Best Bluetooth Headphones for 2022

Not that long ago, a set of headphones on someone meant they were listening to music. But today, headphones can answer and make a phone call, control functions on your phone, and cancel unwanted noise, to name a few...

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SBA Opening 5 New Women’s Business Centers Across America

The Small Business Administrator (SBA) has announced the opening of five new Women’s Business Centers (WBCs). On May 23, Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the SBA, announced the selection of the new resource centres for women entrepreneurs and business owners....

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12 Printable Job Application Forms

Small businesses have a lot of challenges, especially when it comes to hiring. The process of finding and vetting candidates can be time-consuming and expensive. One way to streamline the process is to use printable job application forms. These...

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Best Office Chairs for Your Business in 2022

Working in an office typically involves spending a great deal of time sitting in an office chair – a position that adds stress to the structures in the spine. Sitting down for an extended amount of time actually places...

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Business Trip Packing List

Getting your business trip packing list just right isn’t always easy. There are so many different elements that need to be balanced, such as casual clothing versus business attire, electronics, key documents, etc. Getting all your business essentials together...

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Spotlight: Time Etc Helps Entrepreneurs Like Richard Branson Find Skilled VAs

As a business owner, you’re most effective if you spend time on high-level tasks. But it’s not always possible to hire dedicated team members for all the daily work that goes into running your business. That’s where Time Etc comes...

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Is There Unemployment for Self Employed People?

Under normal circumstances, or at least any time before the spring of 2020, the short answer to that question would have been “Not really.” Then COVID-19 happened, and with it, trillions in federal government aid and financial protection affected the...

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Famous Amos Offering Another Round of $150,000 Small Business Grants to Black Entrepreneurs

Cookies maker, Famous Amos, has announced the availability of the second round of small business grants for black entrepreneurs. The grants come in partnership with the National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) and are part of the Famous Amos...

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Congressmen Ask IRS to Increase Mileage Reimbursement Rate

House Democrats are calling on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to boost drivers’ mileage deduction benefits. Bloomberg reports that Democrats are urging the IRS to increase the tax break to help small businesses that rely on heavy mileage, including truckers,...

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Alan Trefler of Pega – Current Business Climate Makes You Focus on Efficiency, but Not at Cost of Client Engagement

This week is customer engagement platform Pega’s annual user conference, PegaWorld.  For the third year in a row it’s virtual, and for the second year in a row Alan Trefler, founder and CEO of the company, joined my CRM...

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