Category: Small Business

Should You Hire a Consultant for Your Small Business?

As a small business owner, you may want to do it all, from managing staff to overseeing your product line. And you may be the person who personally signs every check your business issues and pays the credit card bill every month.

But that doesn’t mean you can’t benefit from the perspective of an outside professional. And so you may be at the point where you’re thinking of hiring a consultant to assess your business and make recommendations for improvements.

Of course, the only real downside to going this route is the cost involved. But if you’re willing to make

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NYC Small Business Owners Feel Optimistic about the Year Ahead Despite Ongoing Economic Volatility, TD Bank Survey Finds

New York, NY, May 23, 2023 – A survey released today by TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, found that despite ongoing market and macroeconomic volatility, New York City’s small business owners are still very optimistic about meeting or exceeding their business goals in 2023, following a successful previous year. Nearly all (91%) of respondents across Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island and Brooklyn met or exceeded their revenue goals in 2022.

Business Owners Plan for Growth in 2023

Along with their positive outlook, many small business owners plan to expand in 2023, with more than

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Easy Collagen Candy – Maria Mind Body Health

Who wants healthy candy made from collagen?

My easy recipe for keto candy will blow your mind!

HOW TO MAKE EASY COLLAGEN CANDY

To make my easy collagen candy, I used Further Food Gelatin!

Further Food gelatin and collagen peptides are both excellent sources of collagen. Both their Collagen & Gelatin are sourced from the highest quality, grass-fed, pasture-raised, hormone-free, and antibiotic free bovine collagen.

The benefits of collagen and gelatin are amazing!

Just eating my delicious collagen candy helps support skin elasticity & hydration, longer hair & nails, stronger bones & joints, faster recovery between workouts, increased flexibility, improved

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New Data from Block Advisors Reveals Small Business Owners

KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In recognition of Small Business Month, Block Advisors by H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) has released data¹ revealing that today’s small business owners are younger and more diverse with clear motivations for pursuing their business ventures. And, despite operating in an uncertain economic environment, small business owners report that the last three months have yielded solid performance, with more than 80% showing high confidence in carrying out day-to-day business tasks. These include billing and accounts receivable tasks, payroll, and timely invoicing – all required for running successful businesses, big or small.

“It’s

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Celent Report Finds Personetics Is the Top Banking Solution for Small Business Banking in North America

Celent evaluated eight fintech providers across data analytics and insights, product recommendations, and workflow digitization

NEW YORK — Personetics, the global leader in financial data-driven personalization and customer engagement, announced today that Celent is recognized as its platform as superior to other fintech solutions in enabling banks to become “challengers” in small business (SMB) banking. Celent, a leading research and advisory firm for the financial services industry, profiled eight fintech companies and their capabilities, including Personetics, that are powering banks and credit unions’ value propositions for SMBs. Celent published its findings in a report “Become a

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135 Jefferson corridor small businesses in Detroit are getting tech help in unique programs

A unique free program that pairs college students and professionals with Detroit small business owners in need of digital and other skills is getting results.

Since the start of the Community Tech Workers program, 135 micro businesses have received technical assistance.

Leading the program is Detroit-based Jefferson East Inc. — a nonprofit that supports the Jefferson Avenue commercial corridor, covering 6.7 linear miles near the city’s riverfront — in partnership with the University of Michigan’s Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project. The goal is to connect small businesses with technology.

“I was hoping that we would increase people’s digital literacy and then

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A US debt default could crush small businesses. So what can we do? | US small business

Qhe US is caring towards a debt crisis the likes of which we haven’t seen since 2011 when Barack Obama faced off against the Tea Party. No one knows for sure if the federal government is going to default on its debt by the end of this month. But if Democrats and Republicans can’t agree on a compromise, it will have an enormous impact on small businesses around the country.

Some 65% of small businesses believe they would be negatively affected by a default, according to a recent report from Goldman Sachs. This is very bad news. Small businesses

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6 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Use ChatGPT to Save Time

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.

Small businesses have always had the challenge of competing with large corporations that have practically unlimited resources. Fortunately, new technologies are emerging that are leveling the playing field. Entrepreneurs can now leverage tools like artificial intelligence to amplify their businesses’ capabilities and productivity without adding significant amounts of capital or overhead. Released by OpenAI in 2022, ChatGPT is one of the most cutting-edge and accessible AI on the market. Here are six ways entrepreneurs can use ChatGPT to save time — and money.

Related: I Use These 5 ChatGPT Hacks to Cut

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