There has been much dissent about the federal government’s involvement in small business. Small business engagement has been a concern since the federal government failed to meet its contracting goals. There is a need to develop programs to help small businesses remain afloat. Small businesses should be aware of how this change will affect their business and what they need to do going forward. Here’s what small business owners may need to know.
Dollars Allocated to Engage Small Businesses in Fiscal 2012
In the fiscal year of 2012, the Small Business Administration (SBA) states that only 22.25 percent of federal contracting dollars or $89.9 billion was allocated to help engage small businesses meet their contracting goals.…
The rising cost of keeping up with customer demand can be a challenge for startups or small businesses. Keeping up with supplier payments, payroll, and inventory requires a lot of attention to detail and time. Fortunately, a number of software solutions, leadership tactics, and business fundamentals will help your company manage costs.
Here are 4 cost management strategies you can adopt which can give you total control of your business costs:
1. Transparent communications
Customers and employees shouldn’t ever find themselves in the dark regarding products, services, and workflows.…
The stock market is a fickle playground – entire life savings can be gained and lost in the space of a day – but despite its turbulent nature, there are some things that you should just not do if you’re looking to emerge unscathed from the financial battlefield. These are ways you could ruin your portfolio and all your investments with disastrous ease, and have ended many a career over the years. Here are six losing strategies for stock traders.
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Effective content management systems (CMS) can make employee workflows much faster, lead to greater web productivity, and help streamline publishing processes. The point of a CMS system is to allow an organization to make content changes to a website, without touching the code and structure of a website. Web designers and developers can rejoice, because their infrastructures are safer when others post web content via a CMS. These five characteristics of good CMS solutions can help companies that are searching for the right fit.…
