a report prepared for financial management solutions provider Intuit India by research firm International Data Corporation,…

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Small business owners still cautious, surveys find

Associated Press | May 13, 2014 Small business owners are keeping a cautious approach to running their companies even as they grow more optimistic. Two surveys released Tuesday, one by Wells Fargo & Co. and the other by Bank of America Corp., found many owners still have conservative hiring plans and little appetite for loans….

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Facebook launches program to lure small businesses

USA Today | May 6, 2014 Facebook is hoping to make more small businesses their friends. The social network launched an initiative called Facebook Fit, a series of “boot-camp” like events to help smaller business leverage online tools including Facebook Pages. Other companies participating in Fit include mobile payments service Square, LegalZoom and Intuit QuickBooks….

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