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Small Businesses Need To Prepare For Emergencies, Disasters

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In Louisiana alone, more than 20,000 businesses were shuttered. In fact, an Experian study showed that Katrina affected more small businesses than any other business segment. If you’re a small business and are now suitably worried, you should be. Looking Into Insurance.

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Use Your Tax Refund To Grow Your Small Business

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Tax season is one of the busiest and most stressful times of the year for small business owners. CNBC reported that half of small businesses in the United States will spend at least $5,000 to come to terms with their tax bills. But now that Tax Day 2015 has passed, many small business owners are looking at tax refunds.

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22 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2020

Hearpreneur

I would say this is what I am most proud of but I am also proud of the traction that my new business has built in its first full year of operation. These 2 businesses are the opposite end of the startup journeys and I am so proud to achieve that in this trying environment. Thanks to Steve Keighery, Home Buyer Louisiana ! #3-

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Harvey Aftermath: How Your Small Business Can Help

Austin Startup

Here’s how your small business can help the victims of natural disasters. There are restaurants and businesses collaborating, making discounts through donations to send over to many charities. SO LET’S RECAP: You’re a small business, but you want to help. Savin Weera is a UT San Antonio graduate with a B.A.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Small Business. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. SMALL BUSINESS. more in Small Business. Small Business » Subscriber Content Read Preview.

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Finding Your Fire And Igniting Change

Duct Tape Marketing

Challenges of scaling Jeff and Jay share conversations about growing and scaling subscription businesses with a customer first approach, check out all the episodes. HubSpot Podcast Network is the audio destination for business professionals who seek the best education and inspiration on how to grow a business.

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10 Amazing Microfinance Success Stories

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The benefits of microfinance have been debated since the ’70s when the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh began making tiny loans to impoverished small business owners. He now serves upwards of 100 customers a day and has done well enough to start “Gumbo Under the Bridge,” a program to feed the homeless. Likelesh Gebru, Ethiopia.

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