It seems like new payment processing technologies won’t stop popping up to help us to leave our wallets at home. From services like LevelUp, which uses a special scanner to input payment information from smartphones, to Square Wallet, a service from Square that uses your phone’s GPS data, your name and, well, your face to… Continue reading Check Out at Stores Using QR Codes from PayPal
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Small business news, finance and tips for startups and entrepreneurs.
The Government Meltdown and Obamacare: What’s Next?
To little surprise, Republicans and Democrats couldn’t agree on a spending plan for the fiscal year that started on Tuesday. Haggling over spending on Obamacare, they left the nation in a state of flux. One of the main responsibilities of Congress is to pass bills to fund the government budget. When this doesn’t happen, you… Continue reading The Government Meltdown and Obamacare: What’s Next?
Startups: SlideShare Wants You to Tell Your Story [CONTEST]
SlideShare has started an exciting new contest for entrepreneurs called My Startup Story. The contest gives startups a chance to tell their story to the world through engaging SlideShare presentations. And for a bonus, SlideShare has recruited some of our favorite tech leaders as judges to select the contest’s winner, including David McClure, founder of… Continue reading Startups: SlideShare Wants You to Tell Your Story [CONTEST]
The ‘Office Space’ Guide to Work: 15 Rules to a Satisfying Career
Are you excited to go to work each day or is your job just a means to another paycheck? For you to have a truly satisfying career, you need to find the right balance between your personal and professional goals. To have a better chance of achieving these goals, there are a set of… Continue reading The ‘Office Space’ Guide to Work: 15 Rules to a Satisfying Career
LinkedIn Introduces a New Look for Its Over 2 Million Groups [INFOGRAPHIC]
LinkedIn Groups are a great place for professionals with similar interests to share and discover new content and make new business contacts. This is probably why groups are one of the most popular features on LinkedIn. Today LinkedIn released a streamlined new look and feel for the over 2 million Groups on the network, giving… Continue reading LinkedIn Introduces a New Look for Its Over 2 Million Groups [INFOGRAPHIC]
10 Reasons You Shouldn’t Start Your Own Business
Are you growing tired of your nine-to-five and considering starting your own business? What if I told you if you did, you could be looking at a 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. gig or 16+ hour days instead? While launching your own successful small business might seem like the manifestation of the American dream, many times becoming… Continue reading 10 Reasons You Shouldn’t Start Your Own Business
How Google’s Crash Took Down Almost Half of the Internet
What do you think would happen if the internet suddenly stopped working? In an unprecedented internet outage last Friday, all of Google’s services went dark for approximately five minutes between 4:52 p.m. and 4:57 p.m. Pacific Time. Despite its short duration, the downtime caused unspeakable repercussions throughout the Web. Analytics firm GoSquared, for example, reported… Continue reading How Google’s Crash Took Down Almost Half of the Internet
Telecommuting? Stay Connected to the Office with these Methods
According to recent research, at least 11 percent of employed Americans telecommute during some part of the workweek. It’s important for people who work remotely to know how they can stay connected to the workplace. Most employees can rely on technology to keep them in contact with their colleagues and the tools they need to… Continue reading Telecommuting? Stay Connected to the Office with these Methods
