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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
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.
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?
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
Can You Qualify for a Business Loan?
Take our interactive quiz and find out how potential lenders will rate your creditworthiness.
What Benefits Does Your Charge Card Offer?
Take our quiz and find out why your peers are using charge cards.
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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Related Content
How CDFI Lenders Can Help You
If your business is in a low-income area, a community development financial institution may be your best bet...
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Microloans Can Save Your Business
These days microloans are a big help to companies large and small.
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Use a Financial Information System to Improve Your Business
With all the demands on our time, we business owners need a financial information system that allows us...
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Getting Government Contracts Through the SBA’s 8(a) Program
If your business is in an economically distressed area, the SBA’s 8(a) program could be your best bet...
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Keep Your Accounts Receivable Current
It’s never been more important to keep your accounts receivable up-to-date to maximize your cash flow.
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Unsecured and Secured Business Lines of Credit
Consider getting a line of credit instead of a loan to meet your business’s cash needs.
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Knowing the Difference Between Earnings and Profit
To make your business a success, you need to understand earnings and profit.
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Should You Extend Credit Terms to Customers?
Now more than ever, you need to be cautious about who you extend credit to -- and how...
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How to Get a DUNS Number
Follow these simple steps to get your data universal numbering system number.
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Why Your Business Needs a DUNS Number
The benefits of getting a data universal numbering system number
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How to Get and Maintain a DUNS Number
Data universal numbering system numbers can help you obtain credit, secure government grants, and keep track of your...
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How to Get a Business Loan
Here’s what loan committees want to see in your credit application.
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Using a Credit Bureau to Check Customer Credit
Do your research before extending credit to customers.
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How to Deduct Loan Costs from Your Taxes
Put money back into your business by deducting loan costs from your taxes.
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How to Create an Ultimate Business System
Make a master manual that contains all your business’s processes.
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How to Put Your Business’s Profits on Autopilot
Create a successful company that doesn’t require your presence each and every day.
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Build Out Your Business’s Operations
Fulfill the products or services you’ve promised and keep a handle on administrative tasks.
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What to Do When You Can’t Pay All Your Creditors
Here’s how to prioritize and make sure you don’t get deeper into debt.
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Top Small Business Tax Mistakes
Make tax time a happier time for your business by avoiding these common pitfalls.
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Identify the Limiting Factors in Your Business
Find ways to push past your company’s biggest bottlenecks.
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