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Bruins to Host TD Bank Small Business Takeover at TD Garden on March 28

BOSTON – The Boston Bruins announced today, March 28, that the TD Bank Small Business Takeover initiative will kick off for a sixth season during tonight’s game against the Nashville Predators at TD Garden.

For the Small Business Takeover, TD Bank will grant all possible advertising “real estate” at TD Garden to a local small business for the duration of the game. This includes the 360 ​​LED screens, dasher boards, video walls, roster cards and TD Bank corporate suite, in addition to digital support from Bruins social channels.

Tuesday’s Small Business Takeover will be given to the Energy Shield of

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Building tiny keycaps into a small business

Mechanical keyboard lovers have created a small boom in small businesses. People are making a living designing and building PCBs, switches, caps, and whole keyboards. They’re partnering with small factories to bring their creations to life. But some artisans are building the products themselves — no factory involved. The artist who goes by the name Tinymakesthings is one of those creators.

She’s a keycap artist, crafting individual keycaps that are truly tiny works of art. She uses a few mediums to build her keycaps but relies primarily on clay and resin. She broadcasts her work on Twitch and sells her

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How to apply for a small business loan at a bank

A loan officer meeting with two middle-aged clients.

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If your business is ready to grow, you may consider a small business loan. Many small business owners lean toward banks because they may offer larger amounts, lower rates and more hands-on support loans than online lenders.

Your business needs to meet certain requirements and you’ll want to find the right bank to be your lender. Here’s everything you need to know about how to get a business loan from a bank.

1. Check your business and personal credit scores

The bank will likely check you business credit score and the personal credit scores of any business

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‘Guilt tipping’: is there any escape from the gratuitous rise in gratification? | Gene Marks

I‘m writing this column from Las Vegas where I’m attending a conference. This morning, I went to a coffee shop in the hotel. The cost of my small coffee was $6.49 and no, I’m not kidding. Welcome to Vegas.

To add an insult to injury, the cashier who served me the coffee – which took her about five seconds – spun the point-of-sale device around and stared me in the eye as I looked down at that screen that is all-familiar to most of us: the request for a tip. The minimum tip displayed was 20%. Or I could

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Why Inflation Doesn’t Have To Be A Nightmare For Small Businesses

By Tonika Bruce, CEO of Lead Nicelywho helps startups, nonprofits and leaders win with unique and innovative marketing and business strategies.

With preparation, businesses can survive and thrive in inflation cycles. While there is talk of 2023 potentially being a year in recession—which poses a few economic challenges for small and medium enterprises, such as sales slumps, tight budgets and financing difficulties—we will not get into the politics and philosophy of economics about what is causing this and how to end it. Instead, let’s look at why inflation doesn’t have to be a nightmare for small businesses.

The

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How FSU plans to use a $4.9M grant to help students, local small businesses

Nearly $5 million will be poured into students, local businesses and the Sandhills region over the next two years, Fayetteville State University leaders announced Friday.

The $4.9 million is a grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

The grant is “designed to increase access to broadband technologies to underrepresented communities,” Fayetteville State University Chancellor Darrell Allison said during the announcement at the Fayetteville-Cumberland Regional Entrepreneur and Business Hub.

University and community leaders said the money is for more than just broadband, it will also be used to help 30 local small businesses per year “grow revenue and create jobs,”

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Jenny Son’s Tried-and-True Tips for Women Business Owners

Amidst the economic uncertainty of 2023, planning for the future is more important—and more challenging—than ever. According to a recent Bank of America survey78 percent of small business owners expect that a potential recession will impact their business, potentially forcing them to raise prices, slow hiring plans and reduce spending.

Enter Jenny Son, a small business banker at Bank of America who has helped business owners plan ahead and invest in their success for the past five years. Son serves as a sounding board and advisor to business owners navigating day-to-day business challenges and choppy economic waters. For Son,

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Small Businesses Face Hiring Challenges Despite Fears Of Recession

Full employment is an economic situation in which all people who are available and willing to work can find a job at the prevailing wages and conditions of the industry in which they seek employment. Full employment is generally considered to be when the country’s unemployment rate is 4% or less. However, zero unemployment is impossible to achieve, as there are always some people who are temporarily out of work.

Considering 4% as the benchmark, the US economy was at full employment from January 2018 to February 2020, just before the COVID arrived in the US While

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