The winner of this week’s WinWeb Pitch of the Week competition is Jeremy Campbell, founder of Socially Collaborative Media, running two websites: Spidvid and Unleashvideo. Jeremy’s innovative company provides a platform for people to connect and collaborate on video projects. Not happy fitting in to the video-upload site niche, Jeremy was determined to create a [...]
WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Socially Collaborative Media
posted by Christina Sanchez on October 2nd, 2010 under Financial Analyst
Do You Need Insurance?
posted by Zachary Gonzalez on October 1st, 2010 under Financial Analyst
As a young person, you may feel invincible – and you might think you can skate by without insuring your assets or your health. But thinking like that can be a costly mistake.When the healthcare reform bill takes full effect in 2014, everyone will have to maintain health insurance coverage. Until then – unless you [...]
5 Ways to Attract Generation Y to Your Workplace
posted by Christina Sanchez on September 28th, 2010 under Financial Analyst
Statistics show that Generation Y (born 1977-1997, also known as “Millennials”) has different expectations and values for their workplace than previous generations. As a small business owner and employer, you need to understand what motivates members of this generation in order to attract them to work for you. Whether you like it or not, Millennials [...]
Mortgages May Prove Difficult to Get
posted by Zachary Gonzalez on September 27th, 2010 under Financial Analyst
Mortgage rates are near all-time lows – great news for young people looking to buy their first homes, right?Not so fast.According to a report released this week by real estate research site Zillow.com, would-be borrowers with less-than-stellar credit scores may be stymied if they try to apply for a home loan. Zillow, which has a [...]
Free Credit Score Estimator Can Help Get You on Track
posted by Christina Sanchez on September 24th, 2010 under Financial Analyst
One of the best things you can do for your business is to have a good personal credit score. This is called a FICO score and creditors make decisions around what credit to extend to you based on this score. It’s really important that you have a good credit score. I’m not just talking about [...]
Nice vacation for longer time
posted by Zachary Gonzalez on September 24th, 2010 under Financial Analyst
If the holiday season arrives, we think we do not want to leave to leave the beautiful beach and back to the office with the business to more. You need a vacation facilities are beautiful and make you relax. You can choose to Myrtle Beach vacation spot you this time. You can book some hotel [...]
GMAC Denies Halting Foreclosures in 23 States
posted by Zachary Gonzalez on September 20th, 2010 under Financial Analyst
GMAC Mortgage is denying a report that it has suspended foreclosures in 23 states, saying all new foreclosures are continuing as usual. The announcement this afternoon came in response to a Bloomberg report this morning that the company had directed its agents and brokers to immediately cease repossessions in the affected states and that the [...]
Vistaprint Survey Shows 46% of Micro Businesses Use Social Media
posted by Christina Sanchez on September 20th, 2010 under Financial Analyst
You have heard the term “micro business” a lot on this blog and some of you might be wondering what exactly that means. For us, it means any business that has between one and 10 employees. So if you’re self-employed, you’re a micro business. So if you just have a small dog walking operation that [...]
Top 5 Basics of Accounting
posted by Christina Sanchez on September 19th, 2010 under Financial Analyst
The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Your accountant should always be your first port of call if you have queries about your accounts. They will stop you from making costly mistakes and a good accountant is invaluable. 2. Implementing a [...]