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The State of American Entrepreneurship
Open up any financial or tech news site and you’ll see some new company, makers of an app or robot squirrel, valued at $5 jillion, being purchased by Facebook/Google. Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley...
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Awesome Free and Low-Cost Billing Software for Small Businesses
If there’s something better than the feeling of getting paid for the hard work you’ve done, I don’t want to know. As a small business or freelancer, getting paid is also the lifeblood of your company....
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5 Simple Steps for Setting Up an Accounts Receivable Management System
Let’s talk about bad things. Let’s talk about what happens when you stop getting paid on time. The checks start rolling in more slowly, the business has less to work with, the banks have more to fear,...
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The 10 Top Twitter Accounting Accounts
It may seem stodgy at first glance, but accounting is a rapidly changing field. New rules, guidelines, and technologies are carving out raw features in the industry’s geography every week. Following a...
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Review of September News for Small Businesses
It’s the end of the month and it looks like, despite its own best efforts, the US government will continue to function for at least a few more months. Somehow that counts as success. Luckily, September...
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Off-the-Shelf Accounting Software Comparison
While enterprise-level accounting is still largely done online, it’s harder and harder to find small business off-the-shelf accounting software. Sometimes, you don’t want a subscription, you don’t want...
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How to Deal with Accounting Automation so You’re Ready for the Future of...
A computer can do your job. A computer could do my job. It’s still on the edge of understanding, but there are plenty of people working on making machines that can replace us. Accounting is a...
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3 Simple Steps to Saving Money Using Expense Software
One of my favorite parts of business is the bit where you chase down Steve from sales, get all his recent receipts, manually enter them into your accounting software, and then, when you finally finish,...
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Cloud-Based Accounting: 3 Reasons to Move to the Cloud Now
For a man who makes his living online, I’m probably overly fond of not being connected. Some businesses seem ambivalent about the internet, too, if the prevalence of desktop-based accounting software...
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5 Tips for Small Business Cash Flow Management
There’s a difference between getting paid $50,000 one time each year and getting paid $50,000 over the course of twelve months. That difference is the basic premise of cash flow management. We’re often...
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How Does Revenue-Based Financing Work?
Small businesses usually rely on two sources of funds to get started – loans and credit facilities. Typically, both of these sources require businesses to show that they have assets available and that...
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How to Use the ‘Buy Now’ Button on Twitter
My dingo repellent business has really taken off. I’ve sold out from Bremer Bay to Port Macdonnell, which Google Maps tells me are two towns in Australia. The key to my success has been getting right...
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How to Simplify Billing with Time Tracking Software
Time tracking software is the best way to get your employees’ paid for their time and to keep your customers happy and informed. Like all things, it would be great if we could also use time tracking to...
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4 Tools You Need to Raise Capital
For young businesses, raising capital can seem like a never-ending job. It requires hard work, patience, and a willingness to continually knock on doors that show no signs of opening. Thankfully, you...
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A How-to Guide for Accounting for Nonprofits
In most normal business and personal life, we make purchases from one big vat of money. You might have a few different accounts set up – vacation, medical, etc. – but when push comes to shove, you just...
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Accounting Software for Mac: 5 Great Options
If you’re head-down in a Mac environment all day long, why would you ever want to swap over to a PC just to do your accounting? The process is unfun enough without having to use a machine you don’t...
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Financial Accounting vs Management Accounting
What you do and what you tell people you do should be different things. Not because you should be lying about what you do, but because what you do is complicated and specific. What you tell people is...
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What I’m Looking Forward to at SleeterCon 2015: A Preview
This time next week, I’ll be drenched in the sights and sounds of an electric hellscape. I’ll watch one-armed robbers accept the willing donations of their victims, and games of chance on which life...
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SleeterCon 2015: Day One
My watch tells me I’ve taken 20,538 steps today, covering 10.41 miles in the process. That seems like a lot. Now, admittedly, about two miles was due to my getting lost on the mean streets of Las...
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SleeterCon 2015: Day Two
Day two at SleeterCon 2015 kicked off with a strong start. Columnist and commentator Gene Marks opened the day with some predictions and trends set to dominate the small business scene over the next...
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