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6 Reasons Your Small Business Should Use a Professional Employer Organization

Up and Running

Has your startup or small business ever considered using a professional employer organization—a PEO? If you’re a small business owner or a new entrepreneur, your finances may be precarious. What’s more, a competitive benefits package will net you the talent you need. Why use a PEO? The downsides of PEOs.

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Crowd Funding Has Not Killed Angel Investing Yet

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). billion collected in 2012.

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Angel Investors Are Still The Lifeblood Of Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Compliance is definitely a regulatory burden, and could become a nightmare.

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Lego Locks on To 6 Valuable Leadership Lessons for Small Business Owners

Small Business Force

Whether you’re an early-stage company or have been around for ten years, for entrepreneurs, leading and managing a small business, especially its growth, is never an easy task. ” I was brought in as the CEO to turn around a small publicly-traded technology company. Limit surprises to parties. Good or bad.

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Eight Year-End “Must-Dos” For Entrepreneurs And Small Business Owners

YoungUpstarts

In other words, it’s been a typical year in the life of a small business owner, and, suddenly, December is here, and 2013 is right around the corner. With a little focused thought, the last month of 2012 can also be the most valuable one. Sometimes the business world pauses to catch its breath in December.

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Small business Congress-watch: Three Reasons to Vote Next November?

crowdSPRING Blog

The idea is to stay current on what the folks in Washington are doing for small businesses and startups and to briefly analyze some of those priorities and efforts. In either case, rules and regulations can have a real economic impact on small businesses. The Small Business Size Standard Flexibility Act along with H.R.

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LinkedIn Marketing: A Small Business Guide

Up and Running

The first step to establishing your business on LinkedIn is creating a company page for your business. LinkedIn Small Business is a great starting point, as is their article on creating a company page. In order to get the most out of your LinkedIn groups, cast a wide net at first, but eventually narrow it down.