Alex Steward
 
Brands Small Business Owners Recommend and Some They Don’t
To trust or not to trust. That is a question small and medium-sized business owners often find themselves asking when it comes to relying on certain brands for...
Specfinance     Mar 7 2016
Music Subscription Service Drip Closes March 18
In an open letter published on Medium, the founders of the Drip music subscription service announced the music platform is closing on March 18. News of Drip...
Specfinance     Mar 7 2016
Don’t Have Money? 17 Entrepreneurs Who Bootstrapped Their Startup from Nothing
Think you can’t start a successful business without huge rounds of funding? Think again. There have been plenty of hugely successful entrepreneurs through the...
Specfinance     Mar 7 2016
Leaked Document Claims Ads Coming to Facebook Messenger App
Facebook could be soon turning its Messenger app into a marketing platform. Facebook Messenger ads in the form of messages may be coming to Facebook’s messenger...
Specfinance     Mar 6 2016
How Virtual Reality Can Grow Your Business
Virtual reality might seem like a really futuristic idea that doesn’t have much practical business purpose just yet. But that’s no longer the case. More and...
Specfinance     Mar 6 2016
Why Angel Backed Companies are Raising Less Money
The average angel-backed company receives much less capital today than it did in the early 2000s, data from the University of New Hampshire’s Center for Venture...
Specfinance     Mar 6 2016
Getting Work Done: In Groups and Alone
Some people prefer to work individually and others in teams. Both have advantages and disadvantages. The key is finding the rights tasks for each one. Take a...
Specfinance     Mar 6 2016
Marc Scheipe Named New President of Sage North America
Sage North America, has appointed Marc Scheipe as its new president. Scheipe previously served as interim regional president for the U.K.-based business...
Specfinance     Mar 6 2016
The Benefits of an S Corporation
Choosing a business structure is an important, and often confusing, decision for any small business owner. With the S Corporation election deadline approaching...
Specfinance     Mar 6 2016
5 Reasons Why You Need a PPC Expert to Help You with Your Campaign
We’re living in a golden age that finds more and more entrepreneurs going into business for themselves, and it’s not hard to see why. Thanks to the Internet,...
Specfinance     Mar 5 2016
“21 Days” Gives Insight into LinkedIn Success
In the past, geographical restrictions may have prevented you from networking with those in your particular field of interest or business. Launched back in...
Specfinance     Mar 5 2016
Online Webinar and San Francisco Conference Both Among Coming Business Events
This week, you don t even have to leave your office to get great small business expertise and advice. But if you re looking for a little work/business getaway,...
Specfinance     Mar 5 2016
10 Community Tips for Boosting Your Website
Website can provide a huge boost for your business. But in order for your website to be effective, you need to have the right content, audience and tools to...
Specfinance     Mar 5 2016
MacBook Selfie Stick May Be Craziest Product Yet
If you’ve walked through Times Square or any other crowded place over the last year or so, you’ve probably run into quite a few selfie sticks. If you’re somehow...
Specfinance     Mar 4 2016
“Building a Culture of Innovation:” Business Mantra, Innovate or Die
Innovation is the new buzzword in marketing. It seems daily that we are regaled with stories of hipster-style geeks building world-changing technologies between...
Specfinance     Mar 4 2016
Vonage Revenue Up 132 Percent After Pivot to Business Customers
Vonage , probably the best-known name in VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) for home and business, has reported revenue growth after a pivot to business...
Specfinance     Mar 4 2016
Skype Announces Mobile Group Calls, Samsung Creates VR Camera
Mobile technology is getting more and more advanced. And thanks to those advances, businesses are continually able to do more with less. This week, mobile...
Specfinance     Mar 4 2016
Web.com Acquires Yodle to Boost Local Marketing
Web.com is set to purchase all the available shares of Yodle, closing at the end of the first quarter of 2016 Yodle , based in New York City, sells online...
Specfinance     Mar 4 2016
9 Questions to Ask When Building a Mobile App
“The next big thing” is a phrase that gets tossed around often. Entrepreneurs dream of creating it but often don’t know where to look, so they head down a long,...
Specfinance     Mar 3 2016
Women Owned Business Sees 12 Percent Rise in Revenue, Says Biz2Credit
Woman power rocked business in 2015. That’s according to a new 2016 women-owned business study by Biz2Credit , a leading online marketplace which has found...
Specfinance     Mar 3 2016
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