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There’s no other challenge like it. Running a small business requires tenacity, courage, and smarts. We’ve put together this comprehensive resource center to give you the advice and insights you need to achieve entrepreneurial success.

Articles

Collections: The Midas Touch
In tough times smart business owners reach out to customers in new ways to collect payment. Just ask Elizabeth Anne Frank of New York.
Should You Take Advantage of Prompt-Pay Discounts?
Prompt-pay discounts can be a boon to your business, but you should calculate the cost of paying early first.
Manage Inventory and Free Up Cash
Improve inventory management to release trapped cash for your business.

Podcasts

The Five Most Effective Ways to Manage Business Travel
Nationally syndicated business travel writer Ed Perkins, author of Business Travel: When It's Your Money, outlines the five keys to effective business travel management.
The Advantages of Hiring an Outside Travel Agent to Manage Your Business Travel Needs
Ed Perkins, author of Business Travel: When It's Your Money, discusses how an outside travel agent can save your business not only money, but time.
Why Your Business Needs to Audit Travel Expenses
Ed Perkins, author of Business Travel: When It's Your Money, talks about why auditing not just the cost of a trip, but also what it accomplished, is so important.

Blogs

Ken Walker Keeping Track of Your Company's Travel Rewards Points
Here's how to encourage your employees to keep track of your business's travel rewards points.
Sam Thacker Improve Cash Flow by Improving Your Collections Cycle
How do I get paid on time and make a good impression with my customers and creditors?
Mike Stevens Tracking Profits in Your Bidding Process
To run a profitable service business, it's not enough to merely do the books at the end of the month.

Quizzes & Polls

Bank Loans Should You Offer Credit or Financing to Your Customers?
Take our interactive quiz and find out if you should offer customers credit.
Take Our Quiz What Benefits Does Your Charge Card Offer?
Take our quiz and find out why your peers are using charge cards.
Take Our Quiz How Do You Use Debt to Manage Your Business?
Do you use debt to borrow for emergencies or to manage cash flow?

Featured

PODCAST: How to Streamline Travel Expense Reporting
Ed Perkins, author of Business Travel: When It's Your Money , looks at how to streamline the business...
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How to Get an ARC Loan
The America's Recovery Capital loan program can help your business, but there are hurdles to clear before you...
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Hiring Road Warriors: How to Find Good Travelers
How do I find employees who love to work on the road?
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How to Prevent Fraud and Embezzlement
Watch out: In a sluggish economy, employees are more likely to commit fraud.
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How to Use Just-In-Time Inventory Management
When done right, just-in-time inventory management practices can save you a bundle.
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Streamline Inventory with an Approved Stock List
Organizing items by popularity can significantly improve your inventory management practices -- and save money.
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Is a Community Bank Right for Your Business?
There are many banks -- large and small -- to choose from when getting a loan, but a...
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Five Steps to Granting Business Trade Credit
In today's volatile business climate, business owners should use proven and established techniques when granting trade credit to...
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Remind Traveling Employees to Merge NWA and Delta Rewards
Frequent fliers with Northwest Airlines rewards accounts should merge their Northwest points with Delta points now -- before...
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