Small Business Blog

So you’ve got what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Now, ask yourself these 20 questions before starting to make sure you’re thinking...

I hate my job, I hate my hours, and I’m ready to be my own boss. Seem pretty close to your thought process on a daily basis? If so, it is...

Starting your own business can be an exciting and rewarding experience. It can offer numerous advantages such as being your own boss,...

Here are ten Cybersecurity Tips Protect against viruses, spyware, and other malicious code Make sure each of your business’s computers...

America’s 28 million small businesses create about two out of every three new jobs in the U.S. each year, and more than half of Americans...

Think you have a great product? Unfortunately, no one’s going to know about it unless you are doing advertising. Advertising, if done...

Small Business Saturday is only a few short weeks away. How prepared is your Small Business for people to shop small? Small Business...

Learn the necessary steps you should take to protect customers’ privacy from identity theft and other misuses of their personal...

eCommerce, The Newest Business Frontier: It’s Time To Get Connected The Internet is proving to be a significant business leveler,...

If your business involves selling a product, you are probably looking for ways to improve sales. A sales strategy will focus your efforts...

The Internet continues to connect advertisers and marketers to customers from Boston to Berlin with text, interactive graphics, video and...

In order to successfully grow your business, you’ll need to attract and then work to retain a large base of satisfied customers....

Small business set asides are a powerful tool for helping small businesses compete for and win federal contracts. Every year, the federal...

Small businesses interested in pursuing federal contracts have many options available to represent their company to potential buyers, to...

U.S. federal government contracting represent a tremendous sales and revenue opportunity for small businesses. The government is...

Iowa City, Iowa – The University of Iowa’s John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center would like to announce that the application for our fall...

Equity capital or financing is money raised by a business in exchange for a share of ownership in the company. Ownership is represented...

Business “angels” are high net worth individual investors who seek high returns through private investments in start-up companies....

Venture capital is a type of equity financing that addresses the funding needs of entrepreneurial companies that for reasons of size,...