News - Part 14

  • Mobile Minute: A Case for Mobile Payments

    The battle is just starting when it comes to mobile payments and there are MANY hurdles to get over that we can already identify – plus many more that haven’t yet crossed our radar. All that aside, Chuck Martin illustrates a perfect example of a situation where mobile payments would be a perfect solution to…

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  • MasterCard’s New Merchant Scope Survey

    Small merchants face sizable barriers between them and the technology that could help them compete with today’s global mega-chains. The MasterCard Insights’ Merchant Scope study assesses and quantifies the difference in technology attitude and capability among small-to-mid-sized merchants across four key global markets. Access the full report here >

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  • E-commerce 101

    A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, small businesses had it tough. Confined to selling only in their own city or town, these intrepid entrepreneurs endured good times and bad, up periods and down. The local economy was the only economy that really mattered. Marketing back then was equally tough as the…

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  • Three Things for Small-Business Owners to Pay Attention to in 2015

    InsuranceNewsNet.com When Leon Grodski de Barrera and his wife started planning for what is now Cocoa Cinnamon, they had $75 in the bank. “This is not in any way an exaggeration,” said Grodski de Barrera, co-owner of the Durham coffee shop on Geer Street. So the entrepreneurs set out on an alternative funding journey, cobbling together resources wherever they could find them….

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