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How to Get Funding For Your Business

I began a start up around 3 years ago with my friend Dean Kirkland Vancouver WA resident like myself and lifelong friend. During that time we were hearing many negative statistics coming out about start ups and the worrying rate at which they fail. My colleague and I therefore decided that in ordered rot best avoid the failure which happens to most start

6 Reasons Cloud ERP Makes Practical Business Sense

Many people in the business world have at least heard of enterprise resource planning (ERP). If you own or manage a company, you’ve probably know a bit about the benefits of ERP and its newer iteration, cloud ERP. Here are six reasons cloud ERP makes practical business sense. Cloud ERP Doesn’t Require as Much Initial Investment In the past, operating

How to Make Your Business More Secure for 2018

It’s hard to imagine that there was ever a time when we didn’t need to be vigilant against viruses and hackers, but it’s become as much of a fact of life as colds and flu. Around 75% of enterprises will experience a breach of security in 2017, but only around 60% actually expect it to happen! Anticipating a security problem is vital if you and your

The Advantages of Leasing a Commercial Property for your Business

Businesses are plagued by a great number of factors other than simply making profit. So much influences the efficiency of a running business, all accumulating to have a resounding impact on company performance. Ultimately, consumers want transactions with companies who are reliable, competent and most certainly look the part they claim to play. A huge

Moving Business Intelligence to the Cloud

More and more businesses are now focused on cloud-based business intelligence (BI). In fact, it is a main area of focus for specialists like Abhishek Gattani, who understand that BI delivered “as service” through the cloud may be revolutionary, it is also more cost-efficient, flexible, and user friendly. In 2010, the Wisdom of Crowds Cloud Business

How to Grow Your Company’s Online Profile

Any business worth their salt these days needs to have an online profile in order to find the most success possible. The internet has changed every aspect of consumerism and business and this is why it is so vitally important that all companies have a strategy for how they will grow their online presence and create a profile which people can trust. There are

Why Is it So Hard to Make it in the Music Industry and How to Overcome the Challenges

It seems that not a day goes by without a new song being released. Many of us miss the days of old, where we looked forward to hearing a new song once a month, and the hype and buzz that came with that. A key problem is that so many people think that because they can make music, since the technology is readily available to them, they are capable of making

Bad Systems Beat Good Ideas Every Time

There are a number of things that are going wrong in organizations the world over, and that are stopping these organizations from being innovative and thereby moving forward. One of the key issues is that people have given up. However, they haven’t given up because they don’t know how important their system is. Rather, they have given up because they

Small Business Distribution Myths You Need to Ignore

Distribution is one of the biggest challenges faced by businesses today, regardless of size. It’s particularly problematic for small businesses, many of which lack the proper resources for distributing their products in a streamlined manner. There are plenty of distribution myths flying around, too, and they don’t make things any easier for those who are

8 Tips for Using Social Media to Promote Your Business

With the influence of the internet and particularly social media on such a large segment of the population, it's vital to have a marketing strategy that utilizes social media. For most companies, especially small businesses and startups, the right social media marketing strategy can be the difference between success and failure. If you already have a website