News - Part 18

  • Fulfillment, Not Family: Why Women Business Owners Really Start Up, And What’s Still In Their Way

    “There’s no such thing as perfect work-life balance.” That’s how Darla Beggs, National Association of Women Business Owners’ National Chair, tells it. “I think some women business owners feel frustrated by this conversation because they feel trapped into chasing someone else’s view of success.” But for most, an outsider’s opinion is no longer the measuring…

    Read More >
  • Your Massive Guide to Small Business Marketing on a Budget

    You likely have an online presence, and perhaps a brick and mortar location too, and you want to establish online visibility for best results and so people can find you. It’s pretty important to consider a variety of factors, many of which you may not have heard about before, in order to successfully build your…

    Read More >
  • MasterCard now allows any business to enable P2P payments

    Fortune | May 20, 2015 Payments giant MasterCard is the latest company to get into the person-to-person payments business, joining Facebook, PayPal, and rival Visa. The company launched MasterCard Send, a service that allows people to link their debit card accounts online or on a phone and transfer money to anyone in the U.S. using…

    Read More >
  • Small Businesses Must Prepare for Chip Cards

    2015 has arrived, and that means that the transition to EMV chip cards in the U.S. has already begun. The use of chip card technology promises to make credit and debit card transactions much more secure and will significantly reduce counterfeit fraud. However, this transition has important implications for small businesses, and recent surveys show…

    Read More >